PASSIVE VOICE

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PASSIVE VOICE
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What do these sentences have in common?

• Someone cleans these classrooms every day.
• Everybody knows Maradona in Argentina.
• People never invite me to parties.

These classrooms are cleaned every day
Maradona is known in Argentina
I am never invited to parties
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Active and passive voice in simple present

• Agent person or machine that does the action.
• Patient person or thing that receives the
  action.
• Agent verb in active voice patient
• Patient verb BE participle

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Who are the agents in these sentences?

• Wine growers all over the world produce wine
  but I prefer Chilean wine. The wine making
  process can take years . Manufacturers grow
  their grapes in vineyards. When they are ripe,
  workers pick the grapes and take them into the
  winery. Machines press the grapes and pour the
  grape juice into barrels. The wine experts add
  sugar to help fermentation, and then leave the
  wine, sometimes for several years. When it is
  ready, machines bottle the wine and the company
  sells it to wine dealers. The dealers distribute
  the cases of wine to shops and businesses, and
  wine lovers all over the world drink the final
  product. The year in which the wine was made is
  called the vintage. Some years produce excellent
  wines they say it all depends on the weather!
  Cheers!

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Complete the sentences below using the underlined
verbs from the text.

• 1 Wine is produced all over the world.
• 2 The grapes _______________ in vineyards.
• 3 The grapes _______________ when they are
  ripe.
• 4 They _______________ to the winery.
• 5 Then the grapes _______________ .
• 6 The grape juice _______________ into
  barrels.
• 7 The sugar _______________ to help
  fermentation.
• 8 The wine _______________ for several years.
• 9 When ready, the wine _______________.
• 10 The bottles _______________ to wine dealers.
• 11 The cases _______________ to shops and
  businesses.
• 12 The final product _______________ all over
  the world.

are grown
are picked
are taken
are pressed
is poured
is added
is left
is bottled
are sold
are distributed
is drunk
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How crisps are made.

• The potatoes are grown.
• The potatoes are dug up.
• They are stored.
• The potatoes are washed.
• They are peeled.

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• They are sliced.
• The slices of potato are cooked in hot vegetable
  oil.
• The cooked crisps are taken to the packing
  machine.
• Flavouring and salt are added.
• The crips are put into packets.
• The packets are put into boxes.
• The boxes are stored.
• They are sent to shops, cafes and pubs.

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How workers make crisps.

• The potatoes are grown.
• The potatoes are dug up.
• They are stored.
• The potatoes are washed.
• They are peeled.

Farmers grow the potatoes
Tractors dig up the potatoes
Farmers store the potatoes.
Machines eash the potatoes
Machines peel the potatoes
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1. The telephone was invented by Alexander Graham
   Bell.
2. The spaace rocket was invented by Werner von
   Braun.
3. Gravity was discovered by Isaac Newton.
4. She loves you was recorded by the Beatles.
5. The Monalisa was painted by Leonardo da Vinci.
6. America was discovered by christopher Columbus.
7. Australia was discovered by Jan van Diemen.
8. Macbeth and Otello were written by William
   Shakespeare.
9. Penicilin was discovered by Alexander Fleming.
10. The car was invented by Gottfried Daimler.
11. Don Quixote was written by Cervantes.
12. The electric guitar was invented by Adolf
    Rickenbacker.