Understanding Passive Voice

What is the passive voice?

• It focuses on the subject doing the action.

• It focuses on the subject receiving the action.

• It is a special kind of question.

How is a passive sentence formed?

• Subject + Verb (Infinitive)

• Subject + to be + past participle (V3)

• Subject + Verb + Object

Which of the following sentences is in the passive voice?

• The dog ate the food.

• The food was eaten by the dog.

• The teacher teaches the class.

Which verb tense is used in the following passive sentence? “The letter was sent yesterday.”

• Present Simple

• Past Simple

• Future Simple

Convert the sentence to passive voice: “They write books every year.”

• Books are written every year.

• Books were written every year.

• Books will be written every year.

Which of the following sentences is in the passive voice?

• The cake is being baked in the oven.

• She is cooking the cake in the kitchen.

• He baked the cake yesterday.

Convert to passive: “People speak English all over the world.”

• English is spoken all over the world.

• English is speaked all over the world.

• English was spoken all over the world.

What is the structure of a passive sentence in the present continuous tense?

• Subject + to be + V3

• Subject + to be + being + V3

• Subject + V3

Change to passive: “The teacher explains the lesson every day.”

• The lesson is explained every day by the teacher.

• The lesson was explained every day by the teacher.

• The lesson is explained by the teacher every day.

Which sentence is correct?

• The new car will be bought by me next week.

• The new car will bought by me next week.

• The new car will buy by me next week.