the passsive voice

2. We use the passive voice in order to tell
something that someone has done before
and we have to remark the direct
complement of the active. For example:
Active: they had a serious accident last
night.
Passive: a serious accident was had last
night.

3. FORMATION OF THE PASSIVE
The passive is formed by changing the direct
complement of the active to the subject in the passive.
We always have to put the auxiliar of “be” in the correct
tense and the main verb in the active, in participle
form.
The subject in the active passes to the complement in
the passive with “by…” at the end of the sentence. If the
subject in the active is a subject pronoum, in the
passive is an object pronoum… for example:
I ----- by me, you---- by you, he------- by him.
… which we can omite , because they aren’t neccesary.
We never put an unknown subject in the passive.

4. CHANGE FROM ACTIVE TO PASSIVE
The cleaners were cleaning the offices
Subject Verb D.C
The offices were being cleaned by the cleaners.
Subject be + being + part Object subject

5. EXAMPLES OF CHANGES FROM
ACTIVE TO PASSIVE
Mexicans speak Spanish. Spanish is spoken by
mexicans.
They will bring the drinks to the party The drinks
will be brought to the party.
She is singing a song A song is being sung by her.
He will write a novel A novel will be written by
him.
They should watch that film That film should be
watched by them.