1. The Passive Voice © Koroleva Alla The teacher of school #156 October 2007 St. Petersburg

2. The Active Voice Peter the First founded St. Petersburg The Passive Voice St. Petersburg was founded by Peter the First

3. from Active into Passive Peter the First founded St. Petersburg was founded by

4. Passive forms Present Simple: am / is / are + Participle II Past Simple: was / were + Participle II Future Simple: will be + Participle II

5. Present Simple I am checked He is checked They are checked

6. Past Simple I was checked They were checked

7. Future Simple I will be checked He will be checked They will be checked

8. Positive Mary was invited to the party NegativeQuestion

9. Negative Mary wasinvited to the party not PositiveQuestion

10. wasMaryinvited to the party? END Was PositiveNegative