Passives

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Passives are used when the focus is on the action. The person doing the action is not important, not known, or is obvious. The passive voice is often used in news headlines.

The Passive Form:

Present	am is are	+	past participle
Past	was were
Present Perfect	has been have been
Future	will

For example:

Active Voice	I wash the dishes everyday.	The active tells what people or things do.
Passive Voice	The dishes are washed everyday.	The passive tells what happens to people or things. The subject is not always expressed.

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Try Our Passives Activities

Active Passive

Students compete against each other in this Active Passive activity to change active voice sentences into passive voice sentences. A speaking activity using passives.

Story Swap

Students summarize and tell a story. The students who listened to the story retell the story to a third person. The third person retells the story to a fourth person. A story swap speaking activity using passives.

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