Present Simple and Past Simple Passive

Present Simple and Past Simple Passive

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Active and Passive

In an active sentence, the subject does the action. "We clean my car".

In a passive sentence we focus on the object, so the subject of the sentence receives the action. " My car is cleaned by us"

Passive

In a passive sentence we want to focus on the object (the car) , so the object of the active sentence becomes the subject of the passive sentence. Then the verb changes into the passive form (am, is, are + past participle).

" My car is cleaned by us"

Subject + Passive Verb + Agent (by...)

Active or Passive?

I hate Mondays (Active)

Can you think of the passive form ?

Passive

Mondays are hated by me

Active or Passive

We often use the passive:

1. To focus on the object.

" I serve breakfast"

" Breakfast is served by me ".

We often use Passive:

2. When we prefer not to mention who or what does the action.

"The classroom door is broken."

We often use Passive:

3. When we don't know who did the action.

"SES Borriol was built last year".

Active or Passive ?

We often use the passive:

4. So that we can start a sentence with the most important or most logical information in more formal or scientific writing.

" The cell cycle is influenced by the p53 protein."

Past Simple Passive

If the verb in the active sentence is in the past simple form (watered, finished, chewed), the verb to be in the passive verb is was/were.

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Many people read this newspaper.

This newspaper...

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Jackie milks the cows every morning.

The cows...

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Benny never understands the new teacher.

The new teacher...

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Kids always eat candies.

Candies...

Fill in the Blank

Everybody loves chocolate.

Chocolate..

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The American people elect the members of Congress

The members of Congress...

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I decorated the living room last year.

The living room...

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He took the exam yesterday.

The exam...

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She didn't win the prize.

The prize...

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A thief stole my car.

My car...

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We stopped the bus.

The bus...

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They didn't make their beds.

Their beds...

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They dumped two old sofas in the street.

Two old sofas...