the passive with modals and similar expressions

GRAMMAR REVISION

PASSIVE VOICETRANSFORMATION CARDS

People believed that the chairman of the committee is involved in the scandal. (BE)

The chairman of the committee _______ ______________in the scandal.

The chairman of the committee is believed to be

involved in the scandal.

She misses _________________in the evenings.

She misses her friends visiting her in the evenings. (VISITED)

She misses being visited by her friends in the evenings.

Photographs_______________ in the museum.

Don’t take photographs in the museum.(MUST)

Photographs must not be taken in the museum.

I ______________ of my car after the accident.

Someone helped me get out of the car after the accident. (WAS)

I was helped to get out of my car after the accident.

I _________ a letter by Hogwarts if he had known my address.

Hogwarts would have sent me a letter if he had known my address. (BEEN)

I would have been sent a letter by Hogwarts if he had known my address.

Modal + be + participle (get)

Modal verbs in the same passive voice follow the same pattern.

Modal Verbs – Passive Voice Modal Verbs – Passive Voice

Passive Voice

They can be given money.

Money can be given to them.

Can be given

Active Voice

You can give money to them.

Subject Modal Be Past Participle

The crew

Will (not)

Be Replaced Next month

Should (not)

Must (not)

Had better (not)

Statements

Modals have only one form. They do not have –s in the third person singular.

Statements

subject Have (got) toBe going to

be Past participle

complement

The Mona Lisa

Has (got) to Doesn’t have toIs (not) going to

be exhibited Next month

Unlike modals, have in have (got) to and be in be going to change the different subjects. Questions and negatives with have (got) to need a form of do.

Modal Subject Be Past Particíple

Will

It Be Replaced?Should

Must

Can

Afirmative Negative

Yes, ItWill.

No, ItWon’t.

Should. Shouldn’t.

Must.Doesn’t have to be.

Can. Can’t.

Yes/No Questions

Short Answers

AuxiliaryVerb

Subject Have to/Going to

Be Past Participle

Does it Have to be Replaced?

Is it Going to be Replaced?

Yes/No Questions

Short Answers

Affirmative

Yes it Does._is

Negative

No it __doesn’t._ isn’t.

Name: SunflowersArtist: Van GoghDate: 1889Materials: Oil Paints

Name: The ThinkerArtist: RodinDate: 1882Materials: Bronze

Name: Mona LisaArtist: Da VinciDate: 1503-1506Materials: Oil

Name: GuernicaArtist: PicassoDate: 1937Materials: Oil Paints

Topics:

Who directed Pulp Fiction? (Quentin Tarantino)

Where was Life is Beautiful produced? (Italy)

Where was The Lord of the Rings filmed? (New Zealand)Who directed 2001: A Space Odyssey? (Stanley Kubrik)

Writers

Who wrote Hamlet? (Shakespeare)

Who wrote Moby Dick? (Melville);

Who wrote Crime and Punishment? (Dostoyevsky)Who wrote Frankenstein? (Shelly)

REMEMBER:The passive is formed with the Present or Past Simple of the verb to be + the past participle of the main verb.

To be + Past Participle Modal + Be + Past participle

Subject + Modal + Be + Past Participle

Subject + Have (got) to / Be going to + Be + Past Participle

Present simple: a lot of wine is produced in PortugalPast simple: America was discovered by Columbus

Grammar issues on The Passive with modals. Retrieved Sept. 19th 2011, from www1.aucegypt.edu

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Carter, R. McCarthy, M. (2007). Cambridge Grammar of English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Pollock, C.W. (1982). Communicate What You Mean. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall Inc.

TOEFL Grammar. Retrieved Sept. 17th, 2011, from www.english-test.net

Passive voice worksheet retrieved Sept.10th 2011 from www.bussyteacher.org/passive-voice

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