Passive voice: present and past

The passive voice focuses more in the object or the action than in the subject.

• True

• False

To use the passive, it's necessary to have ________ in the active sentence.

• a subject

• an object

To form the passive, we need a form of verb be and the _________ of the main verb.

• Past simple

• Past participle

• Present simple

• Gerund

The agent is....

• Who/what performs the action

• Who/what receives the action

When we use passive voice, the agent is always needed.

• True

• False

Write the missing words to make the passive:
Vincent Van Gogh painted "The Starry Night" in 1889.

"The Starry Night" ____________ by Vincent Van Gogh in 1889.

Write the missing words to make the following sentence into the passive:

Maria Beasley patented the life raft in 1882.

The life raft ________ by Maria Beasley in 1882.

Thousands of videos _______ to YouTube every day.

• were uploaded

• be uploaded

• are uploaded

• are upload

Orchids ______ in the South region of the State.

• are produced

• are produce

• were produced

Penguins can be _______ in Chile and Argentina.

• found

• find

• founded