Passive voice

1. Welcome to
UNAD Kids
Middle Kid

2. Lesson 6
Passive Voice

3. Passive Voice
Passive voice is used when the focus is
on the action. It is not important or not
known, however, who or what is
performing the action.
Example: My bike was stolen.

4. Uses
•We only use the passive when
we are interested in the object
or when we do not know who
caused the action.

5. Form
to be + past participle
How to form a passive sentence when an active
sentence is given:
object of the active sentence becomes subject in
the passive sentence
subject of the active sentence becomes object in
the passive sentence" (or is left out)

6. Form
Type of sentence Subject Verb Object
Active sentence: Peter builds a house.
Passive
sentence:
A house is built by Peter.
We can only form a passive sentence from an active
sentence when there is an object in the active sentence.

7. Simple Present
Type of
sentence
Subject Verb Object
Active
sentence:
Peter builds a house.
Passive
sentence:
A house is built by Peter.

8. Simple Past
Type of
sentence
Subject Verb Object
Active
sentence:
Peter built a house.
Passive
sentence:
A house was built by Peter.

9. Present Perfect
Type of
sentence
Subject Verb Object
Active
sentence:
Peter has built a house.
Passive
sentence:
A house has been built by Peter.

10. Future (will)
Type of
sentence
Subject Verb Object
Active
sentence:
Peter will build a house.
Passive
sentence:
A house will be built by Peter.

11. Modals
Type of
sentence
Subject Verb Object
Active
sentence:
Peter can build a house.
Passive
sentence:
A house can be built by Peter.

12. Example of Passive Voice in
context
• This video
Shows you
how to use
Passive
Voice

13. Come on and practice
• This link will take you to some exercises you can
do in order to practice and see how much you
understood about this topic:

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