Level 07 – Step 01 : The Passive Voice (Present Simple) (She is loved by everyone. The book is read by many.)
/Level 07 – Step 01 : The Passive Voice (Present Simple) (She is loved by everyone. The book is read by many.)
🚪 Let’s Begin
/🚪 Let’s Begin
🦉Professor Owl: Today we will learn how to make sentences where the receiver of the action is the subject.
/🦉Professor Owl: Today we will learn how to make sentences where the receiver of the action is the subject.
🐧Igupen: That sounds different.
/🐧Igupen: That sounds different.
🐧Igupen: Who is doing the action then?
/🐧Igupen: Who is doing the action then?
🦉Professor Owl: Ho ho.
/🦉Professor Owl: Ho ho.
🦉Professor Owl: In passive sentences, the person or thing that gets the action becomes the subject.
/🦉Professor Owl: In passive sentences, the person or thing that gets the action becomes the subject.
🦉Professor Owl: The doer can be included with by, or left out if it is not important.
/🦉Professor Owl: The doer can be included with by, or left out if it is not important.
🦉Professor Owl: Listen to the examples and try changing active sentences into passive ones.
/🦉Professor Owl: Listen to the examples and try changing active sentences into passive ones.
📚 Lesson
/📚 Lesson
What is the passive voice in the present simple?
/What is the passive voice in the present simple?
The passive changes the focus from who does the action to who receives the action.
/The passive changes the focus from who does the action to who receives the action.
Structure (present simple): Subject + am/is/are + past participle (+ by + agent).
/Structure (present simple): Subject + am/is/are + past participle (+ by + agent).
Example: She is loved by everyone.
/Example: She is loved by everyone.
Example: The book is read by many.
/Example: The book is read by many.
Use the passive when the doer is unknown, unimportant, or we want to emphasize the person or thing affected.
/Use the passive when the doer is unknown, unimportant, or we want to emphasize the person or thing affected.
Remember: change the verb to the past participle and use the correct form of be (am/is/are).
/Remember: change the verb to the past participle and use the correct form of be (am/is/are).
Quick checks inside the lesson
/Quick checks inside the lesson
Active → Passive (present simple): People love her.
/Active → Passive (present simple): People love her.
She is loved (by people).
/She is loved (by people).
Active → Passive (present simple): Many people read the book.
/Active → Passive (present simple): Many people read the book.
The book is read by many.
/The book is read by many.
🦉Professor Owl’s one-point tip
/🦉Professor Owl’s one-point tip
Find the object in the active sentence first.
/Find the object in the active sentence first.
Make that object the subject of the passive sentence, then use the correct form of be + past participle.
/Make that object the subject of the passive sentence, then use the correct form of be + past participle.
🌼 Sample Sentences
/🌼 Sample Sentences
No.01 She is loved by everyone.
/No.01 She is loved by everyone.
No.02 The book is read by many.
/No.02 The book is read by many.
No.03 The cake is eaten every day.
/No.03 The cake is eaten every day.
No.04 Letters are delivered in the morning.
/No.04 Letters are delivered in the morning.
No.05 The room is cleaned every week.
/No.05 The room is cleaned every week.
No.06 English is taught in our school.
/No.06 English is taught in our school.
No.07 The song is sung by the class.
/No.07 The song is sung by the class.
No.08 The house is painted blue.
/No.08 The house is painted blue.
No.09 The homework is checked by the teacher.
/No.09 The homework is checked by the teacher.
No.10 New words are learned by the students.
/No.10 New words are learned by the students.
🎓 Practice exercises
/🎓 Practice exercises
Note: Think first, then check the answers.
/Note: Think first, then check the answers.
Q1: Change to passive: People love her.
/Q1: Change to passive: People love her.
Q2: Change to passive: Many people read the book.
/Q2: Change to passive: Many people read the book.
Q3: Change to passive: Someone cleans the room every day.
/Q3: Change to passive: Someone cleans the room every day.
Q4: True or False: In the passive “The cake is eaten,” the focus is on who eats the cake.
/Q4: True or False: In the passive “The cake is eaten,” the focus is on who eats the cake.
Q5: Change to passive: The teacher checks the homework.
/Q5: Change to passive: The teacher checks the homework.
Q6: Fill in the blank: The windows _____ cleaned every month. (are / is)
/Q6: Fill in the blank: The windows _____ cleaned every month. (are / is)
Q7: Change to passive, include agent: The students sing the song.
/Q7: Change to passive, include agent: The students sing the song.
Q8: Choose the correct passive form: A) The house is paint blue. B) The house is painted blue.
/Q8: Choose the correct passive form: A) The house is paint blue. B) The house is painted blue.
Q9: Change to passive: People speak English in many countries.
/Q9: Change to passive: People speak English in many countries.
Q10: Fill in the blank with past participle: The meal is _____ by the family. (prepare)
/Q10: Fill in the blank with past participle: The meal is _____ by the family. (prepare)
◆ Answers
/◆ Answers
A1: She is loved (by people).
/A1: She is loved (by people).
A2: The book is read (by many people).
/A2: The book is read (by many people).
A3: The room is cleaned every day.
/A3: The room is cleaned every day.
A4: False — the focus is on the cake (the receiver), not who eats it.
/A4: False — the focus is on the cake (the receiver), not who eats it.
A5: The homework is checked by the teacher.
/A5: The homework is checked by the teacher.
A6: are → The windows are cleaned every month.
/A6: are → The windows are cleaned every month.
A7: The song is sung by the students.
/A7: The song is sung by the students.
A8: B is correct: The house is painted blue.
/A8: B is correct: The house is painted blue.
A9: English is spoken in many countries.
/A9: English is spoken in many countries.
A10: prepared → The meal is prepared by the family.
/A10: prepared → The meal is prepared by the family.
🦉 Closing
/🦉 Closing
🦉Professor Owl: Great work today.
/🦉Professor Owl: Great work today.
🦉Professor Owl: When you can find the object in an active sentence, you can make the passive by making that object the subject and using am/is/are + past participle.
/🦉Professor Owl: When you can find the object in an active sentence, you can make the passive by making that object the subject and using am/is/are + past participle.
🐧Igupen: I’ll try changing active sentences I hear into passive ones during the day.
/🐧Igupen: I’ll try changing active sentences I hear into passive ones during the day.
🦉Professor Owl: Wonderful.
/🦉Professor Owl: Wonderful.
🦉Professor Owl: Keep practicing with real sentences you hear and read, and the passive will become easy and useful.
/🦉Professor Owl: Keep practicing with real sentences you hear and read, and the passive will become easy and useful.
