EF5/6 Active and passive voice

Voice- verb form

ACTIVE VOICE
"She ate the apple."
subject does the verb She-ate
The subject is active, does the action of the verb

"Joe reads a book."
"Mary will fix the computer."
past, present or future- all ok


PASSIVE VOICE
"She ate the apple." ACTIVE
"The apple ate by her."
passive voice verb - past participle
eat- eaten
"The apple was eaten by her."
was- auxiliary verb, AUX, extra, shows tense
"The apple is eaten by her."
"The apple will be eaten by her."

present                    past                     participle
go                            went                     gone
take                          took                     taken
eat                            ate                       eaten
see                           saw                      seen
put                           put                       put
cut                           cut                        cut
read                         read                      read
drive                        drove                   driven
give                         gave                     given


Google - verb past participle list

ACTIVE
The Elders watch the children.
The Birthmothers born the babies. XX
The Birthmothers have the babies.
The children require to volunteer. XX
The Elders require the children to volunteer.
The citizens don't choose their own jobs.

PASSIVE
The children are watched by the Elders.
All babies are born to Birthmothers.
The children are required by the Elders to volunteer.
The jobs are chosen/picked/assigned for them by the Elders.

PREP
My daughter's classes are chosen by her/ for her.
by her- she chooses
for her- school chooses


Nine-year-olds = children who are nine years old

Nine-year-olds are given their bicycles by the government. PASSIVE
The government gives nine-year-olds bicycles.
The government gives bicycles to nine-year-olds. ACTIVE

There is one ten-year-old in our house.
There are 12 ten-year-olds in our neighbourhood.

ten-years-old XXX
ten-years-old

This class is two hours long.
This is a two-hour class.
This is a two hour class. X

This is a two-hours class. X

This is a two hours class. X

She is twenty years old.

She is a twenty-year-old woman.

twenty-year-old- adjective

tall

She is a tall twenty-year-old nurse.

hyphen - hyphenated (several words but one thing)

twenty-year-old

Exercise #1

Change passive voice to active voice in the following sentences.

1. The new computer chips are sold at XYZ Computer.

XYZ Computer sells the new computer chips.

2. The formula was prepared.

The mother prepared the formula for the three-month-old.

3. Computers for the lab have been provided by DEF, Inc.

4. This coupon cannot be used.

5. The house was built poorly.

6. The English test will be given tomorrow.

7. The English test is being completed by the students.

8. The English test has been marked.

9. These rules must be followed.

10. Changes were made.