The passive voice

The passive voice

The passive voice is a verbal construction in some languages ​​by which the subject is presented as passive, while the action performed by the verb is performed by a complement and not by the active subject of the verb.


Passive forms

Regular and irregular past participles

Forming the passive voice

The appropriate form of the verb 'to be' + past participle
The passive voice in English is composed of two elements:







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