PASSIVE VOICE I Passive voice: The simple present tense Example: The secretary opens the mail every morning. The mail is opened every morning by the secretary People don’t use this road very often  This road I wash the dishes in the evening  The dishes He often does exercises every night  Exercises She usually decorates the room at weekends The room Daisy always sings country songs  Country songs She often give her sister sweets  Her sister Nam and Peter often water these trees.These trees They produce cars in this country  Cars We don’t allow smoking in this restaurant  Smoking 10 Do pupils clean the room every day?  Is II Passive voice: The Past simple tense Example: To Hoai wrote the story  The story was written by To Hoai The waiters cleaned the rooms last night  The rooms They caught the elephant again  The elephant She bought the watch at the shop  The watch They built the house in 1950  The house We did the exercises last week  Exercises The pupils sent the letters the day before yesterday  The letters He learned the lesson two week ago  The lesson Nguyen Du wrote Kieu story  Kieu story She made the cake last night  The cake 10 Daisy washed the dishes last night  The dishes III Passive voice: The future simple tense Example: The army will complete that project next year  That project will be completed by the army next year They won’t punish him  He They will ask you a lot of question at the interview  You They will give her a new one  She Tom will visit his parents next month  His parents Some people will interview the new president on TV  The new presidents They will finish the work next week  The work Somebody will call Mr David tonight  Mr David The State will assign our students to different jobs  Our students When will you the work?  When 10 He won’t tell me the truth about the situation  The truth about the situation IV Passive voice: The present continuous tense Example: She is cleaning the house The house is being cleaned by her My friends are eating an orange  An orange They are watching the film  The film We are doing the exercises  The exercise She is cutting the paper right now  The paper They are singing the songs in the room  The songs We are reading the book now  The book The students are discussing the questions  The questions My father is repairing my bike  My bike She is cooking the meal in the kitchen now  The meal 10 About thirty thousand people are watching this program  This program V Passive voice: The past continuous tense Example: She was picking the flowers at 3:00 pm yesterday  The flowers were being picked by her at 3:00.pm yesterday He was painting the house when I came  The house The teacher was reading the book when we came  The book Mary’s mother was washing the clothes  The clothes Her friends were drinking coffee at the cafe  Coffee He was boiling the eggs when I saw him  The eggs His brother was painting the door  The door Thu was waiting for him at the school  He We were doing the exercises  The exercises They were painting the gate of the school  The gate of the school 10 They were doing the bedroom on Friday  The bedroom VI Passive voice: The present perfect tense Example: His boss has transferred him to another department He has been transferred to another department by his boss They have taken her to the hospital  She They have cancelled the meeting  The meeting Someone has moved my chair  My chair Someone has given him a lot of money  He We have invited all the students in the school  All the students We have told him not to be late again  He Our teachers have explained the English grammar  The English grammar Have you finished the above sentences?  Have above sentences The police have arrested the mugger  The mugger 10 The police have arrested five suspects Five suspects VII Passive voice: The past perfect tense Example: They had printed the book before 1950  The book had been printed by them before 1950 She had mended the bicycle  The bicycle They had exported the rice before May  The rice I had waited her before I came here  She No one had met me before I left  I He hadn’t eaten the cakes  The cakes They had cleaned the car by p.m  The car My friend had bought the house before 1990  The house Had he asked some questions?  Had some question I had studied the tenses before May  The tenses 10 The school boys had wasted a lot of time  A lot of time VIII Passive voice: Modal verb Example: You should brush our teeth twice a day  Our teeth should be brushed twice a day He might have caught the fish  The fish She could have washed the dress  The dress She is not going to pick many flowers  Many flowers Parents should give children a lot of love  children You must wash your hands  Your hands He can speak four languages  Four languages You must keep dogs outside shops  Dogs Children should treat old men with respect  Old men My classmates used to call me John  I 10 He can’t repair my bike  My bike IX Passive voice: Mixed types Exercise 1: Rewrite the following sentence using passive voice My father waters this flower every morning  A stone broke the window  The servants didn’t the work  She often takes her dog for a walk  The army will complete that project next year  They won’t punish him  People don’t use this road very often  The manager always welcomes new employees  We are following them  10 The airplanes are dropping booms  11 The keepers were feeding the lions  12 They have taken her to the hospital  13 They had fastened his whole body to the ground  14 The school boys had wasted a lot of time  15 We write letter to our friend once a week  16 We clean the garages everyday  17 Someone has given him a lot of money 18 The police arrested two hundred people  19 We export this computer to seventy different countries  20 They have cancelled the meeting  21 We have invited all the students in the school  22 They posted all the letters yesterday  23 The police found two children in the forest  24 They will hold a meeting before May Day  25 Mary is cutting the cake with a sharp knife  26 The teacher is going to tell a story  27 An earthquake destroyed the town  28 He didn’t type the letter last night  29 They will pick me up at my house  30 When did you see him in that bank?  31 My father will take me to Ho Chi Minh City next week  32 A man returned the keys to me  33 Mary will see her friends off at the station  34 Workers were digging a large hole in the ground  35 Countries are finding a way to solve the problem  36 They can't make tea with cold water 37 The chief engineer was instructing all the workers of the plant => 38 Somebody has taken away some of my books => 39 They will hold the meeting before May Day 40 They have to repair the engineer of the car 41 The boy broke the window and took away some pictures 42 A man I know told me about it 43 No one believes his story 44 Do they teach English here? 45 Will you invite her to your wedding party? 46 Did the teacher give some exercises? 47 Have they changed the window of the laboratory? 48 Is she making big cakes for the party? 49 Why didn't they help him?=> 50 You mustn’t use this machine after 5.30 pm=> 51 You must clean this machine very time you use it 52 Someone will drive your car to London on Tuesday 53 They will send you your examination results when they are ready => 54 In this August, They will build a new house 55 The teacher can give him good marks because he is an excellent => 56 Someone will serve soft drinks => 57 Tolstoy wrote “War and Peace”.=> 58 Shakespeare wrote “Hamlet” 59 Hemingway didn’t write “Hamlet” 60 Someone built that house in 1930 => 61 They opened the factory at o’clock 62 They posted all letter yesterday 63 We invited fifty people to the party 64 Last night someone broke into our house 65 Ba invited Liz to the rice-cooking festival => 66 They held the festival in the communal house yard =.> 67 The council leader awarded the first prize to Mekong team => 68 Someone will translate this letter into Vietnamese => 69 Alexander Bain invented the facsimile in 1843 => 70 They dry the beans in the sun =>