Revision: The Passive Voice

“Breaking news!!! Chris Rock the comedian has been slapped in the face while presenting the
Oscars.”
“Yesterday the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre. A cleaner named “Lupin” is being
questioned by police, but the painting has not been recovered yet.”

In general, we tend to use the active voice. That is when a subject does an action (verb)
to an object.
Active voice: Will Smith slapped Chris Rock.

The passive voice is used when we want to emphasize the action (the verb) and the
object of a sentence rather than subject. This means that the subject is either less
important than the action itself or that we don’t know who or what the subject is.
Passive voice: Chris Rock was slapped (by Will Smith).

Will Smith slapped Chris Rock.

Chris Rock was slapped by Will Smith.

to be + past participle

tenses
simple present The museum is closed at 6 pm.
simple past The museum was closed yesterday.
present perfect The museum has been closed.
past perfect The museum had been closed earlier.
will-future The museum will be closed soon.
modal verbs
should The museum should be closed.
might The museum might be closed earlier.
 Can you put these into passive?

The cleaner cleans this room.

The teacher is explaining the grammar.

Banksy has painted another mural.

The police have been questioning the thief.

The wind broke my window.

The kids were painting the house.

The boss will send you confirmation.