2. Introduction to the passive voice For Grade six

3. A cat was drawn on the board. Then, it was erased.

4. Fashion is designed in France.

5. Who … …drew a cat on the board? …designs fashion? …builds plains? …plants rice? and who publishes books? Where’s the subject?

6. I don’t know who, but I do know where and what? I don’t know who, but I do know where and what? they  I know they build airplanes in the USA. they  I know they design fashion in France. they  I know they plant rice in china. they  And I know they publish books in Lebanon. they  I know they build airplanes in the USA. they  I know they design fashion in France. they  I know they plant rice in china. they  And I know they publish books in Lebanon.

7. Who are “they”? How do I form the sentence if I don’t know who they they are? What’s the passive voice voice? Well that’s easy, use… the passive voice

8. The passive voice is a form we can use if the sentence has no s ss subject. There are times when the subject is not used. That’s when …  we don’t know the subject  we are more interested in the object than the subject  we don’t want to name the subject

9. So you say… is designed Fashion is designed in France. are built Airplanes are built in the USA. is planted Rice is planted in China. are published Books are published in Lebanon.

10. Don’t go so fast… Please explain step by step.

11. Lets take the s ss simple present first. Girls spend a lot of money on accessories. Take this example… The subject is not important, what’s important is what happens. Girls In this case we will move the object to the beginning of the sentence. subjectobject verb Lets point out the subject, the object and the verb spend a lot of money on accessories. is spent The sentence is no longer ACTIVE, It is now in the Subject object Verb P PP PASSIVE VOICE.

12. So, What did we do? We... started the sentence with the ‘OBJECT’ then the ‘verb’ changed the verb into the ‘past participle’ added ‘verb to be’ to support the past participle.

13. OBJECT + VERB TO BE + Past Participle one more time … O. + + pp V. to be am is were was are am being is being were being was being are being

14. ObjectObject Now look at the form VerbVerb SubjectSubject Past participle Verb Verb to be Active Passive

15. By the way…

16. Do you know you can add a s ss subject if you want to…  At the end of the sentence, add by ‘ by ’  Then simply put the subject…

17. Fashion is designed in France by fashion designers.

18. Lets see different tenses…

19. is built A new hospital is built every year. builds The government builds a new hospital every year. PRESENT SIMPLE

20. was invented Clocks was invented by the Arabs. invented The Arabs invented the clock. PAST SIMPLE

21. is being followed Islamic belief is being followed all around the world. are following Millions of people are following Islamic belief all around the world. PRESENT CONTINUOUS

22. has been stolen Ali’s car has been stolen. has stolen Someone has stolen Ali’s car.