How to change a sentence from active to

passive.
 
 

Example sentence: 
The dog bit the man.

Step 1.
 
The dog bit the man.
 

 Find the object of the verb. (the man)

 Make the object the subject of the new
sentence.
 
The man...........
 
 

Step 2.
 
 
The dog bit the man.
 

 Decide which tense the verb is in. "Simple

past" (see chart)
 Put the verb "to be" of this tense. 
 (look to see if the subject is singular or plural)
 
The man was..........
 
 

 
Step 3.
 
Bite Bit Bitten

 
 Write the participle of the verb after the verb "to
be"
 The man was bitten .............
 
The man was bitten..........

 
 
Step 4

 
 Decide if you want to include the agent in the
sentence.
 
The man was bitten by the dog