Passive Voice

Special Class 8: April 21st 2020

Introduction

WE HAVE TWO KINDS OF ACTIVE PASSIVE

VOICES
Active voice
• Active voice is used to express the person who does the action
 Passive voice is used when
the focus is on the action. It is
not important to know the
What is person who does the action.
passive
voice?
 • In present
Object + is / are + vebr past participle
form + complement +by + subject

Grammar rules Note: The color red is optional.

of the passive • In past

voice Object + was / were + verb past
participle + complement + by + subject
Note: The color red is optional.
How do we change sentences in active voice
into passive voice?
1. Identify the tense of the sentence (present or past)
2. Identify the subject and the object.
3. Identify if the object is in singular or plural.
4. Identify the complement.
5. Write the object.
6. Write is/are (for present) or was/were (for past).
7. Write the verb in past participle form.
8. Write the complement of the sentence.
How do we
write passive
voice
sentences?
 • Johan played videogames

• The sentence is in past (played)

• The object is “videogames (plural)
Practice
• The subject is Johan.
• We don´t have

• Videogames + were + played + by

Johan
Your turn.
• Mary eats salad every day