Read the following signs:

Batteries are sold separately

PASSIVE VOICE Passive voice emphasizes the result of an

action, rather than the agent who does the action.

To form the passive voice we need: to be + verb in past participle

ACTIVE VOICE

PASSIVE VOICE

I(Subject

)

CRASHED (Verb)

THE CAR

(subject)

WAS CRASHED(to be + past part)

(object)

by

the truck(agent)

Simple present: am / is / are + past participle

Bananas are grown in warm climates.

English is taught in DUI.

Simple Past: was / were + past participle

Computers were invented in the 1940’s.

This book was published in the UK.