Date: January 18th, 2024

Topic: Active Voice and Passive Voice in Simple Past.

Grammar.

Active: Peter drove the old car.

Subject Verb Object
in past

Passive: The old car was driven by Mary.

Subject be past+verb by + doer
Participle

Active Voice Passive Voice

They are sentences in which They are sentences in which the subject
the subject does actions. receives actions.
Structure: Structure:
S+verb in past+object Subj+be(was/were)+participle+by+doer
/obj pron
(+) Angie wrote an interesting book. An interesting book was written
by Angie.
(-) Angie didn’t write an interesting book. An intersting book wasn’t written
by Angie.
(?) Did Angie write an interesting book? Was an interesting book written by
by Angie?
(S.A) Yes, she did/ No, she didn’t Yes, it was/ No, it wasn’t

- He completed the math exercises. The math exercises were completed by

him.