===== Passive Voice ===== **What it is:** Focus on the action/result, not the doer. **What it’s for:** Formal writing, news, when doer is unknown/unimportant. **Example:** “The cake was made (by my mom).” ===== Form ===== * **be + V3** (change “be” by tense) * Present Simple: is/am/are + V3 → “The room is cleaned.” * Past Simple: was/were + V3 → “The room was cleaned.” * Present Perfect: has/have been + V3 → “The room has been cleaned.” ===== Active → Passive ===== * Active: “Someone stole my bike.” * Passive: “My bike was stolen.” ===== Hard words (Glossary) ===== * *passive* /ˈpæsɪv/: bị động * *doer* /ˈduːə/: người làm (tác nhân) * *formal* /ˈfɔːməl/: trang trọng