present simple and past simple passive voice

1. PASSIVE VOICE
BY T E A C H E R A N A L U C E R O R A S C O N VA L D E Z

2. ACTIVE OR PASSIVE?
• She eats a sandwich.
• A sandwich is eaten by her.

3. WHEN DO WE USE THE PASSIVE?
• When you want to focus on the OBJECT not the subject (or person) of the active
sentence. The OBJECT becomes the subject.
• Reports of crimes or incidents with unknown autor
• My car was stolen yesterday.
• Scientific contexts
• The rat was placed into a T-shaped maze.
• When you want to emphasize an action itself and the subject of the action is irrelevant or
distracting
• My pants were made in Taiwan

4. HOW TO WRITE IT?
• SIMPLE PRESENT
• Object + verb to be (am, is, are) + past participle of the verb
• SIMPLE PAST
• Object + verb to be (was, were) + past participle of the verb
• TO INCLUDE THE SUBJECT add by at the end

5. LET’S PRACTICE!