General English Level 5 GELEV5 Unit 02 Topic 03.doc Changing active to passive voice Look at the examples showing how sentences in the active voice can be changed into sentences in the passive. Look They saw off the branches. The branches are sawn off. Someone plants the seeds. The seeds are planted. People load the bags onto the truck. The bags are loaded onto the truck. He cuts the paper into strips. The paper is cut into strips. Eco Logging's brochure says: Tree cutting work is dangerous and our loggers are highly trained in safety. Highly is an adverb. We can use adverbs with verbs in the passive just as we do with verbs in the active. Our loggers are highly trained in safety. The forest is badly damaged. The food is specially prepared. PRACTICE Finding passives 1. In pairs, look through the reading passage. 2. Find all the passive forms. 3. Choose a different colour to highlight the singular and plural forms. WRITING Jumbled sentences 1. Your teacher will give you a set of cards. 2. In pairs, put the words in order to make a sentence using the passive. 3. Write your sentences here: 1. _____________________________________________________________ 2. _____________________________________________________________ 3. _____________________________________________________________ 64 QUESTLANGUAGE