Passive Voice

B1–C1

Shifting the focus from who does an action to what happens to something or someone.

Lessons in this category

Be + past participle — the basic passive structure and when to use it.

Forming the passive correctly across every tense.

Get + past participle — a more informal, dynamic alternative to be-passive.

Have/get something done — talking about arranging for someone else to do something.

Passive with modal verbs, infinitives and more complex structures.

It is said that... / He is believed to... — passive structures for reporting general opinions.