Y7 - Past Passive

Why do we use Passive Voice?

• To focus on the doer.

• To make the sentence more active.
• To confuse the reader.
• To focus on the action or receiver of the action rather than the doer.

Why do we use Active Voice?

• To make the sentence longer than necessary.
• To make the subject of the sentence perform the action.
• To confuse the reader.
• To make the subject of the sentence passive.

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Present

,

(b) Past

• Were

• Is

• Was

• Are

• Am

Form of Present Passive Sentence

​ (a)   +​ (b)   +​ (c)   + ​ (d)   +​ (e)  

• Obj
• Is/Am
• Verb 3
• By
• Sub
• Verb
• Verb 2
• Noun

Form of Present Passive Question

​ (a)   +​ (b)   ​+ (c)   + ​ (d)   +​ (e)  

• Is/Am
• Verb 3
• By
• Sub
• Verb
• Verb 2
• Noun
• Obj

Form of Past Passive Sentence

​ (a)   +​ (b)   +​ (c)   + ​ (d)   +​ (e)  

• Obj
• Was/Were
• Verb 3
• By
• Sub
• Verb
• Verb 2
• Noun

Form of Past Passive Question

​ (a)   +​ (b)   +​ (c)   + ​ (d)   +​ (e)  

• Was/Were
• Verb 3
• By
• Sub
• Verb
• Verb 2
• Noun
• Obj

Which sentence is in the past passive form?

• She is asked to answer this question.

• She asked to answer this question.

• She was asked to answer this question.

• She were asked to answer this question.

Which is the correct passive voice of this sentence:

The children broke the door.

• The children was broken the door.

• The door was broke by the children.

• The door was broken by the children.

• The door is broken by the children.

Write this sentence in the active voice:

Science books weren't found by Jack.