passive voice

1. The Passive: be + past participle
We often use the passive when it’s not clear or important who does an action.
My bike has been stolen. (Somebody has stolen my bike. I don’t know who.)
 If you want to say who did the action, use “by”.
When rewriting active sentences in passive voice, note the following:
 the object of the active sentence becomes the subject of the passive sentence
 the finite form of the verb is changed (to be + past participle)
 the subject of the active sentence becomes the object of the passive sentence (or is
dropped)
People speak English all around the world.
Subject Verb Object
English is spoken all around the world (by people).
Subject Verb

2. Present Simple Tense: am/is/are + past
participle (V3)
am not/isn’t/aren’t +
past participle (V3)
Am/Is/Are + Subject+
past participle (V3)?
Past Simple Tense: was/were + past
participle (V3)
wasn’t/weren’t + past
participle (V3)
Was/Were + Subject +
past participle (V3)?
Present Perfect Tense: have / has + been +
past participle (V3)
haven’t / hasn’t + been
+ past participle (V3)
Have / Has + Subject +
been + past participle
(V3)?
Past Perfect Tense: had + been + past
participle (V3)
hadn’t + been + past
participle (V3)
Had + Subject + been +
past participle (V3)?
Present Continuous
Tense:
am/is/are + being +
past participle (V3)
am not/isn’t/aren’t +
being + past participle
(V3)
Am/Is/Are + Subject +
being + past participle
(V3)?
Past Continuous
Tense:
was/were + being +
past participle (V3)
wasn’t/weren’t + being
+ past participle (V3)
Was/Were + Subject +
being + past participle
(V3)?
Gerund: Love
Like
Hate being + past participle (V3)
Etc.
will /won’t
would / wouldn’t
can/ can’t
could / couldn’t
may / may not be + past participle (V3)
might / might not
should / shouldn’t
must / mustn’t
ought to / ought not to
have to
has to
had to
need to be + past participle (V3)
used to
am/is/are going to
am not / isn’t / aren’t going to

3. Useful Sources:
Passive Voice in the TV series:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzeI93MszMk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycxcgYUtGvE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qCpLQe7CWA