Passive

Passive: Use
We use the passive when:

We don’t know who did something or it is

not important.

The road is being repaired.

Passive: Use
We use the passive when:

The agent, who does the action, is very

obvious

A bike is being stolen, call the cops!

Passive: Use
We use the passive when:

When the main thing we are talking about

is the object of the verb.

I read an interesting article which was

written by a man who spent a year in the
jungle
Passive: Form
To form the passive we use

Subject + verb be + past participle + object

Chopsticks are used to eat in China

Passive: Form
To change an active sentence to passive

1. Identify the direct object in the sentence.

2. Move the direct object to the subject

position.

3. Write the verb be.

Passive: Form
To change an active sentence to passive

4. Write the main verb in the past participle.

5. If the subject of the active sentence is

important write it after by.

6. Write the indirect object if any.

Passive: Form
To change an active sentence to passive

Many people have seen the Avengers.

1. The Avengers
Passive: Form
To change an active sentence to passive

Many people have seen the Avengers.

2. The Avengers has been

Passive: Form
To change an active sentence to passive

Many people have seen the Avengers.

3. The Avengers has been seen

Passive: Form
To change an active sentence to passive

Many people have seen the Avengers.

4. The Avengers has been seen by

many people
Passive: Tenses

Tense Active Passive

Present Simple Vero makes cakes. Cakes are made by Vero.

Present
Vero is making a cake. A cake is being made by Vero.
Continuous

Present Perfect Vero has made a cake. A cake has been made by Vero.
Passive: Tenses

Tense Active Passive

Past Simple They drank coffee. Coffee was drunk by them.

Past Continuous They were drinking coffee. Coffee was being drank by them.

Past Perfect They had drunk coffee. Coffee had been drunk by them.
Passive: Tenses

Tense Active Passive

Future Simple He will wash the car. The car will be washed by him.

Modals
He must wash the car. The car must be washed by him.
 We can use different prepositions in the
passive with made
Prepositions after
The Passive:

Made + by + a method
made

Scrambled eggs are made by mixing eggs

together.
 We can use different prepositions in the
passive with made
Prepositions after
The Passive:

Made + with + a tool

made

This baby Groot was made with a 3D printer.

 We can use different prepositions in the
passive with made
Prepositions after
The Passive:

Made + from/out of + original object

made

This bracelet is made out of cotton strings.

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