Vs.

We use passive voice when we want to focus on THE OBJECT of the sentence and not on THE SUBJECT, because it’s not
important or it is unknown. On the contrary, the active voice focuses in THE SUBJECT and not THE OBJECT. In the active
voice you know exactly who performs the action of the verb.

Example:

 ACTIVE VOICE:
The laborers take the milk to the factory.

Subject Main Object The rest of the sentence

verb
o Who takes the milk to the factory? THE LABORERS subject
o What they take? THE MILK object

 PASSIVE VOICE:

The Milk is taken to the factory by the laborers

Verb to be The rest of the sentence Subject

Participle
of the
main verb

The passive voice in the present is formed with the present tense of the VERB TO BE and THE PAST
PARTICIPLE of the main verb.

STEPS FOR PASSING AN ACTIVE VOICE SENTENCE TO A PASSIVE VOICE SENTENCE:

Find the object of the sentence by asking what

IN SUMMARY:
+verb of the sentence.
Place the object as a subject in the sentence.
Find the verb to be and places it after the object (it ACTIVE VOICE TO PASSIVE VOICE
depends if the object is plural or singular (am- is-
are)) and when it is in past (was (singular)- were The chef washes the potatoes
(plural))
After the verb write the participle of the main verb.
Finally, add the complement of the sentence.

Created by Teacher Natalia Rojas Murillo

 The potatoes are washed by the chef

Created by Teacher Natalia Rojas Murillo