Exercise 6
Change the active voice to passive voice.
People find information on the Internet.
Information is found on the Internet.
They closed the shop at 5 o'clock.
The shop was closed at 5 o'clock.
Active and passive voice
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Active and passive voice - all tenses
Difference between the active and passive voice
Active voice: Someone decorated this room yesterday.
Passive voice: This room was decorated yesterday.
We use the active voice when we know who decorated the room. If we do not know it or we do not want to mention it, we use the passive voice.
Passive forms - all tenses
The passive voice is formed with the verb to be + the past participle of a verb.
Examples of the passive voice in all tenses:
Present simple tense: Your car is repaired.
Present continuous tense: Your car is being repaired.
Past simple tense: The meal was eaten.
Past continuous tense: The meal was being eaten.
Future simple tense: A new house will be built.
Present perfect tense: The email has been sent.
Past perfect tense: The address had been changed.
Future perfect tense: The paintwork will have been removed by tomorrow.
We do not use continuous forms of the passive in most tenses. The present continuous passive and the past continuous passive are the only possible forms.