Passive Voice Simple Past

Ana Karen Huerta Ugalde Adriana Rodrguez Corona

Use

The passive voice is often used when it is unknown who performs the action. Also used to avoid naming who does the action.

Affirmative

We use the verb 'to be' in the past followed by a participle.

Subject Was / Were Past participle Complement

1. 2.

Examples The house was cleaned today. The desserts were made.

Negative

To form the negative we must deny the verb 'to be' in the past.
Subject Wasnt / Werent Past participle Complement

1. 2.

Examples The house wasn't cleaned today. The desserts weren't made.

Interrogative

For the formation of questions we need to invert the verb TO BE.

Subject Past Participle Complement

Was / were

1. 2.

Examples Was the house cleaned today? Were the desserts made?

Answer

We use the verb 'to be' in the past to form the short answer.

Examples 1. Was the house cleaned today?

Yes, it was / No, it wasn't

1.

Were the desserts made?

Yes, they were / No, they weren't

Examples
She sang a song.

Somebody hit me.

We stopped the bus. A thief stole my car. They didn't let him go. She didn't win the prize. They didn't make their beds. I did not tell them. Did you tell them? Did he send the letter?

Examples
She sang a song. Somebody hit me. We stopped the bus. A thief stole my car. They didn't let him go. She didn't win the prize. They didn't make their beds. I did not tell them. Did you tell them? Did he send the letter? A song was sung by her. I was hit by somebody. The bus was stopped by us. My car was stolen by a thief. He was not let go by them. The prize was not won by her. Their beds were not made by them. They were not told by me. Were they told by you? Was the letter sent by him?