The passive voice is used very frequently in English, as it is used when the subject is unknown or doesn’t need to be mentioned. In fact, that last sentence was in the passive voice!
To form the passive voice, we put the verb to be into the tense needed, then we add the past participle.
For example:
Active voice – I made dinner tonight
Passive voice – Dinner was made tonight
Active voice – I write an essay every week
Passive voice – Every week, an essay is written
Active voice – He will commit a crime
Passive voice – A crime will be committed
We also use the passive voice if we want to give the focus of the sentence to another subject. For example, if we say: The album was recorded by Oasis in 1999. This means that we are more interested in the album than the band.
Something which helps with IELTS Writing Task 1 could be the fact that we use the passive voice when describing a process.
E.g. The flour is poured into a bowl, then the sugar is added and mixed together.
Passive Voice
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Question 1 of 8
1. Question
Tomorrow I will clean the house
- (Tomorrow the house will be cleaned, The house will be cleaned tomorrow, Tomorrow the house will be cleaned., The house will be cleaned tomorrow.)
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We walk the dog every day
- (Every day the dog is walked, The dog is walked every day, Every day the dog is walked by us, The dog is walked every day by us, Every day the dog is walked., The dog is walked every day., Every day the dog is walked by us., The dog is walked every day by us.)
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He stole 7 handbags from the store
- (7 handbags were stolen from the store, 7 handbags were stolen, 7 handbags were stolen from the store by him, 7 handbags were stolen by him, 7 handbags were stolen by him from the store, 7 handbags were stolen from the store., 7 handbags were stolen., 7 handbags were stolen from the store by him., 7 handbags were stolen by him., 7 handbags were stolen by him from the store.)
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They dropped the plate onto the floor
- (The plate was dropped onto the floor, The plate was dropped, The plate was dropped onto the floor by them, The plate was dropped by them, The plate was dropped onto the floor., The plate was dropped., The plate was dropped onto the floor by them., The plate was dropped by them.)
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We finished the research in 1983
- (The research was finished in 1983, The research was finished in 1983 by us, In 1983 the research was finished, In 1983 the research was finished by us, The research was finished in 1983., The research was finished in 1983 by us., In 1983 the research was finished., In 1983 the research was finished by us.)
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He destroyed the books
- (The books were destroyed, The books were destroyed by him, The books were destroyed., The books were destroyed by him)
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I will make a cake next week
- (A cake will be made next week, Next week a cake will be made, A cake will be made next week by me, Next week a cake will be made by me, A cake will be made next week., Next week a cake will be made., A cake will be made next week by me., Next week a cake will be made by me.)
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We will divide the chocolate bar into 3 pieces
- (The chocolate bar will be divided into 3 pieces, The chocolate bar will be divided into 3 pieces by us, The chocolate bar will be divided into 3 pieces., The chocolate bar will be divided into 3 pieces by us., The chocolate bar will be divided by us into 3 pieces, The chocolate bar will be divided by us into 3 pieces.)
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