Grammar: The Passive Voice – English – 3rd Year Middle School – Algeria

Grammar: The Passive Voice (Present and Past)

Structure: Object + be + past participle + (by + subject).

Present Simple Passive: am/is/are + pp. Active: The chef cooks the food. Passive: The food is cooked by the chef.

Past Simple Passive: was/were + pp. Active: Shakespeare wrote Hamlet. Passive: Hamlet was written by Shakespeare.

When to use: doer unknown (My bike was stolen), doer obvious (The criminal was arrested), emphasize action.

Exercise: Change: Children play football -> __. They built this house in 1990 -> __.

For more: Simple Present – Simple Past

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