2EC4 Passive Voice

Example sentence: iPhones were invented in 2007 by Apple Inc., with the first iPhone, the iPhone 2G, being introduced by Steve Jobs on January 9, 2007.

Passive voice is used to...

• Show who or what something is happening to.

• Make something that happens to an object more important.

• Talk more about what's happening than who's doing it.

• Talk about something that's happening right now.

Example sentence: iPhones were invented in 2007 by Apple Inc., with the first iPhone, the iPhone 2G, being introduced by Steve Jobs on January 9, 2007.

How is the passive voice formed?

• Subject + action verb + object

• Subject + to be + verb in past participle

• Subject + adverb + verb

• Subject + preposition + noun

Example sentence: iPhones were invented in 2007 by Apple Inc., with the first iPhone, the iPhone 2G, being introduced by Steve Jobs on January 9, 2007.

To say who did something in passive voice, we use the preposition?

• by

• to

• for

• with

Complete the sentence:

iPhones _____ invented in 2007 by Apple Inc., with the first iPhone, the iPhone 2G, being introduced by Steve Jobs on January 9, 2007.

• was

• were

• is

• are

iPhones were invented in 2007 _____ Apple Inc., with the first iPhone, the iPhone 2G, being introduced _____ Steve Jobs on January 9, 2007.

• to / by

• in / to

• with / for

• by / by

Apple was ______ by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak in 1976.

• found

• founded

• finding

• finds

iPhones ______ manufactured in various countries around the world.

• are

• is

• am

• be

The iPhone 15 was _______ in August 2023.

• launching

• launched

• launch

• launches

iOS updates ______ regularly ______ by Apple to improve device performance and security.

• is / releasing

• am / releases

• be / release

• are / released

The iPad Air is ______ for its slim design and powerful performance.

• know

• knowing

• known

• knows