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Easy Introduction to PASSIVE
English students often think of the passive voice as scary or difficult. I make it easy, and explain how we use it in real life!
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it was fun
Yes it was very great
Hi Teacher.
I need help! I got stuck.
When i say: My hair was cut. That sentence is passive ?
When i say: My hair was cut by Kevin. That sentence is active ?
Do i right ? ?
Thanks
same thing buddy, both are active I guess. you can just say I got fresh cut.
no, you are wrong. both are passive!
Yes, you’re right both are passive:-)
no both are active i think.
yup! both are passive ..
Rey –
“My hair was cut.” — PASSIVE
“My hair was cut by Kevin.” — ALSO PASSIVE
“Kevin cut my hair.” — ACTIVE
With passive, you can put “by *******” if you want but you don’t have to. It is still passive if you put it or not.
hi rey im not a teacher but ican help you: the two sentences are in the passive voice,in the second sentence you mentioned the agent(by kevin)
In both cases it passively.
But you decide if you want to know who did then you writing: by …
And if you do not want to know who did the operation, are not you add the by.
I hope I helped you
yup.. u r right babeeeeeeeeeee
Hi Rey,I’m totallY in d same with GirlPower,sondes n NOY.
Hope u got!
no, both r passive..
i dint get your lecture at all. i got confused
because, you wrot a sentence in simple present and than u made it inot passive and you used ” was and were”
but when i took lecture on the same topic, i was taught that we use “is am are” to make passive of simple present, it it so han why did you used “was were”
would you like to help me out.
I think both are correct, Mahvish. It is the verb “TO BE”… that can be was, were, is, am, are… all can be used in a passive sentence. Look at my example:
“The story was written.” — PASSIVE
“The story was written by Paul.” — ALSO PASSIVE
“The story is written.” — PASSIVE (I think)
“Paul wrote the story” — ACTIVE
Hi teacher
Very interesting. Lesson was done very clear by you. Tell me please if my idea is correct. The passive voice is used when the action of the verb affects to the subject, instead, in the active voice, the verb affects to the object.
Thank you
Raul
I think is too redundant if you say “by you” because the video was actually made by her. Sometimes they might think that she’s the only one that can make the video so easy to understand.
*In this case, “make” is used and not “do” when talking about “making a video”
*If you didn’t happen to understand my explanation, analize what you wrote and I’m sure you’ll figure out.
Cheers,
perfect, i like it.if 10 is the full mark, i will rate you 10
Lessons are very clear and easy to understand, thank you so much for your help. and your accent is very very clear. keep posting many good lessons
I agree to what Mahvish said. I was also taught that when using present simple in active, stays the same in passive.
According to the example the teacher gave:
I eat lunch (active)
Lunch is eaten (and not “was eaten”) (Passive)
Did she get confused? Or someone can help me out with this?
Thanks.
You are correct, we can use passive in ALL verb tenses — past, present, future, etc. But we usually use the simple past when we talk about the actions we did: “My hair was cut”. We use the present tense — “Hair is cut”, when we talk about everyday routines — which we don’t use a lot in regular, natural conversations. Remember, I am teaching you how to speak NATURALLY — not how your text books teach you! We usually DON’T use the present passive.
Thanks for watching!
Ronnie
what is adverb
Simpely,an adverb is a word that describes a verb for example we say: ” Jack drives his car QUICKLY” here the word quickly is an adverb which describes how Jack was driving his car,so it has to do with the verb”to drive”.that all my friend!
I think your ideas / answer is correct
your lesson is good , but you didnt say the defferent between ( my hair was cut) and ( I had my hair cut ) which is better than I was my hair cut .
Also as my freinds said the defferent between present and past when we change into passive . I hop you make another lesson to show the defferent betweem them ( present and past)
Excellent video. Easy to understand.
excellent video madum
i’m sorry , i make i mistake
hello , my respect professor Ronnie , may i have your Id of skype please , for further questions
thank you , with my best greetings
good lec
Excellent!!! It is easy to understand. I like Your manner of telling
Tks for the teaching, Ronnie !
It’s a good lesson !!
Ur style of training is awesome !!! i would like to ask u a doubt, u specified an example saying that “i eat lunch.”(active) while u change into passive why cant it be like this “lunch is eaten” rather than specifying “lunch was eaten.” Do we have any restriction on tenses?
you are a great teacher
Thank you for u teaching me about passive. I understand that u r teaching .So here I need u explain or example the words Closed and Open by passive, Please.
Than you.
