How do we turn an active sentence into a passive sentence?

SUBJECTS do the action. DIRECT OBJECTS receive the action.

The man loves the woman.
1. The direct object becomes the subject.
2. be (singular or plural, present simple: am/is/are, present continuous: am/is/are being, past simple: was/were, future: will be,
present perfect: have/has been)
3. past participle (-ed form)
4. by
5. The subject becomes the direct object.

PERSONAL PRONOUNS (SUBJECT  DIRECT OBJECT)

I  me yo
you  you tú
he  him él  SINGULAR
she  her ella  SINGULAR
it  it
we  us nosotros
you  you ustedes
they  them ellos/ellas  PLURAL

Change active voice to passive voice! (Present Simple)

Mr. Jones watches films. Films are watched by him.
Americans speak English. English is spoken by them.
He reads comics. Comics are read by him.
We play volleyball. Volleyball is played by us.
They sing the song. The song is sung by them.

Change active voice to passive voice! (Present Continuous)

The dog is catching the ball. The ball is being caught by it.
The children are winning the game. The game is being won by them.
The students are learning German. German is being learnt by them.
The woman is writing a book. A book is being written by her.
John is driving a car. A car is being driven by him.
Present Continuous
1. Estoy siendo ayudado.
3. Mi coche está siendo reparado.
7. Los dormitorios están siendo remodelados.
 STONEHENGE
THE 1984 OLYMPIC was built in
GAMES were held in ENGLAND
LOS ANGELES. (hold) 4000 YEARS AGO.
(build)

HAMLET AMERICA
was written by was discovered
SHAKESPEARE by
in ENGLAND CHRISTOPHER
in 1601. (write) COLUMBUS
in 1492.
(discover)

THE EIFFEL TOWER

THE GREAT WALL
was designed in 1889
was built in CHINA
by GUSTAVE EIFFEL
MORE THAN 2000
In FRANCE. (design)
YEARS AGO. (build)

GEORGE WASHINGTON
was elected
PRESIDENT OF THE USA
in 1789. (elect)

THE BATTLE OF HASTINGS was

fought in ENGLAND in 1066. (fight) A NOBEL PRIZE FOR
PHYSICS
was won by
MONA LISA
ALBERT EINSTEIN
was painted
in 1921. (win)
by
LEONARDO
DA VINCI
GRAVITY
in FRANCE
was
in 1507.
discovered by
(paint)
SIR ISAAC
NEWTON in
ENGLAND.
(discover)
Select the best sentence to go with each picture! (Past Simple)
ACTIVE or PASSIVE
A) The fish was eaten. A) The gold-digger was A) The monkey sang a
B) The fish ate the boy. found some gold. song.
C) The boy was eaten B) The gold-digger found B) The monkey was sung.
the boy. some gold. C) The song sang.
C) The gold-digger was
found.
A) The caveman chased A) The HW was eaten A) The purse was
from the mammoth. by the dog. stealing.
B) The mammoth was B) The HW ate the dog. B) The purse was
chased by the caveman. C) The dog was eaten stolen.
C) The caveman was the HW. C) The boy was stolen
chased by the mammoth. the purse.
sit – sat – sat
A) The patient made an A) The girl was sat in A) He fired from his job.
X-ray. the cage. B) He was fired from his
B) The doctor was B) The girl sat (on job.
made an X-ray. the swing) in the cage. C) The boss was fired him
C) An X-ray was made C) The cage was sat from his job.
by the doctor. by the girl.

A) The doctor was told A) The chicken ran to

A) The man mugged the patient not to eat eat.
the thief. pies. B) The chicken was run
B) The man was B) The patient told not to eat.
mugged by the thief. to eat pies. C) The chicken was
C) The thief was C) The doctor told the eaten.
mugged the man. patient not to eat pies.

A) The masseur was
massaged the patient.
B) The masseur
massaged the patient.
C) The masseur was
massaged by the
patient.
A) The couple
A) The vet was given drove to the capital.
the dog a shot.
B) The couple was
B) The vet was given a driven to the capital.
shot.
(somebody else
C) The dog was given a drove them)
shot by the vet.
C) The capital was driven by the couple.