Passive

the object of the active sentence becomes the subject of the passive sentence, so the structure is:

Subject + Finite form of to be + past participle (3rd column of Irregular verbs) Simple Pesent Present continuous Past simple Past continuous Present Perfect Past perfect Future (will) Future (going to) Future Perfect Modals Modal Perfect

Is /are + participle Is/ are being + participle Was /were + participle Was /were being + participle Have / has been + participle Had been + participle Will be + participle Is / are going to be + participle Will have been + participle Modal be+ participle Modal have been+ participle

the subject of the active sentence becomes the agent complement which is introduced by the prepostion “BY”

♣ It is often used in business and in other areas where the object of the action is more important than those who perform the action. ♣ When the agent of the action is

unknown (impersonal sentences) or unimportant

When there are two objects in an active sentence, there are two possible passive sentences : They gave him a book Object 1: indirect object Object 2: direct object He was given a book A book was given to him

Rewrite the sentences in passive voice: 1- He doesn't open the book._______________________________________________________________________ 2- Did you tell them?_______________________________________________________________________

3- Susan has paid the bill___________________________________________________________________ 4- They had opened the window______________________________________________________________ 5- Millions of people will visit the museum______________________________________________________ 6- You should wash the car__________________________________________________________________ 7- Could Mary lock the door?_________________________________________________________________ 8- Is Mary going to buy the books ?____________________________________________________________ 9- He must fill in the form____________________________________________________________________ 10- I can´t answer the question_______________________________________________________________ Rewrite the given sentences in Passive voice. Sometimes there are two possible answers 1- Kevin asked Dennis a question ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 2- They don't speak English in this shop

_________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ 3- She gives him a box ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 4- Max will look after him ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 5- The waiter brought Fred a big steak ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________