Passive form- statement

Welcome to our class!
Welcome to our class
*Gap fill:
1.Telephone was …………….by A.G Bell
invented
The Eiffel Tower was…………after the designer
named
The Hanging Garden was………………..by several earthquakes after 2nd century BC
destroyed
Quan ho folk songs are sung at…………festival
Lim
Christmas cards were first designed by an………..
English man
Hue festival is held every……. years
two
Friday, March 9th, 2012
Practice: Passive Voice (statements)
I/ Revision:
1. Usage:
To talk about an activity that we don`t know who does it or the doer is not important
2. Form:
S + (be) + Past participle
3. Steps:
Step 1: O (active) S (passive)
Step 2: Give correct form of (be) (passive)
Step 3: Main verb (active) PII (passive)
Step 4 : S (active) O (passive) after by
(Except: People, they, someone..everyone..., no one...)
4. Example:
I took him to school yesterday.
He
He was
He was taken to school
He was taken to school by me
He was taken to school by me yesterday
II/ Practice:
1. Changing the following sentences into Passive form:
a. He never gives me flowers on my birthday
I am never given flowers by him on my birthday
b. Mrs. Brown is feeding the baby now
The baby is being fed by Mrs. Brown now
c. Someone stole his car this morning
His car was stolen this morning
d. My father was making a cake when I came
A cake was being made by my father when I came
e. Our teacher will teach the poor children next week
The poor children will be taught by our teacher next week
2. Completing the sentences :
Christmas carols/ sing/ Christmas.

Christmas carols are sung at Christmas.
Lucky money/ put/ red envelopes.
Lucky money is put inside red envelopes.
A flower festival/ hold/ Da Lat/ now.
A flower festival is being held in Da Lat now.
Hyde park/ open/17th century.
Hyde park was opened in 17th century.
This card/ send/ my mother on
2nd Sunday of May.
This card will be sent to my mother on 2nd Sunday of May.
3. Making your own sentences in Passive form
III. Home work:
Write all the sentences of your group in your notebooks
Thank you