PASSIVE VOICE WITH “BY” (Simple Past)

The passive changes the focus of the statement, for the simple past, use
the past of “be + P.P of the main verb.

ACTIVE VOICE

1. Bartholdi designed “The Statue of Liberty.

2. The French gave “The Statue of Liberty to The U.S in 1886.
PASSIVE VOICE
1. “The Statue of Liberty was designed by Bartholdi.
2. “The Statue of Liberty was given to The U.S. by the French in 1886.
A. Do you know who created these popular Works? Match the
phrases in column A with the appropriate information from
column B.
COLUMN A

1. THE MONA LISA……. A

2. THE OPERA LA BOHEME…… D
3. THE NOVEL TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD…… B
4. THE FILM E.T. – THE EXTRA TERRESTRIAL……. A
5. THE ALBUM THRILLER……. C

COLUMN B

a. WAS DIRECTED BY STEVEN SPIELBERG.

b. WAS WRITTEN BY HARPER LEE.
c. WAS RECORDED BY MICHAEL JACKSON.
d. WAS COMPOSED BY GIACOMO PUCCINI.
e. WAS PAINTED BY LEONARDO DA VINCI.

B. Make these active sentences into Passive Voice.

1. Thomas Edinson invented the Phonograph in 1877.

THE PHONOGRAPH WAS INVENTED BY THOMAS EDINSON IN 1877
2. Marie Curie discovered Radium in 1898-
RADIUM WAS DISCOVERED BY MARIE CURIE IN 1898
3. Gabriel Garcia Marquez wrote One Hundred Years of Solitude in
1971.
 ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE WAS WRITTEN BY GABRIEL
GARCIA MARQUEZ IN 1971
4. Tim Berners Lee developed the World Wide Web in 1989.
THE WORLD WIDE WEB DEVELOPED BY TIM BERNERS IN 1989
5. Woo Paik produced the First Digital HDTV (high-definition
televisión) in 1991.
THE FIRST DIGITAL HDTV WAS PRODUCED BY WOOPAIK IN 1971