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Active : Jane cleans the floor every day.. Passive : The floor is cleaned by Jane everyday... Active : Jane is cleaning the floor now.. Passive : The floor is being cleaned by Jane now..

Test for the previous lesson :

• I Answer the following questions

• 1 What was the first cause of the liberation of women ?

• 2 Why could women delay having children?

• II Give the correct word form :

• 1 Women around the world have been …………(seek) greater ………… (depend) and …………

Active : Jane cleans the floor every day

Passive : The floor is cleaned by Jane everyday

S V O

S + IS / AM / ARE + PP + (BY O )

Simple present :

Active : Jane is cleaning the floor now

Passive : The floor is being cleaned by Jane now Present continuous

S + IS / AM / ARE + BEING + PP

Simple past

Active : Jane cleaned the floor yesterday

Passive : The floor was cleaned by Jane yesterday

S + WAS / WERE + PP

Past continuous

Active :Jane was cleaning the floor when I arrived

Passive:The floor was being cleaned by Jane when I arrived

S + WAS / WERE + BEING + PP

Present perfect

Active : The floor looks nice Jane has cleaned it

Passive : The floor looks nice It has been cleaned by Jane

S + HAS / HAVE+ BEEN + PP

Past perfect

Active : The floor looked much better Jane had cleaned it

Passive : The room looked much better It had been cleaned by Jane.

S + HAD + BEEN + PP

Simple future

Active :The floor looks dirty Jane will clean it tomorrow

Passive : The floor looks dirty It will be cleaned by Jane tomorrow

S + WILL + BE + PP

I Underline the correct form active or passive of the verbs in brackets

1. Some new equipment (has ordered -has been ordered ) by the

company

2 Somebody (calls -is called ) the President everyday

3 These artificial flowers (make -are made) of silk

4 Nothing (has done-has been done)

5 A lot of money (spends -is spent) on advertising

6 This room (uses -is used) only on special occasions

7 The old theatre (is being pulled - pulls ) down

8 My bicycle (stole -was stolen) yesterday

II Give the correct form of the verbs “active or passive”

1.English (speak) all over the world

2 The students (do) the exercises when I came

3 I (not / allow) to go out last night

4 All main courses (serve) with vegetables and salad

5 HCM city (call) “the Pearl of the Far East”

6 Clothes and food (just / carry) to the

flooded area

7 Who (invent) the generator

8 More money (spend) on food now than it

(spend) years ago

is spoken

were doing wasn’t allowed

III Complete the conversation with the correct voice

of the verbs in brackets

Tom : What are the police doing , Lan ?

Lan : I think , they (investigate) the bank robbery which (take) place last week , but

so far nothing (discover)

Tom : Oh ! really ?

are investigating

took has been discovered

III.Change the following sentences into passive voice

1 They sell a special kind of tea here

2 They have searched all the cars and trucks

3 The English government put him in prison last year

4 Her parents will meet us at the station tomorrow

5 Mr Brown is holding a meeting in the hall

A special kind of tea is sold here

All the cars and trucks have been searched

He was put in prison by the English government last year

We will be met at the station by her parents tomorrow

A meeting is being held in the hall by Mr Brown

A few letters

The postman is collecting a few letters

A few letters are being collected by the postman

Newspapers Postman

The postman is delivering some newspapers

Some newspapers are being delivered by the postman

Heavy bag Mary is carrying a heavy bag

A heavy bag is being carried by Mary.

Mr Brown Picture

Mr Brown has already drawn a picture

A picture has already been drawn by Mr Brown

Mother

Tom often kisses his mother His mother is often kissed by Tom

They are moving a sofa to the next room

A sofa is being moved to the next room

Flower

Lan is picking a flower

A flower is being picked by Lan

The workman repairs cars everyday

Cars are repaired by the workman everyday.

Car

Woman This woman sweeps the streets everyday

The streets are swept by this woman everyday