Passive Voice

Passive Voice
1.Simple present Active

passive We

OB on RCTI watched

is watched OB on RCTI

(by us) everyday.

everyday.
2. Simple past Active

passive Rita



A letter wrote

was written a letter

by Rita yesterday.

yesterday.
3. Simple Future Active

passive My family






A villa will rent

will be rent a villa

by my family for holiday.

for holiday.
When rewriting active sentences in passive voice, note the following:
• the object of the active sentence becomes the subject of the passive sentence
• the finite form of the verb is changed (to be + past participle)
• the subject of the active sentence becomes the object of the passive sentence (or is dropped)
Agent
In a passive clause, we usually use a phrase beginning with by if we want to mention the agent - the person or thing that does the action, or that causes what happens.
Examples:
My mother makes sandwich every morning.
Subject verb1+s/es O C (adv. of time)



Sandwich is made by my mother every morning.
Subject to be+V3 Agent C (adv. of time)
present continuous : [ S + to be + being +V3 (past participle)
present perfect: [ S + has/have + been + V3 (past participle)
present continuous Active
Passive A young boy is catching a butterfly.
A butterfly is being caught by a young boy.
present perfect Active
Passive Yano has returned the book to the library.
The book has been returned to the library by Yano.
If you want to change an active sentence which has two objects into its passive forms, there are two ways:
1. Make its indirect object into the subject of the passive sentence.
2. Make its direct object into the subject of the passive sentence.

Examples:
Active: John is giving his girl-friend a bunch of flower.
indirect object direct object
Passive:
The indirect object as the subject
John’s girl-friend is being given a bunch of flower.

Passive:
The direct object as the subject
A bunch of flower is being given to John’s girl-friend.