English Survival SkillsCan you speak more slowly please?

iwenttothebaseballgamelastnightbutitwas-rainingsothegamewascancelled.

I went to the baseball game last night but it was raining so the game was cancelled.

thereisarobberyinthebankattheuniversity-weshouldrunandhide.

There is a robbery in the bank at the univer-sity! We should run and hide!

Can you speak more slowly please?

Ijustsawagiantmonsterchickenattackingth-ecity.

I just saw a giant monster chicken attacking the city.

Active and Passive Voice

Subject + Verb + Object SVO

Active Voice

Jenny kicked the teacher. ObjectSubject Verb

The chicken ate the child.

The child was eaten by the chicken.

Can you tell me what the dif-ference is between these two sentences?

Object + (to be) Verb + (by) SubjectOVS

Passive Voice

The teacherwas kicked

by Jenny.

(by) Sub-ject

Object (to be) Verb

When the object is more important than the subject.

The diamond was stolen by someone.

When the subject does not want to be known.

Mistakes were made. (by me)

When do we use passive voice?

Past ParticiplesPresentWalkKickRunSingRideStealWear

PastWalkedKickedRanSangRodeStoleWore

Past ParticipleWalkedKickedRunSungRiddenStolenWorn

The cat wore a hel-met.

The helmet was worn by the cat.

Change the active voice to pas-sive voice.

The lion chased the zebra. The zebra was chased by the lion.

Change the active voice to pas-sive voice.

John lost his wheels. The wheels were lost by John.

Change the active voice to pas-sive voice.

The car will hit the boat.

Switch to passive voice.

The boat will be hit by the car.

The crazy man kicked the baseball player.

Switch to passive voice.

The baseball player was kicked by the crazy man.

The monkey loves the bird. (present tense)

Switch to passive voice.

The bird is loved by the monkey.

On Tuesday, my wife smashed the computer.

Switch to passive voice.

On Tuesday, the computer was smashed by my wife.