HOW TO

Turn active sentences into passive.

Remember that in passive sentences, the one doing the action is the direct
object. And that passive sentences always have to have a verb conjugated
with the verb to be + a past participle. This is a guide on how to transform
sentences into passive ones.

Identify subject, Texas

01 object and verb. inhabitants
Su
bj

Remember that the subject is the one

spotted big
Verb D.
Ob
j

doing the action. It answers

question "who?". The direct object
the
foot in main
interacts directly with the verb. It
answers the question "what?". square.

ast.
Texas
02 Identify the tense.
e p
impl
S
inhabitants All the tenses in English can be

spotted big turned into passive. You just have

foot in main
to be very observant and aware of
all the tenses of the English

square. language.

03
Promote the object to Texas inhabitants
subject position. spotted big foot in
Once you've identified the direct
object, you just have to change
main square.
it into a subject by upgrading it
to the first position in the Big foot...
sentence (the subject position).

Verb to be in simple past

singular:
04 Conjugate the verb.
Remember that your verb to be
hast to be conjugated in the tense

Verb spotwas
of your original sentence. then,
in past the main verb of your active
participle: sentence has to be changed into

Spotted its past participle form.

05 Add the complement.

Add the elements of the
Big foot was spotted
complement from the
sentence. And that's it! If you
active
in main square.
want, you can add the subject of
the original active sentence at the
end of the passive one adding the
(by Texas inhabitants)
preposition "by".