Simple Past

Passive
The passive voice is used when we want to
focus attention on the person or thing affected
by the action. Normally, the performer of the
action, or the agent, comes first and is made
the subject of the verb and then we use the
active form of the verb. The other person or
thing is made the object of the verb.
In Active Voice, the subject acts upon the
object. In Passive Voice, the object is acted
upon by the subject. The meaning remains the
same in both Voices but the sequence of the
words (subject & object) changes. The
sequence, of subject and object as in Active
Voice, is reversed when it is expressed in
Passive Voice.
 Simple Past Passive

●The past simple passive is formed by using 'was'

or 'were' plus the past participle. The passive is
used when the person or thing that did the action
is unknown, unimportant or not the focus of our
interest. We use 'by' with the passive if we want to
identify who or what did the action:

●“Something was done by someone at sometime

in the past.”
 Forming Simple Past Passive

•Affimative Form
Object + was / were + verb (past participle)

•Negative Form
Object + was / were not + verb (past participle)

•Question Form
Was / Were + Object + verb (past participle)?
 Examples

Active: The teacher corrected the mistakes.

Passive: The mistakes were corrected by the teacher.

Active: Did the little boy sell all the candy bars?
Passive: Were all the candy bars sold by the little boy?

Active: Lauren didn't eat any apples.

Passive: No apples were eaten by Lauren.

Active: He didn't give the wallet.

Passive: The wallet wasn't given by him.