Passive voice

We will learn about the Passive Voice..what is it?okey...you should get ready learn about that!

                                  Passive voice

Passive voice is the kinds of a sentences that used when the focus is on the action.It is not important or not known,however,who or what is perfoming the action.

Example: My bike was stolen.

In th example above,the focus is on the fact that mybike wa stolen.

When you’re rewriting aactive sentences in passive voice,not to following :

1.     The object of the active sentences become the subject of the passive sentence

2.     The finite form of the verb is changed ( to be +past particple)

3.     The subject of the active sentences become by Agent in the passive sentences(or is dropped)

4.     Only active sentences containing object wihich can be changed into passive form

5.     The two form should have the same tense

Formula:

Examples of Passive Level: lower intermediate

Tense		Subject	Verb	Object
Simple Present	Active:	Rita	writes	a letter.
	Passive:	A letter	is written	by Rita.
Simple Past	Active:	Rita	wrote	a letter.
	Passive:	A letter	was written	by Rita.
Present Perfect	Active:	Rita	has written	a letter.
	Passive:	A letter	has been written	by Rita.
Future I	Active:	Rita	will write	a letter.
	Passive:	A letter	will be written	by Rita.
Hilfsverben	Active:	Rita	can write	a letter.
	Passive:	A letter	can be written	by Rita.

Examples of Passive Level: upper intermediate

Tense		Subject	Verb	Object
Present Progressive	Active:	Rita	is writing	a letter.
	Passive:	A letter	is being written	by Rita.
Past Progressive	Active:	Rita	was writing	a letter.
	Passive:	A letter	was being written	by Rita.
Past Perfect	Active:	Rita	had written	a letter.
	Passive:	A letter	had been written	by Rita.
Future II	Active:	Rita	will have written	a letter.
	Passive:	A letter	will have been written	by Rita.
Conditional I	Active:	Rita	would write	a letter.
	Passive:	A letter	would be written	by Rita.
Conditional II	Active:	Rita	would have written	a letter.
	Passive:	A letter	would have been written	by Rita.

Passive Sentences with Two Objects Level: intermediate

Rewriting an active sentence with two objects in passive voice means that one of the two objects becomes the subject, the other one remains an object. Which object to transform into a subject depends on what you want to put the focus on.

	Subject	Verb	Object 1	Object 2
Active:	Rita	wrote	a letter	to me.
Passive:	A letter	was written	to me	by Rita.
Passive:	I	was written	a letter	by Rita.

Negative sentences :

o   Subject + do not + verb1 +object

Subject (o) + to be + not + verb2

o   Subject + did not + verb1 + object

Subject (o) + to be + not+ verb2

Interogative Sentences :

o   Do + subject +verb1 + object

To be + subject (o) + verb3 + object (s)

o   Did + subject + verb1 + object

To be + subject (o) +verb3 + object (s)