Passive Voice


Objectives
Grammar Focus
Passive voice | present and past

Vocabulary
News-related vocabulary

Practice
Discussing recent news stories and current events


Grammar Focus

Present Passive
Is | Are + Past participle
The news is reported daily.

Past Passive
Was | Were + Past participle
The story was written last week.

When to Use
Focus on the action or event rather than the subject
The building was constructed in 2020.


Vocabulary

News and Current Events

Headlines
Breaking news
Major event
Investigation
Announcement

Reports
Witnesses
Sources
Coverage
Interview

General
Media
Journalist
Publication
Broadcasting


Wrap-Up

Homework
Find a news article and rewrite three sentences from the article in the passive voice

Example

Original Sentence
The government passed the new law last week.

Passive Sentence
The new law was passed by the government last week.