PASSIVE VOICE PRESENT AND PAST

We use the Passive Voice:

• to say what happens to the subject.

• to say what the subject does.

The passive voice form in Present is:

• Subject + was/were + Past participle + by someone

• Subject + is/are + Past participle + by someone

• Subject + Past participle + by someone

Choose "A" for Active or "P" for Passive.

I eat an apple everyday

• A

• P

Choose "A" for Active or "P" for Passive.

The car was stolen from the parking lot.

• A

• P

Choose "A" for Active or "P" for Passive.

The cookies are baked every Monday afternoon.

• A

• P

Choose "A" for Active or "P" for Passive.

We bake cookies once a week.

• A

• P

We receive a lot of phone calls every day.

A lot of phone calls .............................. every day.

• is received

• are received

• is receive

• are receive

My wife do the washing-up.

The washing-up .............................. by my wife.

• is done

• are done

• is did

• are did

My brother waters the plants.

The plants .............................. by my brother.

• is waters

• are waters

• are watered

• is watered

Someone sends me an e-mail.

An e-mail .............................. to me.

• were sent

• is sent

• are sent

• was sent