Past Passive

Past Passive

FORM

be + v3

Past passive: was/were + v3

Focus

Active: ''Da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa''.

Focus is on Artist.

Subject does action.

Passive: ''The Mona Lisa was painted by Da Vinci''

Focus now on Painting.

Subject is the recipient of action.

Passive is used to talk about:

what happened to subject

who/what did it

how it was done

when agent is unimportant or unknown

Multiple Choice

A cake _________ (make) by me.

• was made

• were made

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Change to past passive. Somebody found the key.

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Somebody cleaned the rooms.

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Somebody stole my wallet.

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Somebody forgot the papers.

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Somebody invited Julie and Luke to a party.

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Somebody told me to wait.

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Somebody employed a lot of new nurses.

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Somebody made mistakes.