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Passive voice*

                                    To be + Past participle

Past

Present

Future

To be (past) + Past participle.

“The unit was explained  (by the teacher)”

To be (present) + Past participle.

“The unit is explained  (by the teacher)”

 

Will + to be (base form) + Past participle

“The unit will be explained  (by the teacher)”

* Active vs Passive

·         Active voice: the subject is active = It does something

·         Passive voice: The subject is passive = something happens to it


Practice I
1. Complete the sentences with the correct passive tense.
  • This song  (record) last year.
  • I think this video  (sell) in the shops.
  • CDs  (produce) by big companies.
  • Maybe in the future, more money  (donate) for charities.
  • In 1902, Caruso (pay) 100 pounds for ten songs.
  • More and more songs  (buy) online.
  • Most of the songs (download) illegally from the Internet every year.
  • John Lennon  (kill) by a fan.
  • Songs  (not usually ban) by radio stations.
  • Different things (advertise) with videos on the Internet.
  • (choose) for a school play two years ago.

2. Write sentences and questions in the passive.

  • CDs /invent/ in 1983        
  • The tickets /not  sell / on the Internet      
  • Why / your film / ban / last year?        
  • The actor / award / an Oscar / next week?      
  • Cars / invent / many years ago.      
  • She / not give / a prize / last Monday.     

Conditional Sentences

First  Conditional

Second Conditional

Third Conditional

Condition:

If + present simple

Result:

Will + Infinitive

 

“If you study, you will pass  the exam”

 

Use:

When the situation/condition is probable

Condition:

If + past simple

Result:

Would + Infinitive

 

“If you studied, you   would pass the exam”


Use:

When the situation/condition isn’t probable or is impossible

 

 

Condition:

If + past perfect

Result:

Would have + past participle

“If you had studied, you would have passed the exam” 

Use:

When we imagine the possible consequences of an action in the past

 

Practice II

3. Complete the conditional sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

·         Ann will be really happy if Peter (ask) her out.

·         If they (be) there, they would have volunteered to help.

·         If my boyfriend (be) a flirt, we would split up.

·         I (go) on holiday if I pass my exams.

·         She wouldn’t have become ill if she (drink) the water.

·         I (give) some money to charity if I won the lottery.

·         If he wasn’t so good-looking, he (be) such a flirt.

·         He (die) of cold if the helicopter hadn’t rescued him from the sea.

·         She won’t pass the exam if she (not do) any revision.

·         If Tom hadn’t cheated on her, she (not finish) with him.

·       You wouldn’t get good results if you (study) hard.