Today, let's review how we make the passive in the past simple.
Remember, to make the passive, we:
- move the object to the front,
- make the tense we need with the verb 'be' (in this case, the past simple),
- add the past participle of the main verb (for regular verbs, we add 'ed' to make the past participle),
- add 'by + the original subject', if we want.
Here's are some examples with the past simple.
- Active: The children ate the apples.
- Passive: The apples were eaten (by the children).
- Active: The author wrote the book in 1997.
- Passive: The book was written (by the author) in 1997.
- Active: We finished the project last week.
- Passive: The project was finished last week (by us).
Let's review!
Change the active sentences into passive sentences.
1. He wrote the report.
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2. The boys made the biscuits.
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3. John loved Julie.
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ANSWERS >>>
- The report was written (by him).
- The biscuits were made (by the boys).
- Julie was loved (by John).