First name: Vina Karaniya Sarasvati Surname: Vina No.

: 23
Date: 7/20/2020

The Passive Voice

I – Pay attention to the following:

ACTIVE VOICE

The students did some research on job offers.

Sentence structure: subject + verb + direct object

PASSIVE VOICE

Some research on job offers was done by the students.

Sentence structure:
 Direct object (original sentence);
 Verb «to be»;
 Past participle;
 Agent (person)

Verb tense Passive Voice

Present Simple  Is + past participle singular
 Are + past participle plural
Past Simple  Was + past participle singular
 Were + past participle plural
Present Perfect  Has been + past participle singular
 Have been + past participle plural
Future Simple  Will be + past participle
II – Use the passive voice:

1. Many young people find job offers in the newspaper.

The newspaper found job offers for many young people

2. Young people gain experience in their first jobs.

First jobs gained experience for young people

3. The teacher gave a lesson about application letters to the class.

The class was given a lesson about application letters from the teacher

4. Millions of people used job web sites in the last years.

The job web sites were used by millions of people last years.

5. My boss has sent this e-mail.

This email has been sent by my boss.

6. The technician has repaired the computers at the factory easily.

The computers have been repaired at the factory by the technician easily

7. The internet will help many jobless people.

Any jobless people will be helped by the internet

8. The children will wear face shield at school.

The face shield will be worn by the children at school

9. We will analyse the problem tomorrow.

The problem will be analysed by us tomorrow

10. my brother will play basketball in Los Angeles next week.

The basketball will be played by my brother in los angles next week