How

it’s made the passive voice

By Juan Peracho Troncón

USE OF THE PASSIVE VOICE

When you use the active voice, you are indicating that the agent (the one who initiates the action) is the most important part of the sentence.

If the object of the action is the most important part of the sentence, that’s when the passive voice becomes your ally. Passive voice can be used to indicate that your readers should be paying attention to the object of the sentence instead of the agent.

FORM OF THE PASSIVE VERB

Subject + finite form of to be + Past Participle

Example: Water is drunk by everyone.

EXAMPLESPresent simple : am/are/is + participle verb. Example: The fish is eaten for the children.

Future: auxiliary will + verb to be + participle verb. Example: The house will be bought by Ema.

Future: am/are/is + going + verb to be + participle verb. Example: I’m going to be made redundant next year.

Past simple: was/were + participle verb. Example: They were invited for to lunch.

Present perfect: Have/has been + Participle verb. Example: I have been finished my homework.

Past perfect: Had been + participle verb. Example: The email had been sent for teacher.

MODALS VERBS

Can: express an ability, suggestion or request. Example: They can learn how make the lunch.

Must: express an obligation or Certainty that something is true.

Example: She must to English class to learn speak in English.

Should: expess Opinion / Advice. Example: You should go to English class.

HOW CHANGE THE SENTENCE ACTIVE IN SENTENCE PASSIVE

When rewriting active sentences in passive voice, note the following:

the object of the active sentence becomes the subject of the passive

sentence

the finite form of the verb is changed (to be + past participle)

the subject of the active sentence

becomes the object of the passive sentence

(or is dropped)

EXAMPLES

They clean the kitchen every day.

The kitchen is cleaned every day.

ACTIVE

PASIVE

EXAMPLES

John ate the last orange.

The last orange was

eaten

ACTIVE

PASIVE

EXAMPLES

We can solve this problem.

This problem

was solved.

ACTIVE

PASIVE

EXAMPLES

Jhon will make

dinner.

Dinner will be made by

Jhon.

ACTIVE

PASIVE

EXAMPLESNicholas Joseph

Cugnot was who invented

the car.

Car was invented by

Nicholas Joseph Cugnot

ACTIVE

PASIVE