PASSIVE VOICE
by Marta Roig
1. TO BE + PAST PARTICIPLE
1.1. Present Simple: I make a cake - A cake is made
1.2. Present Contin: I’m making a cake - A cake is being made.
1.3. Past Simple: I made a cake - A cake was made.
1.4. Past Continuous: I was making a cake. A cake was being made.
1.5. Present Perfect: I have made a cake - A cake has been made.
1.6. Past Perfect: I had made a cake - A cake had been made.
1.7. Future Simple: I will make a cake - A cake will be made.
1.8. Future be going to: I’m going to make a cake - A cake is going to be made.
1.9. Modal: I must make a cake - A cake must be made.
1.10. Modal Perfect: I should have made a cake- A cake should must be done.
2. ACTIVE: SOMEONE CLEANS THE STREETS EVERY DAY
2.1. PASSIVE: THE STREETS ARE CLEANED EVERY DAY
3. If the object is a pronoun, make sure to change it to a subject pronoun: me -I / him-he /her -she/ them - they
3.1. I BOUGHT HIM A PRESENT
3.1.1. HE WAS BOUGHT A PRESENT