Passive Voice

PASSIVE VOICE
(Present tense simple)

ACTIVE PASSIVE

My room is cleaned by my mother

My mother cleans my room

Form:
to be (am, is, are )
+ +
3C :PAST PARTICIPLE ( gone, cleaned...)
 PASSIVE VOICE
(Past tense simple)
ACTIVE PASSIVE

My mother cleaned my room My room was cleaned by my mother

Form:
To be (was, were )
+ +
3 rd PAST PARTICIPLE ( gone, cleaned...)
 ACTIVE OR PASSIVE?
1. Joe cleaned his room. 1. ACTIVE

2. The problem was 2. PASSIVE

solved.

3. Is your hair often cut? 3. PASSIVE

4. Who is in that room? 4. ACTIVE

 PASSIVE VOICE
(Present Perfect tense simple)
ACTIVE PASSIVE

My mother has cleaned My room has been cleaned by

my room my mother

Form:
to be (has been, have been)
+ +
3 rd form (gone, cleaned...)
 PASSIVE VOICE
(Past Perfect tense simple)
ACTIVE PASSIVE

My mother had cleaned My room had been cleaned

my room by my mother

Form:
to be (had been)
+ +
3 rd form (gone, cleaned...)
ACTIVE OR PASSIVE?

1.Sue has been hurt by 1. PASSIVE

Tim.

2. Sue had hurt him 2. ACTIVE

before she left.

3. Who has won that 1. ACTIVE

game?

4. By who had the cat 2. PASSIVE

been wounded?
 PASSIVE VOICE
(Future tense)
ACTIVE PASSIVE
Mary will ride my bike My bike will be ridden by
Mary
Joe will wash my cars My cars will be washed by
Joe
Form:
will will
+ +
be be
+ +
3 rd form (gone, cleaned...)
 PASSIVE VOICE
( Progressive tenses)
ACTIVE PASSIVE
Mary is riding my bike My bike is being ridden by
Mary
Joe was washing my cars My cars were being
washed by Joe
Form:
to be (am, is, are, was, were )
+ +
being being
+ +
3 rd form (gone, cleaned...)
 Find two passive sentences
Mother tells her 1. A story is told to the
children by mother
children a story
2. The children are told a
story by mother

1. The men are being

They are paying paid 800 $ (by them)
the men 800 $
2. 800 $ are being paid to
the men (by them)
 THE PASSIVE INFINITIVE
ACTIVE PASSIVE
They should clean Their rooms should be
their rooms cleaned by them

They had to pay the The fine had to be

fine paid by them

Form: Modal verb

+
be
+
3 rd form
 THE PAST INFINITIVE
PASSIVE
ACTIVE PASSIVE
My room should have
My mother should have been cleaned by my
cleaned my room mother

Form: MODAL VERB

+
ENJOY USING
have been THE
+ PASSIVE!!
3 rd form