The Passive Voice
La voix passive en anglais est utilisée pour mettre l'accent sur l'action plutôt que sur le sujet.
Découvrez comment former et utiliser la voix passive à tous les temps grâce à nos explications détaillées.
Quand le sujet subit l'action au lieu de la faire. Formation : BE + Past Participle
Active vs Passive
Active Voice
Le sujet fait l'action
"Shakespeare wrote Hamlet."
Subject → Verb → Object
Passive Voice
Le sujet subit l'action
"Hamlet was written by Shakespeare."
Object → BE + PP → (by Agent)
Formula
Subject + BE (conjugué) + Past Participle + (by agent)
The letter
New subject
was written
BE + PP
by John
(optionnel)
Passive in All Tenses
| Tense | Active | Passive | BE form |
|---|---|---|---|
| Present Simple | They make cars. | Cars are made. | am/is/are |
| Past Simple | They made cars. | Cars were made. | was/were |
| Present Perfect | They have made cars. | Cars have been made. | have/has been |
| Past Perfect | They had made cars. | Cars had been made. | had been |
| Future Simple | They will make cars. | Cars will be made. | will be |
| Modal | They can make cars. | Cars can be made. | can be |
When to Use Passive Voice
L'agent est inconnu
L'agent n'est pas important
Langage formel/scientifique
Mettre l'accent sur l'action/objet
Common Mistakes
❌ The book was wrote by her.
✅ The book was written by her.
Utiliser le Past Participle, pas le Past Simple!
❌ The window is break.
✅ The window is broken.
BE + Past Participle obligatoire
❌ It was happened yesterday.
✅ It happened yesterday.
"Happen" est intransitif - pas de passif!
