Passive Voice ( Subject + Present Simple of BE (not) Past Participle )
Spanish
is
spoken
in Spain and South America
The thief was arrested by the police
The passive voice of the Past Simple is formed by adding the Past Simple of BE + Past Participle. All the other tenses follow the same pattern. In the passive the acti0n is done by the agent
the subject receives the effects of the action.
Look at the example then write sentences:
1-Repair / cars / mechanic A- A mechanic repairs cars. P- Cars are repaired by mechanics. 2-Grass /gardeners / cut A- _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ P- __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3-Computer programs / write / programmer A- ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ P- __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4-Suits / make / tailors A- ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ P- __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5-Police officer / uniform / wear A- ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ P- __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6-Lots of people / English / speak A- ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ P- __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7-Maid / the house / clean A- ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ P- __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8- Instruments / play / musician A- ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ P- __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________