Passive voice

Passive voice

1. Be + Participle

   • "Jeans are made from denim"

2. By + Agent

   • "... by me"
   • Who made the action

3. Uses

   • To describe the action and not the person who did it
     • "Two men were arrested for..."
   • When you don´t know who made the action
     • "Women´s clothes sized have been standardized..."

4. Passive with reporting verbs

   • It + Verb + that
     • "It is thought that..."
   • Subject + Verb + to + infinitive
     • "Jeans are thought to be..."
   • Subject + Verb + to + perfect infinitive

5. Active to passive

   • "The Fibreworld manufactures T-Shirts for teams"
   • "T-Shirst for teams are manufactured by the Fibreworld"