Fish farming

THE ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE

ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE CONSTRUCTIONS

Active voice Subject + verb +object Fisherman sells the fish Passive voice Object changes to subject +verb to be The fish is (by fisherman) Note: v3 is often called the past participle

+v3 sold

A sentence in the active voice when the subject or the doer of the action is at the beginning of a sentence: Example: Fisherman brings the boat The dog kept the pound I bit the tail of the fish A sentence in the passive voice when the object or the receiver of the action is at the beginning of a sentence: Example: The boat is brought by fisherman The pound was kept by the dog The tail of the fish was bitten by me

WHEN CHANGING AN ACTIVE SENTENCE TO A PASSIVE

The object

of the active sentence becomes the subject in the passive sentence The subject of the active form becomes the doer / object in the passive form

FORMS

The passive voice is formed by using the suitable tense of the verb be, followed by the past participle of the active verb, as shown in the table below:

Tenses / modal Active

Simple present tense I give the fish

Passive
The fish is given by me

Simple past tense

I gave the fish

The fish was given by me

Simple future tense

I will give the fish

The fish will be given by me

Simple past future

I would give the fish

The fish would be given by me

Modal =can may must

I can give the fish I may give the fish I must give the fish

The fish can be given by me The fish maybe given by me The fish must be given by me

SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

Present continues tense Active: I am giving the fish Passive: The fish is being given by me Present perfect tense Active: I have given the fish Passive: The fish has been given by me Present perfect continues tense Active: I have been giving the fish Passive: The fish has been being given by me

SIMPLE PAST TENSE

Past continues tense Active: I was giving the fish Passive: The fish was being given by me Past perfect tense Active: I had given the fish Passive: The fish had been given by me Present perfect continues tense Active: I had been giving the fish Passive: The fish had been being given by me

SIMPLE FUTURE TENSE

Future continues tense Active: I will be giving the fish Passive: The cow will be being given by me Present perfect tense Active: I will have given the fish Passive: The fish will have been given by me Present perfect continues tense Active: I will have been giving the fish Passive: The fish will have been being given by me

SIMPLE PAST FUTURE TENSE

Future continues tense Active: I would be giving the fish Passive: The cow would be being given by me Present perfect tense Active: I would have given the fish Passive: The fish would have been given by me Present perfect continues tense Active: I would have been giving the fish Passive: The fish would have been being given by me

CHANGE INTO PASSIVE VOICE!

Six monkeys rode two horses in the circus act. Many teenagers wear jeans and t-shirts Today, children in many countries read her books All of us miss him A group of mountain climbers saw a strange animal Nowadays, girls as well as boys attend universities Most of the animals in the jungle fear the tiger The little girl sells pretty baskets

THE KEYS

Two horses were by six monkeys in the circus act Jeans and t-shirts are by many teenagers Today, her books are by children in many countries He is by all of us A strange animal was by a group of mountain climbers Nowadays, universities are by girls as well as boys The tiger is by most of the animals in the jungle Pretty baskets are by the little girl.

LOOK AT THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES AND FILL THEM WITH THE CORRECT ONE!
Most rice in the lowlands (grow) Swidden farming also shifting cultivation (call) It mainly in the uplands (find) Most of the nutrients in the living vegetation (store) Soon, the nutrients . (use up) The land for crops (can / clear)