Form
Subject + to be + past participle
Example: The poster was made by Jim.
Use of Passive Voice
1. To report crimes or incidents with unknown predators. My car was stolen yesterday.
2. To emphasize an action itself and to make the doer of the action less important. The president was sworn in on a cold January morning.
Passive Voice Exercises
Instructions: Change the active sentence into a passive sentence
Example: Active Sentences: Lucas cut my hair.
Passive Sentence: My hair was cut by Lucas.
1. Anna painted the house.
2. Ali posted the video online.
3. They will build the house.
4. We move the furniture.
5. Alexandra sang a song.
Instructions: Change the passive sentence into an active sentence
1. A cake was made by Berenice.
2. The letter was written by Billy.
3. The money was given by them.
4. The table was made by us.
5. The video was made by Beatriz
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