is used when something is done to the

is used when something is done to the subject PASSIVE VOICE • The clouds were blown away by the wind. 2

The dog is taken for a walk by Mr. Green. 3

THE GENERAL FORMULA to BE + V 3 to be is changed according to the tense and the subject : Present Simple: to be = am / is / are I am always asked to look after his dog. Past Simple: to be = was / were I was asked to look after his dog yesterday. Future Simple: to be = shall / will be I shall be asked at the next lesson. 4

You do not need to learn all the formulae by heart ! You can always work it out!

ACTIVE VOICE Simple Progressive Future Shall/will V Present V (s) Past V 2 Am/is/are + V ing was / were + V ing Perfect Progr. Shall/will have V 3 Have /has V 3 Had V 3 do not exist in Passive Voice 6

PASSIVE VOICE to be + V 3 Simple Future Shall/will be + V 3 Present Am/is/are V 3 Past Was/were V 3 Progressive Perfect P. P ? ? Am/is/ are + V ing + to be + V 3 ___________ Am/is are + being + V 3 ? The house is being built now. 7

PASSIVE VOICE to be + V 3 Simple Progressive Perfect P. P Future Shall/will ? be + V 3 Present Am/is/are + ? Was /were + V ing V 3 +being+V 3 + to be + V 3 Past Was/were V 3 ___________ Was / were? being + V 3 + The house was being built when … 8

PASSIVE VOICE to be + V 3 Simple Progressive Perfect P. P Future Shall/will be + V 3 Present Am/is/are + have + V 3 Shall/will + to be + V 3 +being+V 3 Past _____________ Shall/will have been + V 3 Was/were was / were house will have V 3 The+ being+ V 3 been built by the 1 st of May 9

PASSIVE VOICE to be + V 3 Simple Future Progressive Shall/will be + V 3 Present Am/is/are + V 3 +being+V 3 Past Was/were V 3 Perfect P. P Shall/will have been +V 3 Have/has + V 3 + to be + V 3 was / were ____________ + being+ Have /has + been + V 3 The house has just been built. 10

PASSIVE VOICE to be + V 3 Simple Progressive Perfect P. P Future Shall/will have been +V 3 be + V 3 Present Am/is/are + Have / has been had + V 3 +being+V 3 + V 3 Past + to be + V 3 ___________ Was/were was /Had + been + V 3 were V 3 + being+ V 3 The house had been built by 1888. 11

PASSIVE VOICE to be + V 3 Simple Progressive Future Shall/will be + V 3 Present Am/is/are + V 3 +being+V 3 Past Perfect P. P Shall/will have been +V 3 Have / has been + V 3 Was/were was / were Had been + V 3 + being+ V 3 12

PAY ATTENTION The hunter killed the duck. The duck was killed by the hunter. THE SUBJECT AND THE OBJECT REPLACED EACH OTHER 13

If it is not known or not important who did the action, miss it in the sentence in Passive Voice They built the church in the 18 –th century. The church was built in the 18 – th century by them. If you want to say who did it or what caused the action, use BY. 14

If you want to change the sentence from Active into Passive, you must: A. V. The company often sends Tom abroad 1. change the subject and the object: Tom ………… by the company. 2. Find the verb and find out its tense sends Present Simple 3. Put the verb into the formula of this tense in Passive according to the subject is sent P. V. Tom is often sent abroad by the company 15