📝 Created by: El Arby Ameur | 📅 August 2026 | 🌐 lesson.tn
📖 Estimated reading time: 8 minutes | Word count: ~1200 words
📖 Passive Voice Rules: Be + Past Participle (All Tenses)
Level: B1 | Focus: Form, Rules, All Tenses
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1. The Formula
Subject + be (conjugated) + past participle + (by + agent)
2. Passive Voice in Different Tenses
• Present Simple: am/is/are + past participle
• Past Simple: was/were + past participle
• Future Simple: will be + past participle
• Present Continuous: am/is/are being + past participle
• Present Perfect: have/has been + past participle
3. When to Use Passive Voice
When the doer is unknown: My car was stolen.
When the doer is obvious: The president is elected.
When the action is more important: A new hospital was built.
In formal/scientific writing: The experiment was conducted.