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Le passif The passive voice

Le passif The passive voice. Le chef d’orchestre. Je suis. Nous sommes. Tu es. Vous êtes. Il est. Ils sont. Elle est. Elles sont. Le passif. The passive voice is the same in French and in English.  So, if you understand it in English, you will understand in French too !

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Le passif The passive voice

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  1. Le passifThe passive voice

  2. Le chef d’orchestre Je suis Nous sommes Tues Vousêtes Il est Ilssont Elle est Ellessont

  3. Le passif • The passive voice is the samein French and in English. So, if you understand it in English, you will understand in French too! • Active voice means that the subject of the sentence is performing the action. • Passive voice, the subject does nothing!

  4. Le passif • Charlotte reads the book:. “Charlotte” is the subject and she is the one doing the reading: the sentence is active. • The book is read by Charlotte:  The book, the subject of the sentence is doing nothing: the sentence is passive. • Ask “Who?” to easily know if the sentence is active or not. • Charlotte lit le livre becomes le livre est lu par Charlotte. • Remember: with the verb “to be” in French, the past participle agrees with the subject.

  5. Le passif • The passive is used to describe things that are done to someone or something. • It is formed with ‘être’ + past participle. • The past participle agrees with the subject. Active voice: Johnny Deppjoue le rôle de Barnabas Collins. Johnny Depp plays the part of Barnabas Collins. Passive voice: Le rôle de Barnabas Collins est joué par Johnny Depp. The part of Barnabas Collins is played by Johnny Depp.

  6. Le participe passé -er verbs Remove ‘-er’, then add ‘é’ réaliser réalisé Le film est réalisé par Tim Burton. to direct  directed The movie is directed by Tim Burton. -ir verbs Remove ‘-r’ choisir choisiL’acteur est choisi par le réalisateur. To choose  chosen The actor is chosen by the director. -re verbs Remove ‘-re’, then add ‘u’ attendre  attendu Le film est attendu avec impatience. to (a)wait  (a)waited The movie is eagerly awaited. Some verbs are irregular!!!

  7. Les accords (agreements) • Les comédiesfrançaisessontsous-titréesdans les cinémasanglais. • Les films sontmaintenanttéléchargéssur Internet. • Angelina Jolie est accompagnée de Brad Pitt sur le tapis rouge. • Le réalisateur est aidé par des assistants.

  8. Le film (projeter) dans beaucoup de villes. • Le film est projeté dans beaucoup de villes. • Le pop-corn (vendre) à l’entrée du cinéma. • Le pop-corn est venduà l’entrée du cinéma. • Bella Swan (mordre) par un vampire. • Bella Swan est mordue par un vampire. • Les Avengers (aimer) de tous. • Les Avengerssont aimés de tous. • La critique (écrire) par le journaliste. • La critique est écrite par le journaliste.

  9. Le participe passé In French, we can sometimes avoid the passive using: “C’est… qui” The pronoun “on” Reflexive verbs

  10. C’est… qui This movie is directed by Spielberg: Cefilm est réalisé par Spielberg.C’estSpielberg qui réalisece film. The pronoun “on” Pop-corn is eaten at the cinema: Le pop-corn est mangé au cinéma. On mange du pop-corn au cinéma. Reflexive verbs Pop-corn is sold with a fizzy drink:Le popcorn est vendu avec uneboissongazeuse.  Le pop-corn se vend avec uneboissongazeuse.

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