The Passive Voice

The Passive Voice

We use passive voice : 

1-To give more focus to the action or the idea .

2-When the person or the thing that does the action ( Subject ) is not important .


Form :

 Subject  (be +P.P) .........

Examples :

1-Cotton is grown in Egypt .

2-Petra was built many years ago by Nabateens.

Present Simple Passive Examples:

Note:

To change from present simple active into present simple passive :

1-we divide the sentence into ( Subject verb object ).

2-we omit the subject .

3-We begin the passive sentence with the new subject ( the object ) .

4-We use  verb to be ( am,is,are,am not ,isn't,aren't) + p.p  .

5-We use (by+subject) at the end of sentence when the person or the thing that does the action is   important.

Past Simple Passive Examples:

Note:

To change from past simple active into past simple passive :

1-we divide the sentence into ( Subject verb object ).

2-we omit the subject .

3-We begin the passive sentence with the new subject ( the object ) .

4-We use  verb to be ( was,were,wasn't,weren't) + p.p  .

5-We use (by+subject) at the end of sentence when the person or the thing that does the action is   important.