2. • The pasive is a construction that consist of
changing subject and object using the verb to
be and the past participle of the main verb.
• The direct object turns to be the subject of
pasive sentences.
• Active: subject + verb+ CD
“ I paint the wall”.
• Passive: subject + (be participle) +
C.Agent(by+..)
“ The wall is painted by me”
3. Impersonal Passive.
• Some verbs such as: understand, believe,
say, think, consider, expect, suppose,
know, suspect, imagine, estimate.
Have a different structure one of them is
to write it and the verb to be in to passive
and the rest of the sentences it is the
same.
“I consider (he is my bother)
“ He is considered to be my bother”
“It is considered he is my brother”
4. Direct and Indirect Object.
• When there is an indirect object then this
one turns to be the subject of the passive
and direct object remains the same.
“I gave a doll to my sister”
“My sister was given to me”
5. Love, Like and Hate.
• When there is a verb of sense then we
write the verb to be in the gerund form.
“I like they talk to me”
“I like being talked to”
6. From passive to active voice.
• The subject of the passive turns to be the
direct object of the active voice and the
agent is the subject of the active
“The statue was given to the U.S by the
French in 1886”
“The French gave the statue to the U.S in
1886”
