How to make a passive voice and describe how something is made.

1. How to make a passive voice

2. Uses of the passive voice
The passive voice is used to show interest in the person or object that experiences
an action rather than the person or object that performs the action. In other
words, the most important thing or person becomes the subject of the sentence.
Rules
When we focus the action of the verb on the subject, we are talking to active
voice, but when we focus ir on the object, we are talking to passive voice.
Examples:
 Active voice: The porter carries the bags.
 Passive voice: The bags are carried by the porter.
Some verbs such as happen, die, exist, go, occur, arrive, have, live… don’t exist in
the passive voice because they haven’t got an object.

3. Forms
Simple:
• Present Simple:
o Active: I write a letter.
o Passive: A letter is written.
• Past Simple:
o Active: I wrote a letter.
o Passive: A letter was written.
• Future Simple:
o Active: I will write a letter.
o Passive: A letter will be written.
• To be going to:
o Active: I am going to write a letter.
o Passive: A letter is going to be written.

4. Continuous:
• Present Continuous:
o Active: I am writing a letter.
o Passive: A letter is being written.
• Past Continuous:
o Active: I was writing a letter.
o Passive: A letter was being written.
Perfect:
• Present Perfect:
o Active: I have written a letter.
o Passive: A letter has been written.
• Past Perfect:
o Active: I had written a letter.
o Passive: A letter had been written.

5. Modals
• Can:
o Active: I can write a letter.
o Passive: A letter can be written.
• Should:
o Active: I should write a letter.
o Passive: A letter should be written.
• Must:
o Active: I must write a letter.
o Passive: A letter must be written.
Active to passive transformation
The passive voice is formed with the verb To be (in the same tense that it is used) +
the main verb in past participle.
How to change active to passive voice:
• 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).

6. For example:
• Active: The porter carries the bags.
S Present S. object
• Passive: The bags are carried by the porter.
S To be + past prep. object
participle
Invent 5 sentences:
1. Two thiefs had stolen money in the bank.
Money had been stolen by two thiefs.
2. My dad was burning leaves.
Leaves was being burnt by my dad.
3. My uncle can build modern buildings.
Modern buildings can be built by my uncle.
4. I hid the bag.
The bag was hidden by me.
5. I am going to feed the animals.
The animals are going to be fed by me.

7. Describe how something is made

8. Cut and washed salads
1. Firstly, the lettuces are collected from fields.
2. Secondly, it is chosen the best leaves of lettuce and they should be washed.
3. Then, the leaves of lettuce are cut in small pieces and introduced into the bags.
4. Finally, the bags will be carried to the supermarket and salads are ready to be
eaten.