PASSIVE VOICE by Joshua Flores https://padlet.com/floresplua/z1m0zcp1x8dy5ris en-us 2020-10-12 13:42:09 UTC 2025-11-10 06:49:45 UTC hello@padlet.com PASSIVE VOICE floresplua https://padlet.com/floresplua/z1m0zcp1x8dy5ris/wish/821612201 2020-10-12 13:43:13 UTC https://padlet.com/floresplua/z1m0zcp1x8dy5ris/wish/821612201 Passive Voice: Present Simple floresplua https://padlet.com/floresplua/z1m0zcp1x8dy5ris/wish/821617266 2020-10-12 13:44:54 UTC https://padlet.com/floresplua/z1m0zcp1x8dy5ris/wish/821617266 floresplua https://padlet.com/floresplua/z1m0zcp1x8dy5ris/wish/821618640 English has two voices: active and passive. The active voice is used when the subject of the sentence does the action. In the example, A is the subject and B is the object.
The passive voice is used when we focus on the object of the sentence. In the example, B becomes the subject.
When it is important to know who does the action, we use by. The noun that follows by is called the “agent.” My mom was the subject in the active sentence, but it becomes the agent in the passive sentence.
Sometimes, when the agent is unknown, or unimportant to the meaning of the sentence, we do not use by.
For example: This sweater is made in China.]]> 2020-10-12 13:45:23 UTC https://padlet.com/floresplua/z1m0zcp1x8dy5ris/wish/821618640 floresplua https://padlet.com/floresplua/z1m0zcp1x8dy5ris/wish/821625327 2020-10-12 13:47:45 UTC https://padlet.com/floresplua/z1m0zcp1x8dy5ris/wish/821625327 Negative and Questions floresplua https://padlet.com/floresplua/z1m0zcp1x8dy5ris/wish/821629652 2020-10-12 13:49:14 UTC https://padlet.com/floresplua/z1m0zcp1x8dy5ris/wish/821629652 Past Participles (3rd form of the verb) floresplua https://padlet.com/floresplua/z1m0zcp1x8dy5ris/wish/821663267 2020-10-12 14:00:29 UTC https://padlet.com/floresplua/z1m0zcp1x8dy5ris/wish/821663267 floresplua https://padlet.com/floresplua/z1m0zcp1x8dy5ris/wish/821676656 2020-10-12 14:04:46 UTC https://padlet.com/floresplua/z1m0zcp1x8dy5ris/wish/821676656 Past participles for regular verbs are also the same as the past tense (add –ed). floresplua https://padlet.com/floresplua/z1m0zcp1x8dy5ris/wish/821690363 2020-10-12 14:09:08 UTC https://padlet.com/floresplua/z1m0zcp1x8dy5ris/wish/821690363 Many past participles for irregular verbs are the same as the past tense. floresplua https://padlet.com/floresplua/z1m0zcp1x8dy5ris/wish/821693890 2020-10-12 14:10:19 UTC https://padlet.com/floresplua/z1m0zcp1x8dy5ris/wish/821693890