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Passive Voice.
Noun, verb, adjective.
The Key to master the passive voice
You must know ‘to be”
You must recognize the verb and its forms (1, 2,
3 which consists of reguler and irreguler verbs)
You must know the subjects of the verbs (plural
or singular) in order to pair them with their ‘to
be”
You must know the tenses.
You must know the object pronouns
You must MEMORIZE the pattern of passive
voice.
Patterns of the passive voice
Tenses Patters of passive Examples
Voice
Simple present S + am/is/are + PP I am taught by teachers at
(v III) + (By) school.
She is trained by the best
coach.
The cats are barked by
the dogs.
Simple past S+Was/were + pp + I was taught by Ms. Lidia
(by) when I was in elementary
school.

The atletes were trained


by Mr. Swam, one of the
best coach in England.
Tenses Patters of passive Examples
Voice
Present continous Am/is/are + being + I am being hit by
PP + (by) my brother.

A rat is being eaten


by the snake.

The Christmas
presents are being
wrapped (by them)
Past continuous Was/were + being + I was being hit my
PP + (by) brother yesterday,
when you came.

Yesterday I saw
them. They were
being directed by a
tour guide.
Tenses Patters of passive Examples
Voice
Present perfect S+ Has/have + been The proposal has
+ PP+ (by) ... been presented by
her perfectly

The proposals have


been presented by
them
Past perfect S. Had + been + The table had been
(by) ... cleaned by Joe

The tables had been


painted by Joe
Negative sentence into passive voice
Tenses Negative Passive pattern Passive
sentence
present I don’t like tea S + am/is/are/ + The tea is not
not + PP + (by) like by me

She doesn’t see the The birds are


birds. They’re too not seen by her.
small from here. dst

Past The students did not S + was/were + The homework


do the homework not + PP + (by) was not done by
the students.

The homeworks
were not done
by the students
Tenses Negative Passive pattern Passive
sentence
Present She has not read the S + has/have+ The books have
perfect books. not + been+ PP not been read by
+ (by) her.
They have not made
the sandwich The Sandwich
has not been
made by them.
Past perfect The courier had not S + had+ not + The packages
sent the packages to been+ PP + (by) have not been
the address. sent by the
courier.
The football players
had not made a goal A goal had not
in their last been made by
turnament. the football
players.
Tenses Negative Passive pattern Passive
sentence
Present The snake is not S + am/is/are+ The rat is not
continuous eating the rat. not + being+ PP being eaten by
+ (by) the snake.

The house
Past She was not S + was/were + The dinner was
continuous preparing dinner. not + being+ PP not being
+ (by) prepared by her.
They were not
saying their prayers. Their prayers
were not being
said by them.
Noun
Nouns are divided into common nouns and proper nouns. Common
nouns are words for people, animals, places, or things.
These are words for people. They are common nouns

Artist
Word File

Actor Lawyer
Aunt Judge
Baby Man
Baker Nurse
Clown Acrobat
Cook Police officer
Dentist Singer
Doctor Soldier Astronaut
Giant teacher
These are words for animals. They are common nouns

Eagle
Zebra Crocodile
Deer

Word File

Cat Goose
Cow Hen
Bird Dog Horse
Dolphin Mouse
Duck Parrot
Fish Shark
Bear
Goat Whale
These are words for places. They are common nouns

Park

Beach Word File

Airport Market
Cave Mountain
Church Playground
Farm Restaurant
Library Hill School
Hospital Seashore
Hotel Stadium
House Supermarket
Shop Island Temple
Mall zoo
Basket
Bed
Word File

Bag Kite
Box Ladder
Bread Lamp
Can Picture
Drum
Chair Radio
Cot Television
Cup Train
Desk Truck
Door Watch
Egg Window
Proper Nouns
Proper nouns are names for particular people, places or things. They
always begin with a capital letter.

Here are some more names

Word File

Ali Baba
Florence
Nightingale
Derek Jeter Beethoven Santa Claus
Pauline
Johnny Depp
Patrick
Harry Potter Your own name and the names of your friends are
Pinocchio proper nouns too.
Robin Hood
The names of countries and their people are also
proper nouns.

Country People Country People


Americans
America Korea Koreans
Egyptians
Egypt Malaysia Malaysians
Indians
India Pakistan Pakistanis
Italians
Italy France The French
The
Japan Thailand Thais
Japanese
The names of towns, cities, buildings and landmarks
are proper nouns.

New Delhi
Bangkok
Denver The Grand Canyon
London
Central Park The Leaning Tower of Pisa
Newyork
The Eifel Brooklyn Bridge
Paris
Tower Pike’s Peak
Beijing
Big Ben
The days of the week and months of the year are
proper nouns.
The names of mountains, seas, rivers and lakes are
proper nouns.
The names of festivals, some special events and
holidays are proper nouns, too.

Valentine’s Day
Halloween

Word File

Chrismas Mother’s Day


Memorial Day April Fool’s Day
Labor Day Thanks Giving Day
Independence Day St. Patrick’s Day
New year’s day
Pronouns
A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a common noun or a
proper noun. There are different kinds of pronouns.
Verbs
Most verbs are action words. They tell you what people, animals or
things are doing.

Word File

Act Jump
Bake Move
Bend Pull
Buy Run
Close Shout
Cook Sing
Cross Sit
Fall Slide
Fly Stand
Go Start
Grow Swim
Hop Wal
Adjectives
An adjective is a describing word. It tells you more about a noun. An
adjective usually appears before the noun it describes. Sometimes,
though, the adjective appears after the noun, later in the sentence.

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