The Passive Tense

The cows are milked once a day.
• When the action itself is more important than the person who carries it out, as in news headlines, newspaper articles, formal notices, instructions, advertisements, etc.
• Rolls Royce cars are made in England.
• The novel was written by Charles Dickens.
• The village was destroyed by the tsunami.
subject
verb
object
active
Sharon
wrote
a report.
subject
verb
agent
passive
A report
was written
by Sharon.
Form: to BE (tenses) + V3
• Present Simple: is/are + V3
1) He services the car every month.
The car is serviced every month.
• They don’t teach German here.
German isn’t taught here.
• They usually buy fast food here.
• She writes the reports.
1) Fast food is usually bought here.
2) The reports are written.
• Present Continuous: is/are being + V3
• She is typing the letters at the moment.
The letters are being typed at the moment.
2) Are you finishing the report?
Is the report being finished?
• They are making dinner.
• He isn’t cleaning the windows.
1) The dinner is being made.
2) The windows aren’t being cleaned.
• Past Simple: was / were + V3
• They cancelled our flight.
Our flight was cancelled.
• She didn’t send the invitations.
The invitations weren’t sent.
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