Бесплатный урок английского с Notes. Grammar Lesson. Passive Voice. A2-B1

GENERAL FORM OF PASSIVE VOICE

Subject + to be + V ed/V3 + by + Object

WE USE PASSIVE VOICE

1. when it’s not important who or what is performing the action, but the action itself is important:
e.g.: Active: They produce most gadgets in Asia. (we don’t know who exactly produces them)
Passive: Most gadgets are produced in Asia.

2. when we don’t know who is a performer of the action:
e.g.: Active: Someone stole my sister’s bike yesterday. (we don’t know who stole it)
Passive: My sister’s bike was stolen yesterday.

USE IT RIGHT!

To show who who did the action, we use “by”:
e.g.: This house was built by my grandfather.