Bài giảng Chuyên đề Tiếng Anh 9 - Passive voice

 Ly Thuong Kiet Secondary school
 Ms. Nguyen Ngoc
 Class: 9A4 ACTIVE VOICE PASSIVE VOICE
- Lan does the washing every day. - The washing is washed every day by Lan.
- They are cooking the dinner now. - The dinner is being cooked now.
- We should use solar energy instead - Solar energy should be used instead 
of electricity. of electricity.
- Tim has written the letter. - The letter has been written by Tim.
- They had evacuated the villagers to - The villagers had been evacuated to 
the safe shelter. the safe shelter.
 Passive: S + be + P2 CONTENT
A. PASSIVE REVIEW
B. COMMON TYPES OF 
QUESTIONS IN THE TEST
C. PRACTICE When to use the passive voice?
1. The action is more - The washing is washed every day 
important than the person by Lan.
who does the action.
 - The letter has been written by Tim.
 - The dinner is being cooked now.
 2. The person who does the 
 - Solar energy should be used 
 action is not known
 instead of electricity.
 - The villagers had been evacuated 
 3. The subject cannot do the to the safe shelter.
 action itself. Complete the blanks in the table
 Tenses Active Passive
Simple tenses I do it It is done.
S + to be + P2 I did it It (1) 
Continuous tenses I am doing it It (3) 
S + (2) .. I was doing it It was being done.
Perfect tenses
S + have/ has + been + P2 I have done it. It has been done.
 had I had done it. It (4) 
Near future
S + (5) . I am going to do it. It is going to be done.
Modal verb I will do it It (6) . 
S + will/ can/ must be + P2 I must do it It must be done. Common types of questions
1. Mark the letter A, B, c or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions
The solar panels should...................... as soon as possible.
A. install B. be install C. be installed D. installed
2. Mark the letter A, B,C or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each 
of the following questions.
My teeth are checking at the moment.
 A B C D
3. Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of 
the following questions.
 They have thrown the rubbish on the street.
A. The rubbish have been thrown on the street. 
B. The rubbish has been thrown on the street. 
C. The rubbish have been thrown by them on the street. 
D. The rubbish has been thrown by them on the street. Type 1:
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the 
following questions.
 1. The solar panels should ...................... as soon as possible.
 A. install B. be install C. be installed D. installed
 2. The first plane ...................... by Wright Flyer in 1903.
 A. was invent B. was invented C. invented D. was being invented 
 3. More products ...................... in our workshop for the last three months.
 A. have produced B. has been produced 
 C. have been produced D. were produced
 4. The experiment ...................... at 10 a.m yesterday.
 A. was doing B. was done C. were being done D was being done
 5. After all the dishes ....................... her friends came.
 A. had been prepared B. were prepared C. had prepared D. have been prepared 2. The first plane ...................... by Wright Flyer in 1903.
A. was invent B. was invented 
C. invented D. was being invented 
 Past simple passive:
 S + was/were + P2
 2 3 4 5 4. The experiment ...................... at 10 a.m yesterday.
A. was doing B. was done 
C. were being done D. was being done
 Past continuous passive:
 S + were/was +being + P2
 3 4 5 Type 2: 
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the underlined part that needs 
correction in each of the following questions.
1. My teeth are checking at the moment.
 A B C D
2. A speech on the environment will be making by the President next week.
 A B C D
3. Several mails were sent to wrong addresses last month by the new secretary.
 A B C D
4. One of the emails are being sent now.
 A B C D
5. They were questioned by the police this time last night.
 A B C D 2. A speech on the environment will be making by the President next week.
 A B C D
 Modal verb passive: S + modal V + be + P2
 Mistake: using V-ing instead of P2
 2 3 4 5 S: singular V: plural
4. One of the emails are being sent now.
 A B C D
 Mistake: singular and plural confusion
 4 5 Some commonPASSIVE mistakes REVIEW
 1. Using active voice instead of passive voice.
 2. Using the V-ing instead of P2
 3. Put adverb of time’s position wrongly.
 4. Single and plural confusion.
 5. Omitting “being” in continuous tenses. Type 3: 
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to 
each of the following questions.
3. We are asked to turn off the appliances when not using them. 
 A. They asked us to turn off the appliances when not using them. 
 B. We asked them to turn off the appliances when not using them. 
 C. They are asked us to turn off the appliances when not using them. 
 D. They ask us to turn off the appliances when not using them. 
4. The traffic rules must be obeyed strictly by road users.
 A. Road users must be obey the traffic rules strictly.
 B. Road users must obey the traffic rules strictly.
 C. Road users must be obeyed the traffic rules strictly.
 D. Road users must obeyed the traffic rules strictly. 2. We are going to book a package tour for the next vacation.
A. A package tour is going to book for the next vacation. Active voice
B. A package tour is going to be booked for the next vacation. 
C. The next vacation is going to book a package tour. Wrong subject
D. The next vacation is going to be booked a package tour.
 Near future passive
 S + am/is/are going to be + P2
 2 3 4 4. The traffic rules must be obeyed strictly by road users.
A. Road users must be obey the traffic rules strictly. 2 infinitives
B. Road users must obey the traffic rules strictly.
C. Road users must be obeyed the traffic rules strictly. Not passive voice
D. Road users must obeyed the traffic rules strictly. Wrong verb form 
 after modal verb
 4 Test 2
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined 
part that needs correction in each of the following questions 
Question 1. You have read this interesting article on the website, have you?
A. on B. interesting C. have you D. read
Question 2. I can’t find the book which Lan lent it to me last week. 
A. find B. which C. it D. to
Question 3. Our house is going to rebuilt by a local firm next month.
A. Our B. is going C. rebuilt D. local
 (Source: Đề thi khảo sát vào 10 trường THCS Giang Biên 
 năm học 2019 -2020) WRAP - UP
* Rearrange the words to make correct sentences. 
 Then identify which tenses they are.
0. /the /invented / by / Paper /was / Chinese. 
 –> Paper was invented by the Chinese. 
 –> Past simple passive
1. /being / His motorbike/ by a mechanic / is / serviced /right now.
2. /been/Smart phones/ invented /hadn’t /before / from /graduated /we / high school.
3. /half an hour / be/ for/ should / cooked/ at least / The beef. HOMEWORK
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtWqQ1gdbIk&t=8s