Passive voice can be formed with 'Subject + Be + Past Participle + by + Agent'. For Past Simple Passive, 'was/were given' is used.
La voz pasiva se puede formar con 'Subject + Be + Past Participle + by + Agent'. Para el Pasado Simple Pasivo, se usa 'was/were given'.
| Task | Transfer this Active voice sentence to the Passive one: Sandra gave Mark an apple. |
|---|---|
| Answer | 3 |
| a | An apple was given to Sandra by Mark. |
| b | Sandra was given to Mark by an apple. |
| c | An apple was given to Mark by Sandra. |
| d | An apple had been given to Mark by Sandra. |
| comment | Sometimes we need to change a sentence from the Active voice into the Passive voice. We can also know a person who carries out the action. In this case we form a sentence according to this word order: Subject - Be+ Past Participle - Preposition 'BY' - Agent (who or what carries out the action). Here the Past Simple Passive should be used: was given. Other answers are illogical. |
| topic | passive voice |
| level | 2 |
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