Passive Voice We use passive voice when the

We use passive voice when the object of the action is more important than

From active to passive: 3 steps Active sentence: He paints the picture. Step 1

Step 2 We put verb ‘to be’ into the tense of the active sentence:

Step 3 We put the verb of the active sentence into the past participle:

Additional step If the agent (the performer of the action) is important, use "by"

Double objects n give, send, bring, buy, tell, offer, show, pay, teach, etc Active:

Tenses n n Present Simple: She eats pizza. Present Continuous: Se is eating pizza.

Present Perfect: She has eaten pizza. n Past Simple: She ate pizza. The pizza

n Past Continuous: She was eating pizza. n The pizza was being eaten. Past

n Future Simple: She will eat pizza. Going to Future: She is going to

Important! Pay attention to the number: They are eating an apple. An apple is

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Passive Voice

We use passive voice when the object of the action is more important than those who perform the action.

From active to passive: 3 steps Active sentence: He paints the picture. Step 1 The object of the active sentence becomes the subject of the passive sentence. The picture……

Step 2 We put verb ‘to be’ into the tense of the active sentence: Active: He paints the picture. Present Simple ‘to be’ in present simple: am/are/is The picture is……

Step 3 We put the verb of the active sentence into the past participle: Paint painted The picture is painted.

Additional step If the agent (the performer of the action) is important, use "by" : Tom paints the picture. The picture is painted n by Tom. If the agent is: somebody, they, he, she… we do not use “by”. He paints the picture. The picture is painted. n

Double objects n give, send, bring, buy, tell, offer, show, pay, teach, etc Active: Mary gives Tom a book. Passive 1: A book is given to Tom (by Mary). Passive 2: Tom is given a book (by Mary).

Tenses n n Present Simple: She eats pizza. Present Continuous: Se is eating pizza. The pizza is eaten. The pizza is being eaten.

Present Perfect: She has eaten pizza. n Past Simple: She ate pizza. The pizza has been eaten. n The pizza was eaten.

n Past Continuous: She was eating pizza. n The pizza was being eaten. Past Perfect: She had eaten pizza. The pizza had been eaten.

n Future Simple: She will eat pizza. Going to Future: She is going to eat pizza. The pizza will be eaten. n The pizza is going to be eaten.

Important! Pay attention to the number: They are eating an apple. An apple is being eaten. n He is eating apples. Apples are being eaten.