Usage

• To talk about the object of a sentence.
• We use passive voice when we don’t know the subject or the subject is not important.

Active Voice

• Focus on the subject of the sentence.
• E.g. The dog chases the ball.

Passive Voice

• Focuses on the object. The object becomes the subject in the passive sentence.
• E.g. The ball is chased by the dog.

Use ‘by’ for the prepositional phrase if you want to add who does/did the action.

Structure

Each tense is changed when using the passive voice. Below are the changes you need to make.

• Present simple – I make a cake → A cake is made.
• Present continuous – I am making a cake → A cake is being made.
• Present perfect – I have made a cake → A cake has been made.
• Past simple – I made a cake→ A cake was made.
• Past continuous – I was making a cake → A cake was being made.
• Past perfect – I had made a cake → A cake had been made.
• Future simple – I will make a cake → A cake will be made.
• Future ‘be going to’ – I am going to make a cake → A cake is going to be made.
• Modal verb – I must make a cake → A cake must be made.

Always use the past participle verb in the passive sentence.