This document provides information on how to form and use the passive voice in English. It explains that the passive voice is used when the agent performing the action is unknown, not the focus, or obvious from context. It also notes when the passive voice focuses on the receiver of the action. The document then outlines how to form the passive voice by adding forms of "to be" plus the past participle of the main verb. Various passive forms are shown for different tenses. Examples are given to illustrate changing sentences from active to passive voice.

1. PPaassssiivvee VVooiiccee
bbyy
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2. UUssee PPaassssiivvee VVooiiccee
­If
the agent is unknown
­If
the agent is not the focus
­If
the agent is obvious from the context
­To
focus on the receiver
­When
we want to put emphasis on the agent
of the action

3. How to ffoorrmm PPaassssiivvee VVooiiccee
1º. You must add the auxiliary verb “to be”
in the tense of the active voice
2º. You must add the participle
of the main verb

4. Tense Active Passive
Present Simple cleaner is, are cleaned
Past Simple cleaned was, were cleaned
Present Continiuous Is, are cleaning Is, are being cleaned
Past Continiuous was, were cleaning was, were being cleaned
Present Perfect have, has cleaned have, has been cleaned
Past Perfect had cleaned had been cleaned
Future “will” will clear will be clear
Goint to going to clear going to be cleaned
Modals Verbs
(must, should, can)
must clear
can clear
should have/has cleaned
must be cleaned
can be cleaned
should have/has been
cleaned

5. Important!
Never use do, does, did with the passive voice
They didn't stell all the tickets for the concert.
“All the tickets werent sold”

6. CChhaannggeess
● In the passive voice the subject receives the
action of the verb.
● We always use by to introduce the passive object
● The object of the active sentence becomes the
subject of the passive sentence
● If the object is a pronoun, must change it to a
subject pronoun

7. Exemples
My mother is going to give me a present
I am going to be given a present by my mother
Jane mailed the letter
The letter was mailed by Jane
My grandmother made an apple cake
An apple cake was made by my grandmother
The cats eat fish
Fish is eaten by the cats
Everybody drinks water …..... Water is drunk by everubody