ACTIVE TO PASSIVE VOICE Active You killed six zombies SubjectVerbObject Passive Six zombies were killed BY you SubjectVerbObject The OBJECT in the active voice is changed into the SUBJECT in the passive voice

You can use the PASSIVE if you don’t know who does something or it isn’t important who does it. Active Thomas Edison patented the first light bulb in 1879 = We know that Thomas Edison patented the first light bulb Passive The first light bulb was patented in 1879 = We DON’t know who patented the light bulb, or it isn’t important

The passive is quite easy to make – just use the correct tense of Be + past participle The igloo was built by Pedro! Present Simple Passive: Lots of igloos are built every year. Past Simple Passive: Lots of igloos were built last year. Present Perfect Passive: Lots of igloos have been built this year. Future Simple Passive: Lots of igloos will be built next year.

The Arcade is owned BY Alberto Sometimes when you use the passive, you want to give more information. If you want to say WHO DOES the action, you can use by + person. The first light bulb was invented by Thomas Edison An igloo was built by Pedro. The prize for the best igloo was given by Professor Freeze.

ACTIVE VOICEPASSIVE VOICE PRESENT SIMPLE make They make cars in Japan PRESENT SIMPLE am / is / are made Cars are made in Germany PRESENT CONTINUOUS am / is / are baking I am baking a cake PRESENT CONTINUOUS am / is / are being baked A cake is being baked by me PAST SIMPLE wrote Shakespeare wrote Romeo & Juliet PAST SIMPLE was / were written Romeo & Juliet was written by Shakespeare PAST CONTINUOUS was / were watching They were watching a film when I got home PAST CONTINUOUS was / were being watched A film was being watched when I got home PRESENT PERFECT have / has decorated We have decorated my bedroom PRESENT PERFECT have / has been decorated My bedroom has been decorated PAST PERFECT had read Javier had read the book before he saw the film PAST PERFECT had been read The book had been read by Javier before he saw the film

ACTIVE VOICEPASSIVE VOICE FUTURE SIMPLE will write They will write the essay tomorrow FUTURE SIMPLE will be written They essay will be written by them tomorrow GOING TO am / is / are going to He is going to build a house next week GOING TO am / is / are going to be A house is going to be built by him next week THE END