THE PASSIVE VOICE

THE VERB TO BE PRESENT PAST I AM / WAS YOU ARE / WERE HE IS / WAS SHE IS / WAS IT IS / WAS WE ARE / WERE THEY ARE / WERE

P.P. P.A. O.P. I MY ME YOU YOUR YOU HE HIS HIM SHE HER HER IT ITS IT WE OUR US THEY THEIR THEM

I HAVE AN ACCOUNT. MY ACCOUNT IS PERSONAL. GIVE ME THE ACCOUNT. SHE HAS A CHECK. HER CHECK IS EXPIRED. GIVE HER THE CHECK. WE HAVE A FILE OUR FILE IS FULL. GIVE US THE FILE.

ACTIVE VOICE (PRESENT) PASSIVE VOICE I sort files. Files are sorted (by me) You cash a check. A check is cashed. (by you) She prepares reports. Reports are prepared. (by her) They do office work. Office work is done. (by them) We fix a target. A target is fixed. (by us) He writes texts. Texts are written (by him)

ACTIVE VOICE (PAST) PASSIVE VOICE I sorted files. Files were sorted. You cashed checks. A check was checked. She prepared reports. Reports were prepared. They did office work. Office work was done. We fixed a target. A target was fixed. He wrote a text. A text was written. It bought a bank. A bank was bought. They sold the buildings. The buildings were sold. We drank pisco sour. Pisco sour was drunk. She ate two pizzas. Two pizzas were eaten.

1. Somebody cleans the office . …………….. EXERCISES ACTIVE PASSIVE 1. Somebody cleans the office . …………….. 2. They make milk from butter. …………….. 3. We import oranges. …………….. 4. She never invites me to seminars. …………….. 5. He injured the man. …………….. 6. She built this house in 1990. …………….. 7. Bell invented the telephone. …………….. 8. I saw an accident yesterday. …………….. 9. We speak English. …………….. 10.They closed the savings account. ………………