Passive voice

Passive voice

1. When do we use passive voice

   • When we want to change the focus of the sentence
     • The Mona Lisa was painted by Leonardo DaVinci (We are focusing on the painting rather than the artist)
   • When who or what causes the action is unknown or unimportant or obvious
     • He was arrested (obvious agent, the police)

2. Tenses

   • Present simple
     • The photos are taken
   • Present continuous
     • The photos are being taken
   • Present perfect
     • The photos have been taken
   • Present simple
     • The photos were taken
   • Past continuous
     • The photos were being taken
   • Past perfect
     • The photos had been taken
   • Future
     • The photos will be taken
   • Be going to
     • The photos are going to be taken
   • Future perfect
     • The photos will have been taken

3. What is passive voice?

   • In passive voice, the subjects performs the action

4. Meanwhile, active voice

   • In active voice, the subject performs de action