1. Differences between Active and Passive Voice Teacher: Laura Medina

2. Passive Voice It is used when the focus is on the action.
It is not important or not known, who or what is performing the action.
Example:
MY BIKE WAS STOLEN
Fact: It is stolen I don’t know by who

3. Passive Voice Sometimes it is more polite than active voice. Example:
A MISTAKE WAS MADE
In this case, I focus on the fact that a mistake was made, but I do not blame anyone.

4. Form of Passive Subject + finite form of to be + Past Participle
Example:
A LETTER WAS WRITTEN
BE + Past Participle = Passive Voice
The tense of BE indicates the tense of the Passive Voice.

5. Active Voice to Passive Voice
Identify the verb tense
Switch the positions of the subject and object of a sentence.
Change the verb form.
Example:
Leonardo Da Vinci painted La Mona Lisa
La Mona Lisa was painted by L. Da Vinci

6. Examples of Passive:

7. Forms of Passive

8. Exercise Simple Present Rewrite the sentences in passive voice.

9. Exercise Simple Past Rewrite the sentences in passive voice.

10. Exercise Simple Future Rewrite the sentences in passive voice.

11. Exercise Present Perfect Rewrite the sentences in passive voice.

12. Exercise Present Continuous Rewrite the sentences in passive voice.

13. Exercise Modal + Present Infinitive Rewrite the sentences in passive voice.

14. Homework # 3