Task: Transform the sentence into the passive. Decide for
yourself: if the agent is important (e.g. Picasso), include the
by-agent. If it is unknown/unimportant (somebody,
people, someone …), leave it out. Press Enter or
Check to verify.
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Tip
Include the by-agent when the agent is important/specific:
… was painted by Picasso.
Leave it out for somebody, someone, people, they (unknown):
My bike has been stolen.
Capitalisation & final punctuation do not matter.
Rules: the passive
Formation: Subject + form of be + past participle (3rd verb form).
Simple Present: is/are + 3rd – The car is repaired.
Simple Past: was/were + 3rd – The car was repaired.
Present Perfect: has/have been + 3rd – has been repaired
Past Perfect: had been + 3rd – had been repaired
will-future: will be + 3rd – will be repaired
going-to-future: is/are going to be + 3rd – is going to be repaired
Modal verbs: modal + be + 3rd – must be repaired
Word order: The object of the active sentence becomes the subject:
Shakespeare wrote Hamlet → Hamlet was written by Shakespeare.
by-agent: only mention when important; omit for
somebody/someone/people.
Two objects:She gave me a book → I was given a book / A book was given to me.