Changing form active to passive

To change a sentence from the active into the passive

a) the object of the active sentence becomes the subject in the passive sentence
b) the active verbs remains in the same tense, but changes into a passive form
c) the subject of the active sentence becomes the agent, and it is either introduced
with the preposition by or omitted
Only transitive verbs (verbs followed by an object) can be changed into the
passive
Peter feeds the cows active
The cows are fed by Peter passive
Subject Verb Object
Active Sharon wrote a report
assive A report was written by Sharon
Active assive
resent simple She writes the reports The reports are written
resent continuous She is writing the reports The reports are being written
ast simple She wrote the reports The reports were written
ast continuous She was writing the reports The reports were being written
resent perfect simple She has written the reports The reports have been written
ast perfect simple She had written the reports The reports had been written
!uture simple She will write the reports The reports will be written
!uture perfect simple She will have written the
reports
The reports will have been written
"nfinitive She has to write the reports The reports have to be written
#odals She may write the reports The reports may be written
$e use by + agent to say who or what carries out the action% $e use with +
instrument / material / ingredient to say what the agent used
A kite was made by John. It was made with paper, paint and string
The agent is often omitted in the passive sentence when the subject of the active
sentence is one of the following words& people, one, someone, somebody, they, she, he
etc
People eat a lot of junk food nowadays a lot of junk food is eaten
nowadays
Object pronouns (me, him, you etc%) become subject pronouns (", you, he, etc)
in the passive
They rescued me I was rescued
$ith verbs, which ta'e two objects such as& allow, award, bring, buy, feed,
throw, write, hand, sell, owe, grant, pass, post, read, take, offer, give, pay, lend,
promise, tell, send, show, teach, we can ma'e two different passive sentence% (owever,
it is more usual for passive sentence to begin with the person
Jessica showed Ron some photos
Ron was shown some photos by Jessica
Some photos were shown to Ron by Jessica
$hen the verb in the active sentence is followed by a preposition, the preposition
is 'ept in the passive sentence as well
Jane looks after the baby The baby is looked after by Jane
$hen we want to find out who or what did something, then the passive )uestion
form is as follows& who / what by!
Who was the camera invented by?
What was the eplosion caused by?