1. Passive Voice Super Quiz

2. Changing from active into passive: The object becomes the subject, and the previous subject can be omitted e.g. People use thousands of plastic bags every day  Thousands of plastic bags are used every day. The active verb changes into a passive form (past participle) e.g. steal/stole/stolen, write/wrote/written) The verb-to-be has to be in the right tense (verb-to- be = is/am/are, was/were, be/been/being) The policeman was chasing the thief  The thief was being chased by the policeman.

3. Only verbs that take an object (transitive verbs) can have passive forms. I go to school every day.  X The school was gone by me every day. I ride the bicycle every day.  The bicycle is ridden every day.

4. Thousands of people visit the exhibition every day.  The exhibition is visited by thousands of people every day. Mary is busy drawing a picture.  A picture is being drawn by Mary. You have to clean your desk.  Your desk has to be cleaned. I went to the police station yesterday.  I was robbed by someone. I have forgotten to bring back my homework.  I have been scolded by Mr. Wong.

5. Super Quiz Topics Each topic contains 4 questions. You can only answer them using the passive voice! Films Writers Inventions Discoveries

6. Films: 1) How was the Titanic sunk? Answer: The Titanic was sunk by hitting an iceberg! 2) How did Peter Parker get his power in Spiderman? Answer: He was bitten by a radioactive spider! 3) Where was The Lord of the Rings filmed? Answer: It was filmed in New Zealand. 4) Who directed Brokeback Mountain? Answer: It was directed by Ang Lee.

7. Writers: 1) Who wrote Oliver Twist? Answer: It was written by Charles Dickens. 2) What was the scientist called in Frankenstein? Answer: He was called Frankenstein! 3) Who killed Eddie in A View from the Bridge? Answer: Eddie was killed by Marco. 4) How did Boxer die in Animal Farm? Answer: He was killed by a butcher/ knacker.

8. Inventions: 1. Who invented the concept ‘One Country, Two Systems’? Answer: It was invented by Deng Xiaoping. 2. Who invented umbrellas? Answer: They were invented by the Chinese. 3. Who invented the light bulb? Answer: It was invented by Thomas Edison. 4. Who created light? Answer: It was created by God!

9. Discoveries: 1) Who discovered the moons of Jupiter? Answer: It was discovered by Galilei. 2) Who discovered the law of gravity? Answer: It was discovered by Newton 3) Who discovered E=mc2? Answer: It was discovered by Einstein. 4) Which European first discovered North America? Answer: It was first discovered by Christopher Columbus.