My dog bit my wife yesterday And what did you do? I took it to the vet Did you have it put to sleep? Of course not, I had its teeth sharpened! SUBJECT + TO BE (in the appropriate tense) + PAST PARTICIPLE (regular verbs: vb+ed TO GET rd irregular verbs: form) Use the passive: -when the agent (the doer of the action)is unknown, unimportant or obvious from the context The invitations have been sent -the focus is on the action (in news reports, headlines, formal notices, advertisements, instructions, processes German spoken here! Early Morning Burglars Caught Red Handed By Neighbours! -to make statements more formal or polite drink milk Cats He cuts Milk is drunk by cats Do as in the model: Present simple They cook the food at The food is cooked at they send the invitations Present Continuous They are cooking the food now The food is being cooked now they arrange the flowers Past simple They cooked the food The food was cooked they make the salad Past continuous They were cooking the food The food was being cooked they wash the dishes Future simple They will cook the food The food will be cooked they wash their clothes Future perfect They will have cooked the food The food will have been cooked we make the beds Present perfect They have cooked the food The food has been cooked you clean the rooms Past perfect They had cooked the food The food had been cooked we write our homework Modals They must cook the food The food must be cooked he cooks breakfast Turn the sentences into the passive (both ways): Fill in by or with: They say he is a man My red dress was designed …………… Irina Schrotter We expect Jane will be honest Who was America discovered …………….? They believe he is the robber This sponge cake is filled ………… raspberry whipped cream They say she swindled money from the company The match was watched …………… millions of people Miss Johnson says they miss too many classes Do you like Basmati Rice flavoured …………… saffron? They know she lies all the time Who was the thermometer invented …………….? They thought she was brave to such a thing Mona Lisa is a painting made ………… Leonardo da Vinci Write sentences in the passive voice paying attention to the tenses: Our papers / mark / by our French teacher / at the moment _ The Starry Night / paint / Vincent Van Gogh _ Blood oranges / widely / grow / in Spain and Italy _ The convicts / release / from prison / last week _ The dishes / already / wash _ Mozart / always / regard / a great composer _ Reservations / make / 36 hours / before / day of play _ We / bring up / our grandparents _ Look at that boy!!! He / bite / that venomous snake! _ 10 My room / clean / weekly _ 11 The new sports centre / open / the mayor / tomorrow _ 12 Complaints /can / make / telephone / 24 hours a day _ ANSWERS by, by, with, by, with, by, by He is said to be a man It is said that he is a man Jane is expected to be honest It is expected that Jane will be honest He is believed to be the robber It is believed that he is the robber She is said to have swindled from the company It is said that she swindled from the company They are said to miss too many classes It is said that they miss too many classes She is known to lie all the time It is known that she lies all the time She was thought to have been brave to such a thing It was thought that she had been brave to such a thing She is said to be a better person now it is said that she is a better person now Our papers are being marked by our French teacher at the moment The Starry Night was painted by Van Gogh Blood oranges are widely grown in Spain and Italy The convicts were released from prison last week The dishes have already been washed Mozart will always be regarded as a great composer Reservations must be made 36 hours before the day of play We were brought up by our grandparents He is going to be bitten by that snake! My room is cleaned weekly Complaints can be made by telephone 24 hours a day