Passive voice

1.

Passive voice
• usage
• formation

2.

Active
Subject
Verb
People
wear
Object
T-shirts all around the world.
Passive
Object
Verb
The T-shirt
is worn
Subject
by all kinds of different people.

3.

to be + V3
Active Voice
Passive Voice
do / does
am / is / are done
am / is / are doing
am / is / are being done
did
was / were done
was / were doing
was / were being done
will do
will be done
Present Perfect
have done
have been done
Past Perfect
had done
had been done
will have done
will have been done
to do
to be done
must do
must be done
Present Simple
Present Continuous
Past Simple
Past Continuous
Future Simple
Future Perfect
Infinitive
Modal Verbs

4.

verb
bring
allow
award
buy
feed
give
hand
Welcome to
our company!
lend
offer
read
send
show
tell
write
We can make 2
different passive
sentences!
Active: They offered Kate a job.
Passive: a) Kate was offered a job. (more usual)
b) A job was offered to Kate. (less usual)

5.

Active
make
see
to
This song made me _ cry.
help
hear
passive
to
We were made to clean the bedroom.

6.

WHO or WHAT does the action (agent).
The bill was paid by Mr Carter.
The table will be covered by the waiter.
What instrument/material or
ingredient is used to do the action.
The bill can be paid with the credit card.
The table will be covered with a white cloth.

7.

In passive questions with who/whom/which
we don’t omit BY.
Who was Australia discovered by?
What was the flood caused by?
By + agent is omitted when the agent is
unknown, unimportant, obvious from the
context or referred to by words such as
people, one, someone/somebody, they, he,
etc.
The agent is not omitted when it is a
specific or an important person, or when it
is essential to the meaning of the sentence.
America was discovered by Columbus.
Active: He fixed the car.
Passive: The car was fixed. (by him is omitted)

8.

Complete the missing forms.
Present Simple
Present Continuous
Past
Simple
………………….
………………….
Past
Continuous
Active Voice
Passive Voice
do / does
am ………………….
/ is / are done
am………………….
/ is / are doing
did
was
/ were doing
………………….
am / is / are being done
was
/ were done
………………….
was / were being done
………………….
Future
Simple
will do
will
be done
………………….
Present Perfect
have done
have
been done
………………….
Past
Perfect
………………….
had done
had been done
will have done
will have
been done
………………….
Future
Perfect
………………….
Infinitive
Modal Verbs
………………….
to do
………………….
must do
to
be done
………………….
must be done