Passive Forms

By:
Miss. Inas Afifah Zahra, S.E, S.Pd, S.Th.I, M.Si

Institut STIAMI - Bekasi

 Active Sentences and Passive Sentences
ACTIVE PASSIVE

(a) The mouse ate the cheese (b) The cheese was eaten by the mouse

ATE WAS EATEN BY

(a) And (b) have the same meaning

(c) Bob mailed the package In (c) The object in an active sentence becomes the subject
(S) (O) Active in a passive sentence

(S) (By + O) In (d) The subject in an active sentence is the object of by

(d) The package was mailed by Bob Passive in the by-phrase in passive sentence
 Form of the Passive
BE + PAST PARTICIPLE
(a) Corn is grown by farmers
(b) Sarah was surprised by the news
(c) The report will be written by Mary

 Form of all passive verbs : be + Past Participle

 Be can be in any of its forms : am, is, are, was , were, has been,
have been, will be, etc.
 ACTIVE PASSIVE

SIMPLE PRESENT • Farmers grow corn Corn is grown by farmers

SIMPLE PAST • The news surprised Sarah  Sarah was surprised by the news

PRESENT PERFECT • Jack has mailed the letter  The letter has been mailed by
Jack
FUTURE • Mr. Lee will plan the  The meeting will be planned by
meeting Mr. Lee
• Mary is going to write the The Report is going to be written
report by Mary
EXERCISES
 Exercise 1 – Active vs Passive
Directions : Change the active verbs to passive verbs. Write the subject of the passive
sentence.

1. SIMPLE PRESENT
(a) The teacher helps me (a) I am helped by the teacher
(b) The teacher helps Jane (b) _____ ________ by the teacher
(c) The teacher helps us (c) _____ ________ by the teacher

2. SIMPLE PAST
(a) The teacher helped me (a) _____ _________ by the teacher
(b) The teacher helped them (b) _____ _________ by the teacher
 Exercise 1 – Active vs Passive
Directions : Change the active verbs to passive verbs. Write the subject of the passive
sentence.

3. PRESENT PERFECT
(a) The teacher has helped Joe (a) _____ _________ by the teacher
(b) The teacher has helped us (b) _____ _________ by the teacher

4. FUTURE
(a) The teacher will help me (a) _____ _________ by the
teacher
(a) The teacher is going to help Susi (b) _____ _________ by the
teacher
 Exercise 2 – Form the Passive
Directions : Change the verbs to the passive. Do not change the tense

1. Bob mailed the package

 The package was mailed by Bob
(BE) + (PAST PARTICIPLE)
2. That company employs many people
 Many people ___________ _______________ by that
company
3. That company has hired Joe
 Joe ___________ _______________ by that
company
 Exercise 2 – Form the Passive
Directions : Change the verbs to the passive. Do not change the tense

4. The Secretary is going to fax the letters

 The letters ___________ _______________ by the
secretary
5. A college student bought my old car
 My old car ___________ _______________ by a college
student
6. Mrs. Adam will do the work
 The work ___________ _______________ by Mrs. Adam
ANSWERS
 Exercise 1 (Answers)
Directions : Change the active verbs to passive verbs. Write the subject of the passive
sentence.

1. SIMPLE PRESENT
(a) The teacher helps me (a) I am helped by the teacher
(b) The teacher helps Jane (b) Jane is helped by the teacher
(c) The teacher helps us (c) We are helped by the teacher

2. SIMPLE PAST
(a) The teacher helped me (a) I was helped by the teacher
(b) The teacher helped them (b) They were helped by the teacher
 Exercise 1 (Answers)
Directions : Change the active verbs to passive verbs. Write the subject of the passive
sentence.

3. PRESENT PERFECT
(a) The teacher has helped Joe (a) Joe has been helped by the teacher
(b) The teacher has helped us (b) We have been helped by the teacher

4. FUTURE
(a) The teacher will help me (a) I will be helped by the
teacher
(a) The teacher is going to help Susi (b) Susi is going to be helped by
the teacher
 Exercise 2 – Answers
Directions : Change the verbs to the passive. Do not change the tense

1. Bob mailed the package

 The package was mailed by Bob
(BE) + (PAST PARTICIPLE)
2. That company employs many people
 Many people are employed by that company
3. That company has hired Joe
 Joe has been hired by that company
 Exercise 2 – Answers
Directions : Change the verbs to the passive. Do not change the tense

4. The Secretary is going to fax the letters

 The letters are going to be faxed by the secretary
5. A college student bought my old car
 My old car was bought by a college student
6. Mrs. Adam will do the work
 The work will be done by Mrs. Adam