Passive Voice The passive voice is a grammatical construction (specifically, a "voice"). The noun or noun phrase that would be the object of an active sentence (such as Our troops defeated the enemy) appears as the subject of a sentence with passive voice (e.g. The enemy was defeated by our troops). The subject of a sentence or clause featuring the passive voice typically denotes the recipient of the action (the patient) rather than the performer (the agent). The passive voice in English is formed periphrastically: the usual form uses the auxiliary verb be (or get) together with the past participle of the main verb. Simple Present Tense Formula : S + to be (is, am, are) + V-3 Example: Active: My mother always cleans the floor every morning. Passive: The floor is always cleaned by my mother every morning. Simple Past Tense Formula: S + to be (was, were) + V-3 Example: Active: Fadhila watched the movie in the theatre last night. Passive: The movie was watched by...