Lecture on Past Simple Passive Form

Objective

• Understand the past simple passive structure

Review of Passive Forms

• Passive Voice: Shifts focus from subject to object.
  • Present Simple Passive
  • Present Continuous Passive

Past Simple Passive

Example Sentence

• Shakespeare wrote Hamlet in 1603.
  • Subject: Shakespeare
  • Object: Hamlet

Transforming to Passive Voice

• Active: Shakespeare wrote Hamlet.
• Passive: Hamlet was written by Shakespeare in 1603.
• *Components:
  • New Subject: Hamlet
  • Verb 'to be' in Past Form: was
  • Past Participle: written
  • Agent of Action: by Shakespeare

Formula for Past Simple Passive

• Structure: Object + was/were + past participle + (by Subject)
• *Key Points:
  • Use 'was' for singular objects
  • Use 'were' for plural objects
  • Always use the past participle form of the main verb

Analogies and Comparisons

• Verb 'to be' as plasticine:
  • Moldable to fit the sentence structure needed (was/were)

Upcoming Topics

• More passive forms will be discussed in future videos.