We can use get instead of be in passive voice. Get is informal and be is formal.
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The eggs got sold.
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The eggs were sold.
Interrogative verbs in active questions about the object become formative verbs in passive questions.
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They stole a car.
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What did they steal?
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What was stolen?
Informative verbs in active questions become interrogative verbs in passive questions. There should always be the
preposition “by”.
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Who stole a car?
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Who was a car stolen by?
If the doer of the action is inanimate we will use the preposition “with”.
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Daniel painted this picture.
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This picture was painted by Daniel.
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Smoke filled the room.
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The room was filled with smoke.
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Paint covered the lock.
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The lock was covered with paint.
When a verb + preposition + object combination is put into the passive the preposition will remain immediately
after the verb.
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You must write to him.
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He must be written to.
If we have two objects in active sentence we can form two passive sentences.
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I offered Ann some flowers.
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Ann was offered some flowers.
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Some flowers were offered to Ann.
It’s better to use an animate object in passive sentence.
Sentences of the type “people say that he’s rich” have two possible passive forms,
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It’s said, that he is rich.
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He is said to be rich.
These structures can be used with the following verbs,
