The passive

The passive: present simple
|Affirmative |
|Willhelm is met by the teacher.|
|The wigs are made of his own hair. |

|Negative ||Adilbe's wig isn't (is not) decorated with feathers. |
|The wigs aren't (are not) used every day. |

|Questions|
|Is Adilbe's wig covered with flowers? |
|Are the wigs worn forceremonies? |

|Short answers |
|Yes, it is. / No, it isn't.|
|Yes, they are / No, they aren't. |


• We use the passive when we want to focus on theobject in a sentence, not the subject.
The wigs are worn by Huli warriors.
• We also use the passive when we don't know who does the action.
It isn't decorated with feathers.
•We use the passive more in writing than in speaking.
• We often use the passive in writing to describe a process.
The design is chosen. It's drawn onto the skin. etc.
• We use be +past participle to make the present passive.
Active to passive
• Active sentences start with the subject.
The teacher meets Wilhelm. (The focus of the sentence is on the teacher.)
•Passive sentences start with the object.
Wilhelm is met. (The focus of the sentence is on Wilhelm.)
• We use by to introduce the subject in passive sentences.
Wilhelm is met by the...