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hi Ronnie
how are you , i think you have a fantastic for teaching
thank you
It was very easy to understand your explanation! Thank you for your lesson!
The Lessons were whatched by me.
Thank you, For all your lessons.
Thank you Ronnie for your help.
Thank you Ronnie (:
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Thanks everyone!
hello, i needed to ask that
what the difference is in these 2 sentences.
my hair was cut.
i got my hair cut.
both means i didn’t do it.
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IF YOU CAN PLEASE SEND ME OR DO ONE PROGRAM FOR THAT, IT IS VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME.
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THANK YOU, AND KEEP GOING…
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hi this is santhosh,in the above lesson u hav given an example “i eat lunch” is active and the passive is “lunch was eaten”….what i came to know is that the example is in simple present ..so the conversion could be in simple present…i am going to give an example here …i ate lunch ….what could be the passive i think it will be “lunch was eaten….what do u say……
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HELLO MY DEAR RONNIE.
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Hi everybody! I’m a Vietnamese. Nice to meet you! My english is very bad because i only study one year in my university. I think it is very important for my jod in the future. Can you help me? Thanks you so much!
I’m from Thailand.I’ve a question. Can we use” die or born “in the present perfect passive? If no. Why not?
Waiting for the answer.:)
how to use past participle?
Hi teacher,hope you will be fine. I’ve to submit a correction and that is, (I eat lunch) passive of this sentence is (Lunch is eaten) and you tought, (Lunch was eaten). hope you won’t mind. thanks
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dear teacher,,u explain us the passive but only how to put in passive a sentence wich verb is in present simple,but what about verbs in present perfect,past perfect ect.???
thank you very much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
where is the test or question after lesson?
Thank you.good
Tranks for you!!!
Greeting for Chile!
Holl, I want to know about the changes of sentences in active passive voice. I hope you will listen me and tell me the mathod of that. Thanks for teaching.
thank you for those vidios that they really help me .I wish you will do more vidios
hi teacher..i understand ,but still i have some confusion …..GOD BLESS YOU
Please can we say:
The hair has been cut
I think my English is improving since a entered this site.
Thank you very much! I like your examples. Good lesson. Thank you!
what about future and present perfact
sorry i can´t find the link to the quiz…
I need some help please!!!
We haven’t added a quiz for this lesson yet.
amazing.Ronnie ways of teaching is very easy and comfortable thanx
can i say : active- he plays football
passive- football is played by him???
please answer me quick because the exam was determained by my teacher <<< how smart am i?
Yes, that is correct!
It was a really interesting lesson i like how u teach
the video was watch by me !
That was a good lesson!Passive didn’t use to be my cup of tea but now it’s much clearer and easier to understand
Dear, Teacher
Please, I’m confused
Now, The Active one is Simple Present
The Passive one, You put the be verb WAS
I’ve learned in active simple present i should put “IS” in the passive one.
Is it wrong ???
hello! No, is in passive is correct!!!!
I mean ” I eat lunch “
grateful
I got a hair cut . or I went to cost cutters to get a hair cut. I would like to know , if is o.k to say it this way
Yes, you can say I went to cost cutters to get a hair cut!
hi ronnie how are you ? i think u made a mistake ;;;; “i eat lunch” .. the verb eat is in the present so the passive voice is “lunch is eaten”.
would you please explain to me why u used was !!!!thanks
Thanks.. I was going to ask the same thing.
this video is usefull
CAN WE MAKE THE SENTENCE OF (GO)
AND IF AGENT IS NOT IN SENTENCE ..
THEN CAN WE MAKE THE SENTENCE OF PASSIVE
hey ,,,thanks so much i had learned a lot from you ,,,,,Ahmed IRAQ
i need your halep i don’t speak english very good.
Dear Ronnie,
You really do a very nice job, but I still would like to comment on two things…
1. I eat lunch – is in present tense
Lunch was eaten – is in past tense.
2. When you explain I – is subject
eat – is verb
lunch – is noun
If I take “I” as a subject, than I would say that “lunch” is object. (lunch is noun and I is pronoun)
Sincerely, Ediz (a German teacher)
Ronnie. Thank you.Your VDO is fun and helpful for me
hi teacher i’m confused becouse you said i cut my hair and here the verb is in the present tense so whene we turn it into the passive form ,i think we have to use the verb to be in the present tense +the pp of the verb to cut am i wrong please answer me
Hello!
