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