Passive Voice

Grammar Focus
➧ Passive voice | present and past

Vocabulary
➧ News-related vocabulary

Practice
➧ Discussing recent news stories and current events

Present Passive
Is | Are + Past participle
➧ The news is reported daily.

Past Passive
Was | Were + Past participle
➧ The story was written last week.

When to Use
Focus on the action or event rather than the subject
➧ The building was constructed in 2020.

News and Current Events

Headlines
➧ Breaking news
➧ Major event
➧ Investigation
➧ Announcement

Reports
➧ Witnesses
➧ Sources
➧ Coverage
➧ Interview

General
➧ Media
➧ Journalist
➧ Publication
➧ Broadcasting

Homework
Find a news article and rewrite three sentences from the article in the passive voice

Example

Original Sentence
➧ The government passed the new law last week.

Passive Sentence
➧ The new law was passed by the government last week.