Passive Voice
The passive is formed with the correct tense of "be" + the past participle of the main verb. The subject of the active sentence becomes the object in the passive, and vice versa. "Someone built this house in 1920." → "This house was built in 1920." The agent (doer) can be included with "by": "…was built by a local architect."
The passive is formed with the correct tense of "be" + the past participle of the main verb. The subject of the active sentence becomes the object in the passive, and vice versa. "Someone built this house in 1920." → "This house was built in 1920." The agent (doer) can be included with "by": "…was built by a local architect."
Practice
The report ___ by the committee last Thursday.
The new policyannounced at next week's meeting.
Put the words in the correct order: