Passive voice

When do we use the passive voice ?

• context of victim

• usual context

• action lasting over time

• when you describe a picture

Women ................ not allowed to vote when it was segregation

Which auxiliary is used ?

• HAVE

• BE

Rosa Parks ___ (arrest) in 1955 for refusing to give up her seat

• was arrested

• arrested

• is arrested

• arrests

Segregation ....... established from 1876 to 1965

The Civil war ...... fought between the south and the North

The BLM movement ...... created in 2013

Protests ...... (organize) against segregation

Schools ___ (segregate) in the South before 1954."

Choose the correct passive sentence:

• Black people treated unfairly.

• Black people are treat unfair.

• Black people are treating unfairly.

• Black people were treated unfairly during segregation