ACTIVE AND PASSIVE

Tip eats pizza and chicken. Pizza and chicken are eaten by Tip. Tip ate pizza and chicken. Pizza and chicken were eaten by Tip. Tip will eat pizza and chicken. Pizza and chicken will be eaten by Tip. Tip has eaten pizza and chicken. Pizza and chicken have been eaten by Tip. Tip is eating pizza and chicken. Pizza and chicken are being eaten by Tip.

1. is known 2. might have been murdered 3. can be found 4. were used 5. was found 6. is believed 7. are being kept

FORMING THE PASSIVE

Robert constructed monuments.

Monuments were constructed by Robert.

Robert = “agent”

TRANSITIVE & INTRANSITIVE TRANSITIVE VERBS (ต้องการกรรม)

I clean my room every day. Susan writes a letter. He can’t remember her name. Edison invented a light bulb.

INTRANSITIVE VERBS (ไมต้่องการกรรม) An accident happened. Lucas slept on the sofa last night.

A. fertil ized B. hacked C. transferred D. watered E. created F. adopted 1. The Line App was _______________by Line

Naver, a Japanese company. 2. Unluckily, her Instagram account was

_________. 3. Lucy was _________ when she was 2 years

old. 4. The flowers in this garden are always

___________ and __________. 5. The money will be __________ to your

account within the end of this month.

Verb to be (be, being, been) + V.3

Tip teaches English. Tip taught English.

Romeo is washing Juliet’s car. Romeo was washing Juliet’s car.

Suchart has written three letters. Suchart had written three letters.

Mrs. Jenkins will announce our exam result. Mrs. Jenkins will have announced our exam result.

QUESTION FORMAuxiliary verb precedes the subject Were monuments constructed by

Robert? Are monuments being constructed by

Robert? Have monuments been constructed by

Robert?

NOT KNOWN/ NOT IMPORTANT Rice is grown in India. Our house was built in 1980. This olive oil was imported from Crete. My bicycle was stolen!

IMPORTANT

Life on the Mississippi was written by Mark Twain.

DEPENDING ON OUR FOCUS My aunt made this rug. This rug was made by my aunt. That rug was made by my aunt.

INDIRECT OBJECTS AS PASSIVE SUBJECTS

Someone gave Mrs. Lee an award.

Mrs. Lee was given an award.

Someone gave an award to Mrs. Lee.

An award was given to Mrs. Lee.

It’s your turn to try! Piglet gave Pooh a jar of honey.

It’s your turn to try! Nadech gave Tip a rose.

- It is known…- It is said…- It is believed…- It is understood…

More example

Pride & Prejudice Written by Jane Austen

It is a truth universally acknowledged,

that a single man in possession of a good

fortune must be in want of a wife.