The passive voice is a grammatical construction where the subject receives the action of the verb rather than performing it. It is formed using a form of the verb "to be" along with the past participle of the main verb. The object of an active sentence becomes the subject of the passive sentence. The passive voice is used when the performer of the action is unknown, unimportant, or obvious from context, and allows emphasis to be placed on the recipient of the action rather than on the performer.

1. PassiveVoicePastparticiple of transitiveverbbybeDirectoblectusedPresent tensePast tenseWhenwewanttosaywhoorwhatdoesWas/wasn´tWere/weren´tAre/aren´tAm/´m notIs/isn´tThe perfume + is + made + by a company in USAThe Don Quijote + was + writed + by Miguel de CervantesAmerica + was + discoberid+ by C. Columbus

2. UsedWe use thepasisivevoicewithtransitiveverbswhenthefocusis un theobjectTheobjectgoesbeforetheverb in thepassivevioceThepassivevoiceisformetwiththeverbbe plus thepastparticiple of themainverbSometimeswe use byphrasewiththepassiveThe passive voice is often used when interest is unknown or not mention who or what does the action