Present Passive

To make the present passive, we need to use __ / ___ with the past participle.

• am / are

• is / are

• is / am

Special clothes ___ made by my grandmother.

That machine __ used by many people.

Farmers grow corn (Active). What is the passive form of this sentence?

• Farmers are grown by corn.

• Corn is grown by farmers.

• Corn grown by farmers.

• Corn are grown by farmers.

They make tortillas in Mexico. (Active). What is the passive form of this sentence?

• Tortillas are made in Mexico.

• Tortillas make in Mexico.

• They are made by tortillas in Mexico.

They pick the coffee beans by hand. (Active) What is the passive form of this sentence?

• Coffee beans picked are by hand.

• Coffee beans are picked by hand.

• They are picked coffee beans.

They sell clothes all over the world. (Active) What is the passive form of this sentence?

• They sell clothes all over the world.

• Clothes is sold by the world.

• Clothes are sold all over the world.

The corn __ grown in fields.

The tortillas ___ sold in restaurants.

They make the dough into tortillas. (Active) What is the passive form of this sentence?

• The dough is made into tortillas.

• They are made by the tortillas into dough.

• Tortillas is make into dough.