In this class you will learn:

• The structure of passive voice.
• How to form passive voice sentences with present simple?
• When to avoid using the passive?

Passive voice structure

• Verb to be + Past Participle.

• Past Participle examples:

  Verb in base form	Past Simple	Past Participle
  develop	developed	developed
  invent	invented	invented
  write	wrote	written
  break	broke	broken

Passive voice with Present Simple

• Present Simple is used for habits, hobbies, daily routine & events that happen regularly.
• Present Simple Passive structure: is/am/are (not) + past participle.

Passive voice with Present Simple

• Platzi develops new courses every week. (Active)
• *New courses are developed ***(by Platzi) every week. (Passive)

In passive voice we can sometimes mention who did the action. If you think it is really important to mention who is doing the action, then you have the choice of doing that using “by” and the subject.

Example sentences