PASSIVE VOICE

grThe passive voice is a voice that indicates that the subject is the patient or recipient of the action denoted by the verb.

Form of passive voice

Passive subject + To be + Past participle

Ø  The object of the active sentence becomes the subject of the passive sentence

Ø  The subject of the active sentence becomes the object of the passive sentence.

Examples:

Khuhyun sings a song

s                 v        o

A song is sung by Kyuhyun

s                v              o

Example :

Active : The professor teaches the students                                    

Passive: The students are taugh by the professor

Passive voice in Present Tense

Formula : Passive subject + To be + Past Participle

{To be : is(he, she it), am(I), are(you, they, we)}

Ø  Examples Passive Voice in Present Tense

Active   : Rita writes a letter

Passive : A letter is written by Rita

Active    : My mother writes three letters

Passive : Three letters are written by my mother

Passive Voice in Past Tense

Formula : Passive Subject + To be + Past Participle

(To be : Was(I, she, he, it ) and Were(you, they, we))

Ø  Examples Passive Voice In Past Tense

Active   : Sam repaired the car

Passive : The car was repaired by Sam

Active   : I sent letters last week

Passive : Letters were sent by  me last week