Monday, 11th April 2,016.

Hello!!!
On Monday we reviewed the passive voice.
In spanish we hardly ever  use passive sentences, but in English is really commun.

Here we have the explanation with some examples:

The police arrested the shoplifter =Active.
                  past simple

The shoplifter was arrested by the police =Passive
                            Vb             participle of the verb 
                      to be in   +    

                      past simple 

We use by + agent when it is necessary to say who  or what does the action.

Example: A children's charity is challenging the ban. (ACTIVE).
                     The ban is being challenged by a children's charity.(PASSIVE).

Someone gave me(indirect object) this hoodie (direct object) for my birthday.

Remenber!
When the verb has two objects, we can form the passive sentence in two ways:
1. I was given this hoodie for my birthday.
2. This hoodie was given to me for my birhtday.