This PPT introduces Passive Forms, showing how to change a sentence when the focus is on the object or result instead of the subject. It explains the structure be + past participle (V3) in different tenses (present, past, future, etc.), compares active vs passive sentences, and provides everyday examples. Practice exercises help students transform active sentences into passive ones and use passive forms correctly in real contexts.

1. PASSIVE
FORMS

2. In passive voice the subject receives the
action.
What Is Passive Voice?
Example:
👉 Active: The chef bakes the cake.
👉 Passive: The cake is baked (by the chef).

3. The person doing the
action is unknown or
not important.
When Do We Use Passive
Voice?
We want to talk about
the object or result,
not the person.
Example:
All flights have been cancelled.
(We don’t say who cancelled them.)

4. Present Simple
tense guide
Past Simple
Present Perfect
Tense Form Example
is / are + V3
was / were + V3
has / have + been + V3
The ring is made of gold.
The house was built in 2001.
The pot has been broken.

5. A bag is found
She finds a bag.
active to passive
(by her).
present simple
is/are + v3

6. He wrote a letter.
active to passive
A letter was written (by him).
past simple
was/were + v3

7. A TV
The man has fixed a TV.
active to passive
has been fixed
present perfect
has/have been + v3
(by him).

8. A gift is not
My friend doesn’t give a gift.
Active to passive
(by him/her).
given

9. My dad didn’t wash the car.
Active to passive
The car was not washed.

10. A new menu
The chef hasn’t cooked a new menu.
Active to passive
hasn’t been cooked.

11. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in brackets
(passive voice).
1. The museum _______ every Monday. (close)
2. My phone ________ by someone during the concert! (steal)
3. This cake ________ with chocolate and strawberries. (make)
4. The invitations _____________ yet. (not send)
5. A new swimming pool ________ in our town last year. (build)
6. All the cookies ____________ by my little brother! (eat)
is closed
was stolen
was made
have not been sent
was built
have been eaten

12. Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first. Use
the passive.
1. They clean the classroom every morning.
The classroom ________ every morning.
is cleaned
2. Mia has painted the bedroom wall.
The bedroom wall ____________ by Mia.
has been painted
3. We haven’t returned your books yet.
Your books _______________ yet.
haven’t been returned

13. Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first. Use
the passive.
4. Tom broke the window with a ball.
The window ________ with a ball.
was broken
5. They don’t use this computer anymore.
This computer ________ anymore.
isn’t used
6. I haven’t invited Sam and Lily to the wedding.
Sam and Lily _______________ to the wedding.
haven’t been invited

14. Thank You