Passive Voice Usage and Examples for ESL/EFL
www.thoughtco.com › passive-voice-in-englishJan 05, 2019 · The passive voice in English is used to express what is done to someone or something. Here are a few examples: The company was sold for $5 million. That novel was written by Jack Smith in 1912. My house was built in 1988. In each of these sentences, the subject of the sentences does nothing. Rather, something is done to the subject of the sentence.