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Why Use the Passive Voice?

• When the doer of the action is unknown or unimportant: Sometimes we don't know who did something, or it's not important to say.
  • Example: "The window was broken." (We don't know who broke it, or it's not important.)
• When the focus is on the object: We might want to emphasize what happened to something.
  • Example: "The car is being washed." (The focus is on the car and the action happening to it.)
• In formal writing or news reports: The passive voice can sound more objective.
  • Example: The new law was passed by the government.
     

How to Form the Present Passive:

To make a sentence in the present passive, we use:

• am / is / are (forms of the verb "to be" in the present tense)

• + the past participle of the main verb (usually ends in -ed, or you need to remember irregular forms like "eaten," "seen," "made")

• Active: Someone cleans the rooms every day.

• Passive: The rooms are cleaned every day. (Object "the rooms" becomes the subject)

• Active: My mom makes this cake.

• Passive: This cake is made by my mom. (Object "this cake" becomes the subject)
  
   

How to Form the Past Passive:

To make a sentence in the past passive, we use:

• was / were (forms of the verb "to be" in the past tense)

• + the past participle of the main verb

• Active: The dog chased the cat.

• Passive: The cat was chased by the dog. (Object "the cat" becomes the subject)

• Active: They built this house last year.

• Passive: This house was built last year. (Object "this house" becomes the subject)