Present
What is the passive voice?
A sentence structure where the object becomes the subject, and the action is received rather than performed.
What is the past simple form of "to be"?
Was / Were
Convert to passive: "The dog bites the mailman."
The mailman is bitten by the dog.
Convert it into Active. The students were praised by the teacher.
"The teacher praised the students."
Identify the subject: "The book is read by the student."
The subject is "The book" (in passive voice, the doer is less important).
Identify the subject: "The cake was eaten by the children."
The subject is "The cake" (in passive voice, the focus is on the action rather than the doer).
Convert to passive: "They play soccer every Saturday."
Soccer is played every Saturday.
Convert to passive: "The committee made the decision."
The decision was made by the committee.
Explain why the passive voice is used.
The passive voice is used when the focus is on the action rather than the doer, or when the doer is unknown or unimportant.
Explain a situation when passive voice is preferable.
The passive voice is preferable when the doer is unknown, unimportant, or when we want to emphasize the action rather than the person doing it—e.g., "A mistake was made" instead of "Someone made a mistake."