Friday, July 12, 2013

WELCOME TO 3rd PERIOD!

TO: 8"A", 8"B" and 8"C" STUDENTS

Hi dear students, these are the topics to see this period.
Please, copy all the information about the English class below.

3rd PERIOD

TOPICS:
  • Passive Voice
  • Comparatives and Superlatives
  • Quantifiers

ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE

There are two ways to express an action of a subject in relation to its object:
1.    Active voice
2.    Passive voice

The active voice is the "normal" voice. The subject (agent) of sentence performs the action and the object (patient) receives the action of the verb:

Cats  eat  fish

  S    V    O

Agent       Patient

The Passive Voice is used when the focus is on the action. It is not important or not known, however, who or what is performing the action. In the passive voice, the subject receives the action of the verb:

Form of Passive Voice
Subject + be + Past Participle
 
Fish  are  eaten  by cats
  S   Aux  V(p.p)    D.O (direct object)
 
The direct object gets promoted to subject, and the subject demoted to an (optional) complement

 The object of the active verb becomes the subject of the passive verb:
 

Voice
Subject
Verb
Object
Active
Everybody
drinks
water
Passive
Water
Is drunk
By everybody

 
EXERCISE:
Rewrite the sentences in passive voice

1) Mr Jones watches films.
2) The people speak English.
3) He reads comics.
4) We play volleyball.
5) They sing the song.
6) I take photos.
7) She does the housework.
8) The policemen help the children.
9) He writes text messages.
10)He opens the door.
11)We set the table.
12)She pays a lot of money.
13)I draw a picture.
14)They wear blue shoes.
15)They don't help you.
16)He doesn't open the book.
17)You do not write the letter.
18)Does your mum pick you up?
19)My parents know The Louvre Museum.
20)Does the police officer catch the thief? -


*Don't forget to study the list of irregular verbs!

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