be + past participle

My car is serviced twice a year.

Rolls Royce cars are made in

England.

•change - is/are changed

•break - is/are/am broken

•pay - is/am/are paid

•ask - is/am/are asked

•The oil /change :The oil is changed

•The brakes / test

•The filters /replace

•Air/ put/ in the tyres

•The battery/ check

•The lights /test

•Broken parts /repair

•It/take/for a test drive

•The radiator/fill/with water

•What else is done?

•The first bicycle was designed

by Leonardo da Vinci.

•He was taken to hospital and

operated on appendicitis.

•The last present I was given—

•When I was younger I was told-

•When I was a child I was taught

•Last week we were invited--

•Don’t worry! The broken parts

will be repaired or replaced.

•The message will be sent

tomorrow.

•E.g. telephone calls A lot of

telephone calls will be made.

•Team meeting presentation

•E-mails problems

•Documents lunch

•My car is being serviced now.

•They are being examined now.

•The passive is being practiced

now.

•Move the table : It’s being moved now

•Turn on the lights

•Check the numbers

•Draw a scheme

•Call the customers

•Prepare a report

•The letter has already been sent.

•This question has just been discussed

•The survey has been conducted.

•Five new employees have been hired

recently.

•Describe changes:

•The outside walls/paint :The outside walls have been painted.

•New windows/put in

•The trees/cut down

•A lot of flowers/plant

•The old gate/replace

•When the action itself is more important

than the person who carries it out (news

headlines, newspaper articles,

instructions, advertisements)

•Two teenagers were seriously injured in

a car accident yesterday.

•When the person who carries out the

action is unknown, unimportant or

obvious from the context.

•Mrs. Archer’s ruby ring was stolen

from her house last night.

•When we want to make statements

more polite.

My new blouse is ruined. (more polite

than saying “You’ve ruined my blouse”)

•Passive Infinitive :to be + past participle

My car needs to be serviced soon.

•Passive -ing form: being +past participle

•I insist on my car being serviced today.

•Passive modals: modal +be +pp

•My car must be serviced before the trip.