Yes you can use the verb in the present tense! I made a mistake! But it is more natural to use the past when we talk about a hair cut.
hi teacher.how are you?
can i ask you one question ?
can i relocate to present passive?
much love nadia ……
hi, thank you very much
hi .iam zaki i think it is: i ate the lunch in the active form so in the pasive it ll be the lunch was eaten .BUT IF IT IS IN THE ACTIVE I eat the lunch passive ll be :lunch is eaten am i right the verb of active in the present so to be in present thanks
It was a very nice explanation.This English lesson was given by…..Congratulations
The class was awesum ;i enjoyed and now I’m superior
Thnx Ronnie!!!
thank u ronnie
you really work hard for this ronnie. tq
im totally confuse teacher…:(
can u plz tell me,to understand this active and passive voice,who’s lesson i should watch first for understanding tenses???please guide me teacher
Really. this lesson help me to understand the coplicated grammer
thanks Ronnie
where is the passive test?
thanks zaki algeria
i like this lessons=)
me too por. ty for all
It’s amazing! We have so much in common. I present grammar to my students in a similar way!
In this example,as is the passive:
Eg.: She has been told this before.
i like the lesson .. (:
thank you very much , ronnie
thank you very much. you are useful
Sorry to bother you,buti think that when we use the passive’you conjugate verb to BE in the tense of the Active tense. for example : I eat lunch. so you said that,’Lunch was eaten.
And i think that the passive could be , Lunch is eatten. Because I eat lunch is in the simple present.
so i need to correct me that.
You are so wonderful teacher.
thank you so much.
with my best wishes.
Yes you are correct!
I have only two months studying english and your videos are very easy to understand thanks.
hello ms Ronnie…how are you?
if I’m not in mistake I don’t see any quiz in this lecture…yes?
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Neither do I,
it was very great
Hi Ronnie,
How can I change this sentence into active voice “I AM PAID IN DOLLARS” and what it means?
I am paid in dollars means they pay you with cash – in dollars means with a currency that uses dollars (not pounds or pesos)
Passive – Dollars are paid to me.
Hello Ronnie. I like your lessons and appreciate your way of teaching. I also support the idea that English language should be taught naturally. Anyway, I have one observation which I want to share with you. Navin asked you a question about how to change the sentence “I am paid in dollars” into active voice and what it means. You answered that the passive sentence is “Dollars are paid to me”. I am not a native speaker and I am preparing for the TOEFL test which means that I am not competent to say if this is right or wrong, but if you observe the sentence grammatically I think that you will notice the same mistake. I’ll try to explain what I have observed. If we agree that “paid” is a past form of the verb “pay” and that “in dollars” is a prepositional phrase and if we include the subject who is performing the action “paying” (e.g. by my Boss) then the complete sentence would look like this “I am paid in dollars by my boss” where “by my boss” will be the object. If this is correct then the active voice form would be “The boss pays me in dollars”. If we suppose that “Someone’ is the hidden subject in your sentence “Dollars are paid to me” then the sentence would be “Someone pays dollars to me” which is not the same as Navin stated. To resume, passive “I am paid in dollars” – active “Someone pays me in dollars”; passive “Dollars are paid to me” – active “Someone pays me dollars”. I would like to know your opinion about this observation.
Great observation!
I was confused but after this lesson I understand when I hear sentence in passive.Thank you very much .
help me guys….
where do I use have been, has been and had neen…
thnx…
i think there is a mistake.
according to the answer that she gave to the first active sentence ( i eat lunch ) is not suitable coz it is in the present but the answer was in the past .so the answer should be like this: lunch is eaten or the active sentence should be like this : i ate lunch
if i misunderstood u i should be blamed hh thank u. i like the way you talk
teacher,u wrote the sentence ” I eat lunch” & u made its passive “Lunch was eaten” but the sentence is in Present tense,if i am not correct about this,kindly make me understand. thanks
Yes, lunch was eaten is correct!
thank you
hello teacher,
I would like 2 know about this correct sentence, is this right?
“may this group be immortal”
“May this group be immortal” is an odd sentence, and maybe correct depending on what you mean to say. Can you tell me the context of the sentence, then I can tell you if it is 100% correct!
excellant lesson .thank you .
Thank you very much, you explained this topic better than teacher James.
Hi Ronnie, I enjoy your lessons and I’ve learned a lot things with you. Thank so much.
Best wishes
hi! ronnie i like the way and style of your teaching. i learned a lot from you like i eat lunch active and the lunch was eaten. you use were for cookies were eaten because two person are involved in that situation am i correct ronnie? thnks again god bless..
prof James is also a good teacher.. it depends to the person how they can understand what his topic is all about. even the native speaker is not good in english..
thanks a lot
hello teacher, im a new student in this website.
so i’d like to ask you about “parent” and “family”, are they plural or singular?
thanks anyway
Parent is singular – parents are plural.
