cutting the grass

The grass is cut every day at the stadium.

We can often make English sentences in both the active and passive voice:

garage

Someone opens the garage every day at 9 AM. (active)

The garage is opened every day at 9 AM. (passive)

riding motorcycle

We ride our motorcycles in the evenings after dinner. (active)

Our motorcycles are ridden in the evenings after dinner. (passive)

To make sentences in the passive voice, use be and the past participle form of a verb.

The past participle form of regular verbs is ...ed:

  • checked
  • looked
  • talked
  • played
  • studied
  • engineered
  • joined

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