THE PASSIVE VOICE

Form of Passive
Subject + form of to be + Past Participle (3rd column of irregular verbs)
Example: A letter was written.
Tenses Active Voice Passive Voice
Present Simple The serve dinnner at !pm "inner is served at !pm
Present
Continuous
The are serving dinner
now.
"inner is being served
now.
Past Simple The served dinner. "inner was served.
Past Continuous The were serving dinner. "inner was being served.
Future Simple The will serve dinner. "inner will be served.
Present Perfect The have served dinner. "inner has been served.
Past Perfect The had served dinner. "inner had been served.
Modals !e
p"p"
#ou must serve dinner. "inner must be served.
Turn t#ese sentences into t#e passive voice"
P$ESE%T SIMP&E
$. The deliver the newspaper in the morning.

%. &ngland ma'es the best computers.

3. 'e don(t 'eep coins in the cash.

P$ESE%T CO%TI%)O)S
$. (elen is *ritin+ a letter.

%. The are *aterin+ the )owers.

3. The restaurant is servin+ dinner.

PAST SIMP&E
$. She sa* the mouse in the *itchen.

%. People from all over the world visited the museum.

3. + didn(t ta'e the photographs at the beach.

F)T)$E
$. The *on(t accept the o,er.

%. (er bofriend *ill install the programme.

3. -illions of people *ill visit the museum.

P$ESE%T PE$FECT
$. 'e #ave done our homewor*.

%. + #ave eaten a hamburger.

3. (e #as not sent the parcel.

MO,A& VE$-S
$. #ou must bu a boo*.

%. + can answer the .uestion.

3. #ou s#ould open the window.