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DLS Language Series
FundamentalsOf English Grammar Part 2
The Passive Voice
By DjRay
DLanguage STUDIO
Langkawi
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Fundamentals of English (Part2, pg1)
Passive Voice
1.1 Basic Structure of a passive sentence :
• When we speak or write, each sentence should be based on the following structure
Eg : It is found in Langkawi
• SUBJECT must always match with the VERB (ie Singular Subject with Singular Verb or Plural Subject with Plural Verb)
• VERB must always match with Time, which determines PRESENT, PAST or
FUTURE Actions
1.2 What is SUBJECT ?
• Subject is either a Noun or Pronoun
• Subject Noun - Singular Alex, My brother, Mr John
• Subject Pronoun - Singular He, She, It
• Subject Pronoun - Plural They, You, We, I
Subject Perfect Verb ObjectMatching
verb
Fundamentals of English (Part2, pg2)
Passive Voice
1.3 What is Object ?
• Object consists of nouns, object pronouns (eg him), verb infinitives (eg to see), adjectives (eg small), adverbs (eg quickly), time (eg yesterday) etc.. It is not always important to determine Singular or Plural noun in Object area, except for sentences using There is, There are etc..
1.4 What is Perfect VERB ?• There are 3 types of Verbs in English, ie Simple Verbs, Continuous Verb and Perfect Verb
• Study the 3 verbs below
• Note : Be sure to differentiate between Simple Past Verbs and Perfect Verbs. (Some of them have the same spelling, but only perfect verbs are used in Passive Voice
Plural Singular Past
take takes took
eat eats ate
write writes wrote
break breaks broke
buy buys bought
open opens opened
taking
eating
writing
breaking
buying
opening
taken
eaten
written
broken
bought
opened
Continuous Verb Simple Verb Perfect Verb
Construct a Sentence Present Actions – Passive Voice
Subject
am
is
are
being Perfect Verb Object It is being written
Subject
am
is
are
Perfect Verb Object It is written
Plural Singular Past
write writes wrote
break breaks broke
buy buys bought
open opens opened
writing
breaking
buying
opening
written
broken
bought
opened
Continuous Verb Simple Verb Perfect Verb
Construct a Question Present Actions – Passive Voice
Subject
am
is
are
being Perfect Verb Object Is it being written?
Subject
am
is
are
Perfect Verb Object Is it written?W
W
W = What, Where, Why, Who, When, How, How many, which, whose etc..
Construct a Sentence Past Actions – Passive Voice
Subject being Perfect Verb Object It was being written
Subjectwas
werePerfect Verb Object It was written
was
were
Subjecthas
havebeen Perfect Verb Object It has been written
Construct a Question Past Actions – Passive Voice
Subject being Perfect Verb Object Was it being written?
Subjectwas
werePerfect Verb Object Was it written?
was
were
Subjecthas
havebeen Perfect Verb Object Has it been written?
W
W
W
W = What, Where, Why, Who, When, How, How many, which, whose etc..
Construct a Sentence Future Actions – Passive Voice
going
to be
*Future
verb
Perfect Verb ObjectIt is going to be
written
am
is
are
Subject be
Subject
Perfect Verb Object It will be written
*Future Verb = will, can, must, may, might, should, could, etc…
Construct a Sentence Future Actions – Passive Voice
going
to be
*Future
verb
Perfect Verb ObjectIs it going to be written?
am
is
are
Subject be
Subject
Perfect Verb Object Will it be written?
*Future Verb = will, can, must, may, might, should, could, etc…
W
W
W = What, Where, Why, Who, When, How, How many, which, whose etc..
EndEnglish Fundamentals Part 2
The Passive Voice
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