PAST SIMPLE PASSIVE

The dynamit

e

was invente

dby Alfred

Novel

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PASSIVE VOICE

Alfred Novel

invented

the dynamite

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SUBJECTOBJECT WAS + PAST

PARTICIPLE

Airplanes were invented

by The Wright

brothers

ACTIVE VOICE

PASSIVE VOICE

The Wright

brothers invente

d airplanes

PLURALOBJECTS

SUBJECT VERB IN PAST OBJECT

SUBJECTOBJECT WERE + PAST

PARTICIPLE

Past Participle

Past Participle

Past Participle

EXAMPLES

The box was carried by the woman.

The house was built by the builder.

The tree was cut by the woman.

Students were taught by the teacher.

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were hit

were blocked

was closed

were taken

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Village was flooded

by heavy rain

Hundreds of treeswere

damagedin the forest fire

No one was hurt

by avalanche

Capital citywas hitby huge

earthquake

Two carswere buriedin the

mudslide