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- Read these sentences, which verbs are active and which are passive?
- Daniel was chosen to play Harry Potter when he was 11
- The author, J. K. Rowling chose Daniel herself
- This famous actor changed his name to Fong Si-Lung in the late 90s
- However, he is better known as Jackie Chan
- Jackie Chan has appeared in more than 100 films
- More than 400 films of Shakespeare’s plays have been made
- Avatar was directed by James Cameron
- A sequel is being filmed at the moment
- A third film will be made next year
- Look at these sentences again; do we know who chose Daniel?
- Daniel was chosen to play Harry Potter when he was 11
- The author, J. K. Rowling chose Daniel herself
- Look at the sentences again; find an example for each point
- In active sentences, the subject is the doer or agent of the verb
- In passive sentences, the doer or agent of the verb is not the subject; the main focus is on the action or person/thing it happened to (the patient), not the doer or agent.
- Present simple passive:
- Past simple passive:
- Present continuous passive:
- Present perfect passive: Future passive:
In passive sentences, we put the patient at the beginning of the sentence to give it more emphasis: 400 films of Shakespeare’s plays have been madeWe are interested in the films, not in who made them Often we do not say who did the action in passive sentences because this is unknown, obvious or unimportant: He is better known as Jackie Chan ...... by people generally - this is obvious However, we can say who did the action, using by before their name: Avatar was directed by James CameronTo form the passive voice, use [be] + [past participle]
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