Active Voice Passive voice Agent (the person or things doing the action ) Object (the person or thing receiving the action ) Mark plays the guitar. She reads a book. I make a cake.
Passive voice Forms of the passive: Simple present Simple past Present perfect
Verbs Regular: + ed Irregular: change their form completely
Passive voice with simple present Affirmative: subject + be + past participle + (by object) Negative: subject + be (not) + past participle + (by object) Mark plays the guitar. She reads a book. I make a cake. 1. 2. 3.
Exercise 1. Read the statement . Write active (A) or passive (P). The magazine is read by millions of people . () Most countries in Latin America speak Spanish . () Mary makes tea. () Photos are taken by me . ()
Exercise 2: Change the active into the passive voice. 1. Mr Jones watches films . _____________________________. 2. The people speak English . ______________________________. 3. I take photos . ____________________________________. 4. She does the housework . __________________________. 5. The policemen help the children . ________________________. 6. He writes poems . _________________________.