The Passive Voice

The Passive Voice is formed with...

• the auxilary verb to be in the present and the main verb in the past participle

• the auxilary verb to be in the past simple and the main verb in the past participle

• the auxilary verb to be in the same tense of the verb in the active voice and the main verb in the past participle

• the auxilary verb to be in the same tense of the verb in the active voice and the main verb in the past perfect.

A sentence is said to be in the active voice when...

• there is a linking verb

• when the subject performs the action

• when the subject receives the action

• when we use the auxiliary verb to be

The passive voice is more direct than the passive voice

• true

• false

Children ___ (give)too much money at an early age by their parents.

Check all the uses of a passive voice.

• the object (receiver) is more important than the subject

• to emphasize the person or thing acted on

• it uses shorter sentences

• the actor is unimportant or unknown

• it is more direct

John gave a book to Kate. This sentence has...

• two objects

• two direct objects

• one objects

• two indirect objects objects

Select the sentence that uses the passive voice.

• People have spent hundreds of Euros on the newest iPhone

• Hundreds of Euros people have spent on the newest iPhone.

• Hundreds of Euros have been spent on the newest iPhone.

• The newest iphone cost hundreds of Euros.

Sentences with be verbs are always in the active voice.

• true

• false

The coolest gadgets ____ (buy) by many teens as soon as they are out.

When might a writer use the passive voice?