Passive Voice

Front

Change to passive: I didn’t fix the problem.

Back

The problem wasn’t fixed by me.

Front

Change to active: We were being watched by a strange man.

Back

A strange man was watching us.

Front

Change to passive: Tokyo will hold the Olympics in 2020.

Back

The Olympics will be held in Tokyo in 2020.

Front

Change to passive: They could not have made the mistake.

Back

The mistake could not have been made by them.

Front

He should not have been asked to pay.

Back

Passive voice.

Front

Inflation has risen again.

Back

It can’t be passive due to an intransitive verb.

Front

Change to passive voice: The man showed us many gifts.

Back

Many gifts were shown to us.

Front

Intransitive verb:

Back

A verb that cannot have an object.