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Grammar
Passive Voice
Book 7 Unit 2
1
Look at the sentences from the reading passage and match them to the reasons why the passive voice is used.
Observing the sentences
1 The subject is not known, is unimportant, or “people in general” and can be omitted(省略).
2 The focus of the sentences is on the recipient of the action, not on the subject of the sentence.
3 The subject goes with lengthy(冗长的) expressions that are better put at the end.
概念梳理
英语中的语态分为主动语态和被动语态。主动语态表示主语是动作的执行者;被动语态表示主语是动作的承受者。
以下几种情况常用被动语态:
1) 不知道或没有必要指出谁是动作的执行者;
2) 为了强调动作的承受者;
3) 主语有较长的修饰语时;
4) 通知、公告,新闻报道和科技报道等。
认识“时态”和“语态”
“时”和“态”的组合,共16种,高考涉及11种。
态
时
过去
现在
将来
一般
进行
完成
完成进行
I work…
I worked…
I will work…
I am working…
I was working…
I will be working…
I have worked…
I had worked…
I will have worked…
I have been working…
过去将来
I would work…
am/is/are done
was/were done
will be done
would be done
am/is/are being done
was/were being done
will be being done
have/has been done
had been done
will have been done
have/has been being done
其他注意情况
1. 情态动词+be+done
1)Nowadays, solar energy ______________(can use) to produce electricity in many countries.
接双宾语的动词变成被动语态。
1)We gave him the letter. =He ________(give) the letter by us. =The letter was given ____ him by us.
2)He bought my son a birthday gift. = My son ______________(buy) a birthday gift by him. =A birthday gift was bought _______my son by him.
2. 常接双宾语:在变成被动语态中,如果间接宾语被提前作主语,那么直接宾语保留不变;如果直接宾语被提前作主语,那么间接宾语前一般要加上相应的介词to或for。
can be used
was given
to
was bought
for
其他注意情况
1)The old woman has neither son nor daughter, so she is often looked by her neighbors.
2)Every mistake in your article should be paid attention.
3. 含有“动词+介词/副词”类动词短语(如look after, put on, take care of, pay attention to)的主动句变为被动句时,原动词短语中的介词或副词应保留下来。
4. 被动语态除用“be +及物动词-ed形式”构成外,还可用“get +及物动词-ed形式”结构
其他注意情况
1)The old woman has neither son nor daughter, so she is often looked by her neighbors.
2)Every mistake in your article should be paid attention.
3. 含有“动词+介词/副词”类动词短语(如look after, put on, take care of, pay attention to)的主动句变为被动句时,原动词短语中的介词或副词应保留下来。
4. 被动语态除用“be +及物动词-ed形式”构成外,还可用“get +及物动词-ed形式”结构
不能用于被动语态的情况
(1) 不及物动词无被动语态。如:appear, last, come, go, happen, break out, take place, occur等。
(2)系表结构无被动语态。 如sound, look, taste, smell等。
(3)部分短语动词可以带宾语,但没有被动语态,如belong to, add up to, date back to, consist of, take part in等。
(4)有些及物动词也没有被动语态,如have, cost, lack, own, wish, fit等。
不能用于被动语态的情况
(5) 当sell, read, keep, wash, write, open, wear, run, burn, close等所在句子有副词easily, well, smoothly, softly等,为不及物动词,不能用被动语态。
1)The kind of cloth washes easily.
2)Have you bought the books that sell well these days? I think it is suitable for us teenagers.
3) The fruits doen’t keep well, so put them into the freezer.
(6)prove后面跟形容词或to be 结构,prove为联系动词,没有被动语态。如:As time went on, his theory proved (to be) correct.
不能用于被动语态的情况
(5) 当sell, read, keep, wash, write, open, wear, run, burn, close等所在句子有副词easily, well, smoothly, softly等,为不及物动词,不能用被动语态。
1)The kind of cloth washes easily.
2)Have you bought the books that sell well these days? I think it is suitable for us teenagers.
3) The fruits doen’t keep well, so put them into the freezer.
(6)prove后面跟形容词或to be 结构,prove为联系动词,没有被动语态。如:As time went on, his theory proved (to be) correct.
非谓语中主动和被动的特殊点
The house needs _________/______________(repair).
He deserved ____________/____________/______________(encourage).
The problem is difficult _____ _____(solve).
The place of interest is worth ___________(visit).
The place of interest is worthy ________________/ of ___________(visit).
I have something important ______(do) this evening.
The meeting _____________(hold) tomorrow is about the election of the monitor.
They made him go there alone. -----He _____________ there alone by them.
repairing
to be repaired
encouragement
encouraging
to be encouraged
to solve
visiting
to be visited
being visited
to do
to be held
was made to go
Activity 2
Since ancient times, storytelling has been a way to share and pass on wisdom. One important early work that did so was Aesop’s Fables, a collection of stories that history credits to Aesop, a Greek storyteller. People believe that he lived in Ancient Greece between 620 BC and 564 BC. Most of the characters in his stories are animals, the qualities of which Aesop used to reflect human traits and wisdom. Each fable teaches a life lesson that Aesop summarises in a short phrase at the end of the story, called a moral. Today, children and adults all around the world still enjoy Aesop’s Fables.
is summarised
still enjoyed by children and adults all around the world.
Aesop’s Fables are
It is believed that
Activity 3
Look at the pictures and write the story from Aesop’s Fables. Use the passive voice where appropriate.
One day a little mouse was caught by a lion...
Activity 3
Look at the pictures and write the story from Aesop’s Fables. Use the passive voice where appropriate.
One day a little mouse was caught by a lion. The lion wanted to eat the mouse, but the mouse said that he would help the lion someday, if he ______ (let)go. The lion thought, “How can a great animal ________(help) by a little animal?” But the mouse ____________(allow) to leave.
was let
be helped
was allowed
Activity 3
Look at the pictures and write the story from Aesop’s Fables. Use the passive voice where appropriate.
Several days later, the lion ________(catch) by the hunter’s net. The mouse bit the net with his strong teeth and helped the lion out. Thanks to the little mouse, the lion ________(save) and finally __________ (admit) that the strong could sometimes be helped by the weak.
was caught
be helped
admitted
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