Family is uncountable!
This lesson which was taught by teacher Ronnie is very useful. Thank you very much.
Hi Ronnie, good job.
thanks.
Hi Ronnie, which time you will be online on engvid site? help me about conversations……….
Zafar ali soomro
Karachi
Hello Ronnie can I say (when somebody was calling me) I was called from my friend or I have been called from my friend?
How can I say it in a question? Wasn`t you called from your friend or have you been called from your friend? It is the same or what the different between the 2 questions? When can I use it?
HOLA SOY ARGENTINA DE MENDOZA ME ENCANTA ENTRAR A A SUS PAGINAS SON MUY DIDACTICAS Y SE APRENDE MEJOR!! HI Im argentinian!! and im very interest in your topics. Could you explain something about passive in the perfect tenses? KISSES
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Hello, Ronnie!!
I always enjoy your lessons, thanks so much for sharing them!
But, I have a doubt: when you used the ex: I eat lunch. I thought in the passive form i’d say Lunch is eaten, but if i say I ate lunch then I’d say: Lunch was eaten.
Could you please clarify me this?
Thanks a lot!!
Yes, you are correct!
Hi,teacher your teaching very usefull for me, thank you.
hello ..great. thanks a lot for your help.
iya
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Dear Ms.Ronnie,
Thank you very much for all of your video lessons. They are really very useful. Could you, please tell us rules that govern the maintenance of tenses and speeches in academic essay writings. I would be thankful, if you go into depth of the details of essay writing.
Assalam Alikum,
Hi, I love english. I wanna know each and everthing regarding english. and I would like to appreciate your work. Thanks
thank you ronnie for ur lesson
Great explanation.
Thanks teacher……………
How we ask questions from passive voice?
I actually cut my hair because I know how long or how much should be cut..
this lesson was expound by ronni
Hi!Thank you for interesting lesson. I have big problem to pass exam in grammar because passive. Please help me to understand how to use passive in sentence I need more advance level. Most difficult is using present perfect
Present perfect passive = have/has been + p.p
EX… Active voice. I have eaten the cookies. Passive = The cookies have been eaten.
hi teacher , thanks for the lesson , in wich part can I take the quiz ?
hi ronnie, you are fantastic teacher.I like you.
she is so nice teacher,and i like here so much,think you for your help
Dear Ronnie, i do like your style of teaching very much and I’ve been really motivated.but one thing made me unsure about your example : I eat lunch (active) and changed to Lunch was eaten (passive)why not The Lunch is eaten. Thanks and Please Welcome to Indonesia.
You are correct! If we use present tense (I eat lunch) we should say present passive= Lunch is eaten!!
Dear Ronnie,
It’s a pleasure for me to watch lessons from you, the way you teach is nice,cool, not boring.
Ronnie i have a question about the connection,difference between “intransitive verb” and “passive voice”. I’ve ever read but still get confused till now, for example: “the hospital/ the play closed” but another example i read,it uses to be: “the road Was closed, the museum has Been closed” what’s the difference between them?? between using and not using to be as they have ‘same verb’.
And also another example:”the boat steamed across the lake” how if it comes to future simple, it will be “the boat will steam…” or “the boat will be steamed…”??
I need your answer Ronnie and i hope that will be really useful to me, because i’m still completely confused of that :(
Thanks so much before:)
The road was closed is past passive.
The road has been closed is present perfect passive.
Future simple of ”the boat steamed across the lake” = “the boat will steam”.
Thank a lot!
Hi madam Ronnie, I’m one of your loyal students. I guess I need help with finding this lesson quiz!
Thanks alot
thank you very much :) :)
Hi,Teacher,
Thanks a lot for your nice class. But,a doubt. Which is right, to say ‘Lunch is eaten’/ Lunch was eaten, when ‘I eat lunch’ is changed into passive.
Dear teacher,
I got the answer to my question, from your reply to another student’s comment. So, I cancel my comment.
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i eat lunch
lunch is eaten
i think this is the right answer. why does she use the past form in her sentense ???
Hi Teacher!
Thank you four share with us this lesson!! I like to way for teach!!
I did not found the quiz.
The quiz should be here. If you can’t see it, check to see that your browser is up-to-date!
could you teach how to use be,been,being …etc…please i cant understand how to use these wards thank you
Be = simple
been = past participle
being = continuous.
I will try to make a lesson for you!
thank you very much. if you can make a lesson with these wards i will be very happy ..thank you
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