Iskra Petkova

Children use the Internet every day.

The Internet is used every day.

The Passive( Страдателен

залог)

Passive form

clean

Present Passive Here is an active verb in the present simple:

When the action itself is more important than the person doing it, we use the passive. (Когато действието е по-важно от вършителя, използваме страдателен залог)

When we make an active sentence passive, the object becomes subject.

The room is children

The children clean the room

ObjectSubject

by

Subject Agent

the room

cleaned

every day.

every day.

water

Present Passive Here is an active verb in the present simple:

The flowers are

children

Children water the flowers

ObjectSubject

by

Subject Agent

the flowersChildren

watered

every morning.

every morning.

Present Simple Passive

…и миналото причастие (past participle) на главния глаголл

Когато искаме да споменем извършителя на действието, го въвеждаме с by

visit the museumA lot of tourists

The museum is a lot of tourists.byvisited

every year.

Passive:

Active:

Образуваме страдателен залог в сег.

време от формите на глагола be в сег. време

и ...

Present Passive

The flowers are watered every morning.

Цветята се поливат всяка сутрин.

The verb ‘to be’ is plural in this sentence to agree

with ‘flowers’.

Make the verb ‘to be’ negative in the usual

way.

‘by …’ may not be necessary. If it’s not

important, leave it out.

‘The flowers are not watered by you every morning.’

But ... You don’t water the flowers every morning.’

The flowers are watered every morning.

Past participle(минало причастие)

При правилните глаголи (regular verbs) то съвпада с формата за минало просто време (by adding -ed to the verb):invent – invented, use – usedcook – cookedproduce – producedadd – addedwash- washedtidy - tidied

Past participle(минало причастие)

При неправилните глаголи (irregular verbs) миналото причастие=(3rd form of the verb) трябва да се научи наизуст.

IInfinitive

•do•give•make•Hit•Know•spend

IIPast

•did•gave•made•hit•knew•spent

IIIPast participle•done•given•made•hit•known•spent

Passive forms• is/are +past participle•The cat is fed by Sue.

Present passive

•was/were + past participle•The window was broken by children.Past passive

•will be + past participle•The shop will be opened on Monday.

Future passive

Do you need to practice this

again?

Can you remember the past participles of these verbs?

findread

eat

teach

eaten

taught

cut cut

read

mademake

found

sungsing

seensee

Now you try. Fill in the blank

A lot of coffee in Brazil. (produce)

A lot of dogs in England Ben.

(call)

is produced

are called

A million drawings in The Lion King.

(use)

Fill in the blank

are used

Simba by his friend, Nala. (find)

is found

Complete each sentence in the passive.

People eat millions of bars of chocolate every day! Millions of bars of chocolate ………… every day!

We plant hundreds of trees every year. Hundreds of trees ………………every year.

are eaten

are planted

Complete each sentence in the passive.

Nowadays people cut down many trees for no reason.

Nowadays many trees ……………….. for no reason.

A Portuguese person teaches my sister.My sister …………….by a Portuguese person.

are cut down

is taught

Complete each sentence in the passive.

People read millions of newspapers every day.

Millions of newspapers…………….every day.

Smith and Co publish Tom’s new book. Tom’s new book …………………by Smith and Co.

are read

is published

Created by : Iskra PetkovaEnglish teacher at Sts. Cyril and Methodius

School, village of Zaraevo, Targovishte districtE-mail: iskra5@abv.bg