B1
Passive Voice
ល្បះកម្ម (ការពិពណ៌នាអំពីដំណើរការ)
🎯 Objective / គោលបំណង:
Use the Passive Voice to explain how things are made (processes). Focus on the object, not the person.
💬 Scenario: The Rice Harvest
Tourist
"This rice field is beautiful. How do you get the rice?"
Guide (Dara)
"Well, first, the seeds are planted in the nursery."
(We don't say "Farmers plant seeds". The focus is the seeds.)
Guide (Dara)
"Then, when they are big enough, they are transplanted to the main field."
Guide (Dara)
"Finally, the rice is harvested by machines or by hand."
Passive Builder
Construct the sentence: Object + BE + Past Participle (V3)
The Rice
is
grown
Why use Passive?
When the Action is more important than the Person doing it.
Example: "The house was built in 1990." (We don't care *who* built it).
Example: "The house was built in 1990." (We don't care *who* built it).
Choose the Best Form
Context: Explaining how coffee is made.
Select the correct sentence:
A. "First, the beans are picked by hand."
B. "First, people pick the beans by hand." (Too active/informal for a process description)
Context: Describing Angkor Wat history.
Select the correct sentence:
A. "King Suryavarman II built the temple."
B. "The temple was built by King Suryavarman II." (Focus is on the temple)