The Passive The Passive VoiceVoice

We already know this, don’t we?

A link to check a little bit the structure of the passive voice.

• http://english-zone.com/verbs/pssvchrt.html

Examples

• People eat thousands of pizzas on Tuesdays.

• Someone stole my bag while I was swimming.

• Peter has written lots of songs.

• The teacher will bring the material.

They were Active Voice

examples

Four different tenses were used in the examples

They were…

• Present simple

• Past simple

• Present perfect

• Future simple (will)

Now…

• Thousands of pizzas are eaten on Tuesdays.

• My bag was stolen while I was swimming.

• Lots of songs have been written by Peter.

• The material will be brought by the teacher.

Those were examples of what

we know as passive voice sentences.

HOW TO FORM PASSIVE VOICE

OBJECT + BE + PAST PARTICIPLE (MAIN VERB)

When do we use passive voice?

1.- When I don’t know who did/does/has done/will do the action.

2.- When it is not relevant to mention who did/does/has done/will do the action.

Let’s practise