PASSIVE VOICE

(PRESENT SIMPLE)

the model the model the photographerthe photographer photographsphotographs

The photographerThe photographer photographsphotographs the model the model

The photographer the model.photographs

SUBJECT VERB DIRECT OBJECT

ACTIVE VOICE(the subject performs an action)

The photographer photographs the model.

SUBJECT VERB DIRECT OBJECT

The model by the photographer.is photographed

SUBJECT VERB PASSIVE AGENT

PASSIVE VOICE(the subject suffers the action)

PASSIVE VOICE RULES

The object becomes the subject

The subject becomes the passive agent

Auxiliary verb “to be” (am, is, are) + main verb in the past

participle

Who performs the action of kissing?

Who “suffers” the action?

The girl kisses the boy.

ACTIVE VOICE(the subject performs an action)

The boy is kissed by the girl.

PASSIVE VOICE(the subject suffers the action)

PASSIVE VOICE RULES(negative)

(The same except for the verb)

Example: The model isn’t photographed by the photographer.

Auxiliary verb “to be” (am, is, are)

not (or -n’t)

main verb in the past participle

+ +

PASSIVE VOICE RULES(interrogative)

Auxiliary verb “to be” (am, is, are) before the suject

Examples: Is the model photographed by the photographer? How often is a model photographed by the photographer?

SPECIAL CASES

A) We don’t use the passive agent when the subject of the active sentence is : people, one, someone, somebody, they

B) When the subject of the active sentence is a subject pronoun you must change it to an equivalent object pronoun as the passive agent.

IYouHeSheItWeYouThey

meyouhimheritsusyouthem

IT’S YOUR TURN NOW

1. Sandra wears fine clothes.

2. I read fashion magazines.

3. People buy a lot of clothes here.

4. Lucy doesn’t wear skirts.

5. They hire young models here.