Pasive voice

Passive Voice
Passive voice = to be + past participle

يطلب عادة إعادة كتابة جملة من active voice  إلى passive voice

يأخذ فعل to be  زمن الفعل الرئيسي في جملة active voice  متبوعا ب past  participle الفعل الرئيسي

 The Passive of an active verb is formed by putting the auxiliary verb TO BE into the same tense as the active verb and adding the Past Participle of the main verb.

The object of the active voice becomes the subject in the new sentence. The subject of the active voice becomes the agent of the passive sentence. The agent can be omitted when it is unknown, unimportant or obvious from the context.

Verb Tenses	Active	Passive
Present Simple	provide/provides	am/is/are provided
Past Simple	provided	was/were provided
Present Continuous	am/is/are providing	am/is/are being provided
Past Continuous	was/were providing	was/were being provided
Present Perfect	have/has provided	have/has been provided
Future Simple	will provide	will be provided
Modal Verbs	can provide	can be provided

Exercise: rewrite these sentences as suggested:

a)  The Egyptians built the Pyramids. 

The Pyramids ____________________________________________________.

b)  Over a billion people speak English.

English _________________________________________________________.

c)  They should read the instructions carefully.

The instructions__________________________________________________________.

d)  Edison  invented the electric bulb.

The electric bulb_______________________________________________________.

e)  America attacked Iraq some years ago.

Iraq _____________________________________________________________.

f)  The burglars didn’t take the jewels.

The jewels ____________________________________________________________.

g)  Helen and Susan visited all historical sites.

All historical sites______________________________________________________.

h)  A fisherman saved his life.

His life______________________________________________________________.

i)   The teacher didn’t punish the students.

The students _________________________________________________________.

j)   The storm is causing a lot of damage

A lot of damage ____________________________________________________________.

k)  Someone has stolen Kate’s new car.

Kate’s new car_______________________________________________________.

l)   The kids  can't  answer the questions.

The questions___________________________________________________________.

m) Barry Levinson is making a new film.

A new ffilm______________________________________________________________.

n)  Anne is selling the house.

The house _____________________________________________________________.

o)  They will wash the car.

The car_______________________________________________________________.

p)  They can invite Sarah to the party.

Sarah________________________________________________________________.

q)    We  couldn’t write the letters yesterday.

The letters ____________________________________________________________.

r)  The teacher  has collected all the exam papers.

All the exam papers_________________________________________________________.

s)  The players didn’t break the rules.

The rules______________________________________________________________.

(You'll get the key to this exrcise soon) GOOD LUCK