tenses.htm

How to change a sentence from active to passive

Table of Tenses

Example sentence:

The dog bit the man.

Step 1.

The dog bit the man.

Find the object of the verb. (the man)
Make the object the subject of the new sentence.

The man...........

Step 2.

The dog bit the man.

Decide which tense the verb is in. "Simple past" (see chart)
Put the verb "to be" of this tense.
(look to see if the subject is singular or plural)

The man was..........

Step 3.

Bite Bit Bitten

Write the participle of the verb after the verb "to be"
The man was bitten .............

The man was bitten..........

Step 4

Decide if you want to include the agent in the sentence.

The man was bitten by the dog