Active to Passive
Active: The teacher asked a question.
Passive:
Passive: A question was asked by the teacher.
What form of the verb is used in passive voice?
Past Participle
Active: People speak Portuguese in Brazil.
Passive:
Passive: Portuguese is spoken in Brazil
What kind of verbs are used in passive voice?
Transitive verbs
Active: The wolf ate the princess.
Passive:
Passive: The princess was eaten by the wolf.
* Remember, By + agent
What sentence structure does active voice follow?
Subject + verb + object
Active: Everybody loves Miss Jessie.
Passive:
Passive: Miss Jessie is loved by everybody.
Active: I did my homework.
Passive:
Passive: My homework was done.