Passive voice Pía de la Peña, Mariana Villafañe, Josefina Díaz Critelli

what is it?

A form of a sentece where the most important thing or person becomes the subject

why do we use it?

To emphasize the action (verb) and the object rather than subject

When we do not know nor want to express who performs the action

general rule

noun + be + past participle

you can use + by + who does the action

video's link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1_IRU6zx9g

a dictionary's link

https://www.macmillandictionary.com/

tenses

simple past

was/were + pp

past continuos

was/were + begin + pp

past perfect

had + been + pp

future

will + be + pp

past future

would be + pp

future perfect

will + has been + pp

simple present

am/are/is + pp

present continuos

am/are/is + being + pp

present perfect

have/has + been + pp

forms

eg. Was the house built in 1989?

eg. The house wasn't built in 1989

eg. The house was built in 1989

eg. Wasn't the house built 1989?