GRAMMAR

LESSONS
 ACTIVE VS
ACTIVE PASSIVE
PASSIVE
The subject performs the VOICE The subject receives the action
action

S+V+O O+V+S

Anna painted the house. The house was painted by

Anna.

Lance posted the video online. The video was posted online by
Lance.
PASSIVE: PRESENT SIMPLE
Formula: be (am/is/are) + past participle

Passive: News reports are written by

reporters.
Active: Reporters writes news reports.

Passive: English is spoken by a lot of

ACTIVE: PRESENT SIMPLE
people.
Active: A lot of people speaks English. use the base form of
the verb
Passive: English is studied by Rachel.
Active: Rachel studies English.
PASSIVE: PAST SIMPLE
Formula: was/were + past participle

Passive: A letter was written by him.

Active: He wrote a letter.

Passive: A cake was made by her.

ACTIVE: PAST SIMPLE
Active: She made a cake.
use past tense of the
Passive: Houses were built by them. verb
Active: They built houses.