THE PASSIVE VOICE WITH THE SIMPLE ASPECT

FORM:
 The noun or noun phrase that would be the object of an active sentence appears as the
passive subject;
 “To be” is used as the auxiliary verb of the sentence in the passive voice;
 The main verb is used in the past participle;
 The preposition “by” is used to present the agent;
 The noun or noun phrase that would be the subject of an active sentence appears as the
agent of a sentence with passive voice.

Subject verb or verb phrase object

ACTIVE VOICE + +
Subject

Passive
PASSIVE VOICE be past participle of the main verb by agent
Subject + + +

People speak English and French here.

English and French are spoken (by people) here.

speak
ACTIVE VOICE
People + + English and French here.
Subje object
ct

English and French are spoken by people

PASSIVE VOICE + + ++ + here

The agent can be omitted.

Subject verb object

 Active John manages the export division
voice

Passive subject To be main verb by agent

verb in the past
participle
Passive The export division is managed by John
voice

People speak foreign languages everywhere.

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They wrote interesting short stories.

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I will use this method at the university next year.

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He would build the house in ten months.

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She made a terrible mistake in the past.

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We know that woman as Lena.

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