PASSIVE VOICE

GRADE IX
CHAPTER VIII
• Active and Passive sentence
Active voice
The subject of the verb is the person or thing that
does the action.
Passive voice
The action is done to the subject.
 How to make Passive voice
We form the passive with a suitable form of

To be + V3 (PastParticiple)

e.g. is made, was bitten

Regular verb and Irregular verb
(example)
Example
Active and Passive sentence

Lia writes the article.

The article is written by Lia.
Tono kills the dog
The dog is killed by Tono
 Passive voice
Active Passive
Present simple We bake the bread here The bread is baked here
Past simple We baked the bread yesterday The bread was baked yesterday
Present We are baking the bread The bread is being baked
continuous
Past continuous We were baking the bread The bread was being baked
Present perfect We have baked the bread The bread has been baked
Past perfect We had baked the bread The bread had been baked
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Negative and interrogative sentence

The bread is not baked in a factory (negative)

is the bread baked?
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