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Definition
Passive voice is a form of sentence where the subject of the sentence
receives the action, not performs the action.
A subject does an action to an object.

why we use passive voice ?

To convey a more
We don’t want to talk The object is more
objective tone in news
about who did the action interesting than the subject
reports
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1 PRESENT TENSES
Subject + to Be + V3 + Object

Example :
She delivers the pizza
S V1+s O

The pizza is delivered by

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2 PAST TENSES
Subject + to Be + V3 + Object

Example :
They ate chips yesterday
S V2 O

Chips were eaten by them

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3 future Tense
Subject + will be+ V3 + Object
Example :Teacher will give you the
V1

group project
S O

for next meeting

The group project will be
given by teacher for next
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4 Present Perfect Tense

Subject + has/have been+ V3 + Object

Example :
We have repaired the road
S V3 O

The road has been repaired

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5 Past Perfect Tense

Subject + had been+ V3 + Object

Example :
He had repaired the bike
S V3 O

The bike had been repaired

 What is the form of passive voice?
Present simple am, is, are + V3
Past simple was, were + V3

future Will + be + v3

Present perfect has, have + been + V3

Past perfect had + been + V3

Examples:

1. (a)This news amaze the people (Active)

(b) The people ........ these news (Passive)
2. (a) Bob mailed the package. (Active)
(b) The package ........... Bob (him) (Passive)
3. (a) The company will employ many people (Active)
(b) Many people ............ the company (it) Passive
4. (a) The college students have bought my old car. (Active)
(b) My old car ............... the college students (Passive
5. (a)The company had hired my friend. (Active)
(b) My friend ................ the company (Passive)
1. (a)This news amaze the people (Active)
(b) The people are amazed by these news (Passive)
2. (a) Bob mailed the package. (Active)
(b) The package was mailed by Bob (Passive)
3. (a) The company employs many people (Active)
(b) Many people are employed by the company (Passive)
4. (a) A college students have bought my old car. (Active)
(b) My old car has been bought by the college students
(Passive)
5. (a)The company had hired my friend. (Active)
(b) My friend had been hired by the company (Passive)