Past Simple Passive

Past Simple Passive

1. Past Simple Passive is normally used to talk about some completed actions in the past. In the passive voice, emphasis is put on the effect of an action rather than on the doer.

2. We use Past Simple Passive for actions or events that happened in the past. Unlike the Past Perfect Passive, there’s no specific point in the past. In such statements we focus attention on the person or thing affected by the action, when the subject is unknown, unclear or irrelevant.

3. Negative and Question

   • Making a negative Past Simple Passive form is easy. Just insert ‘not‘ between ‘was’ or ‘were’ and Past Participle (the contracted forms are ‘wasn’t’ and ‘weren’t’).
   • To make a question in Past Simple Passive, swap the subject and ‘was’ or ‘were’. The structure for asking questions in Past Simple Passive is: was/were + [subject] + Past Participle
   • Examples
     • Football was played by her Football wasn't played by her