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The passive voice refers to a sentence in which the subject receives the action. Its form is:

To be + Past participle

for example:

Active voice	Passive voice
Tom steal the car.	The car is stolen by Tom.

There are some changes that we have to do when we form the passive voice, like "Tenses Changes" that we will explain in this table:

Active voice

Passive voice

Simple Present

Past Perfect

"Must / Should..."

John write a letter.

Marc had visited Manchester.

You must do your homework!

a letter is written by John.

Manchester had been visited by Marc.

Your homework must be done. (by you)

NB: The verb "To be" is always conjugated to the same tense as the verb in the active voice. for example:

Active voice	Passive voice
Marc had visited Manchester. The tense is: Past perfect.	Manchester had been visited by Marc. The tense is: Past perfect.

To test your knowledge about this lesson, do this test: Test of Passive voice


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