Do you know how to make and use the passive? I explain everything really clearly in this video. 00:00 Introduction 00:21 Active v passive 01:13 How to make the passive 02:40 Verbs with two objects 03:29 The passive in a subordinate clause 04:08 The passive with gerunds and infinitives 04:45 When should we use the passive? 07:36 Link to free exercises ******************************* Want to really understand the English tenses? Get my free tenses infographics and exercises here: If you’re new to the channel, my name is Seonaid Beckwith. I’m the founder of . We help millions of people every month improve their grammar and their English. I’m a British native speaker of English, I have a Master’s in English and Linguistics from the University of Cambridge and I’ve been teaching grammar for more than twenty years. ******************************* Here at Perfect English Grammar, we love grammar! We specialise in deep grammar training because we believe that knowing grammar well leads to confident, correct English. Here’s what we believe: Most grammar learning is random - maybe a podcast here and an exercise there. We believe in a systematic, structured approach that builds a strong foundation. Most people don’t use new grammar enough to make the rules automatic. We believe ‘rules become reflexes’ through carefully organised review and practice. Most people think they need hours every week in order to improve. We believe that you ‘don’t need more time, you need more structure’. We think that twenty minutes a day of deep focused study helps more than hours of random bits and pieces. If you’d like to master grammar so that you can speak English correctly and confidently, click here to read about our Complete Grammar Programme: Download the PDF of this video and get free exercises here: