Basic
English Structure
Active & Passive Voice 主動語態和被動語態
Tense
Table
I. Active Voice 主動語態
In an active voice sentence, the subject does the action
and the direct object receives the action. Only sentences with a direct object
can be made into passive voice sentences.
e.g.主動語態句子中，主語做動作，賓語接受動作。有直接賓語的句子才能變成被動語態句子。
|
Subject
主語
|
Verb
(transitive) 及物動詞
|
Direct
Object 直接賓語
|
Other
其他
|
|
Mary
|
made
|
a
cake
|
for
us.
|
|
Tom
|
will
buy
|
some
milk
|
for
the children.
|
|
He
|
sends
|
a
letter
|
to
Ann every week.
|
|
Somebody
|
saw
|
Sandy
|
entering
the house.
|
|
The
maid
|
cleans
|
the
bathroom
|
daily.
|
Exercise
1
I. Identifying the Direct Object
II. Passive Voice
被動語態
In a passive voice sentence, the subject receives the action.The
doer of the action is placed after 'by' or is absent from the sentence.
主動語態句子中被動語態句子中，主語接受動作。做動作者被置於
'by' 之後或不存在。
3 steps to change the active voice to the passive voice: 由主動語態變成被動語態的三個步驟:
-- move the direct object to the subject of the
sentence 將直接賓語移至句子的主語
-- move the subject to the end of the sentence
and add 'by' 將主語移至句子末，並加上 'by'
-- change the verb form 改變動詞形式
See
how to change a sentence from active voice to passive voice.
|
Subject
主語
|
Passive
Verb 被動動詞
|
by +
Object 賓語
|
Other
其他
|
|
A
cake
|
was
made
|
by
Mary
|
for
us.
|
|
Some
milk
|
will
be bought
|
by
Tom
|
for
the children.
|
|
A
letter
|
is
sent
|
by
him
|
to
Ann every week.
|
|
Sandy
|
was
seen
|
(by
someone)
|
entering
the house.
|
|
The
bathroom
|
is
cleaned
|
by
the maid
|
daily.
|
Exercise
2
I. Recognizing the passive voice
III. Passive Verb
Form 被動動詞形式
2 steps to change the verb form: 轉變動詞形式兩個步驟:
-- use the same tense 用相同時態
-- use the right form of 'be' and the past participle
of the main verb 用 'be' 的正確形式及主動詞的過去分詞
|
Tense
時態
|
Subject
主語
|
Verb
動詞
be + past participle 過去分詞 |
by +
Object 賓語
|
|
| Simple Present | A book | is | written | by Tom. |
| Present Continuous | A book | is being | written | by Tom. |
| Present Perfect | A book | has been | written | by Tom. |
| Simple Past | A book | was | written | by Tom. |
| Past Continuous | A book | was being | written | by Tom. |
| Past Perfect | A book | had been | written | by Tom. |
| Simple Future | A book | will be | written | by Tom. |
| Future Continuous | A book | will be being | written | by Tom. |
| Future Perfect | A book | will have been | written | by Tom. |
Exercise
3
I. Recognizing the passive verb
form
Revision
I.
Recognizing the correct verb form I
II.
Recognizing the correct verb form II
