Passive Voice

Passive Voice

1. Forms Of Passive Voice

   • Be + Past Participle
     • English is spoken all over the world.
       • The windows have been cleaned.
         • Lunch was being served.
           • The work will be finished soon.
             • They might have been invited to the party.
   • Forms Of Passive voice Of Modals Aux
     • Modals + Be + Past Participle
       • can/could/should/might/must/may.. etc

2. General Rule

   • Noun + Be + Past Participle + By agent
     • The students + are taught + By the professor
     • The dishes + are washed + by John

3. Always includes a form of the verb 'to be' (am, are, is, were, was, being, been, and be) and a past participle of the main verb.

4. Describes an event without mentioning who did it

   • It Needs
     • Transitive Verb
       • The enemy was defeated by our troops
     • Noun
     • Object