(共18张PPT)
Grammar
The Tense of the The Passive Voice
1. Present passive voice: am/is/are + p.p.
e.g. The Olympic Games __________
___________________________
奥运会经常在大城市举办。
2. Past passive voice: was/were + p.p.
e.g. The last Olympic Games __________
in Brazil.
上届奥运会是在巴西举办的。
are usually
held in big cities.
were held
Revision
3. Future passive voice: ①will/shall + be + p.p.
②be+ going to be + p.p.
③be+ to be+ p.p.
e.g. The children _______________
hospital if they have a slight fever.
The children ____________________
to hospital if they have a slight fever.
The children ____________________
hospital if they had high a fever.
孩子如果发高烧应该送到医院去。
will be taken to
are going to be taken
are to be taken to
Can you find the following sentence in the reading passage Pay attention to the verb tense. Then pick out four more sentences using the present progressive passive voice from the passage.
We are being killed for the wool beneath our stomachs.
1. Our fur is being used to make sweaters…
2. I wonder what is being done to help you.
3. Daisy turned around and found that she was being watched…
4. So good things are being done here to
save local wildlife.
Present continuous passive voice
Mary is being interviewed now.
观察下列句子中的划线部分。
Tom’s car is being repaired now.
The life of the panda is being studied
at present.
A. 肯定句:
主语 + am/is/are + being + 过去分词
B. 否定句:
主语 + am/is/are + not+ being + 过去分词
C.一般疑问句:
Am/Is/Are +主 + being + 过去分词
D.一般疑问句:
特殊疑问词+am/is/are +主 + being + 过去分词
现在进行时的被动语态结构
用法:
表示说话人说话时或现阶段正在进行的动作,经常和时间副词now (现在), right now (现在, 此刻), at present (现在,目前), at this moment (此刻)连用。
意义:
主语和谓语动词之间是被动关系,而且动作正在进行。
e.g. English is being taught by Miss
Lee now.
New functions are being added to
the camera at present.
“三变”: 原句主语变为by短语, 宾语变为主语, 谓语由主动变为被动;
“三不变”: 原句意思不变, 原句时态不变, 原句主谓宾以外成分不变。
They are building nine parks.
→ Nine parks are being built.
→ How many parks are being built
主动语态变被动语态:
现在进行时的被动语态:
am/is/are + being done
1) 表示说话时正在进行的一个被动动作,强调主语是动作的承受者。
e.g. 瞧!那个婴儿正由他的姑姑照料
着。
Look! The baby ________ taken care
of by her aunt.
is being
2) 表示这一段时间正在进行的一个被动的动作。
e.g. 这一阵子许多讲座正在举行。
Many speeches _________ held these
days.
are being
3) 表示按计划或安排将要进行的一个被动动作。
e.g. 今晚将要进行一场圣诞晚会。
A party is being held tonight.
The problem is under discussion now.
= The problem is being discussed now.
The telephone is in use.
= The telephone is being used.
4) be + under / in +n.的结构可以表示现在进行时的被动语态的含义。
5) 一些表示“心理活动, 拥有, 存在”等动词,一般不用现在进行时的被动语态,而用一般现在时的被动语态。
e.g. Joe, come here. You are wanted on the phone.
I. 用括号内动词(短语)的正确形式完成下面句子。
1. At present, the request to buy a video for each classroom ___________________ (consider).
2. Most of the streets in the city have been widened and many new buildings ________________ (build) nowadays.
is being considered
are being built
3. What should you do while you ________________ (follow) by a stranger
4. How much money we should spend on endangered tigers ___________________ (discuss) now.
5. Look. The children _______________________ (take care of ) by their aunt. Don’t worry.
are being followed
is being discussed
are being taken care of
II. 选用括号内合适的内容完成下面短文。
Human beings have been suffering from AIDS for too long. A combination of drugs _____________ (has used, has been used) to fight the disease. Several new drugs ______________ (are using, are being used) to stop its spread. Scientists have been working hard and it’s hoped that a cure (疗法) can ________ (find, be found).
has been used
are being used
be found
Being diagnosed (诊断) with AIDS is bad news. Nowadays patients __________________ (are giving, are being given) a cocktail(混合物) of drugs in the early stages of the disease. Everything possible _________________ (is doing, is being done) to find a cure. Yet still too many people ________________ (have been dying, have been died) from the disease.
are being given
is being done
have been dying