Present and past passives - 6 Minute Grammar

"This English grammar video was produced by BBC Learning English for you." Passive forms like 'was produced' can be tricky to understand, but that's why we have programmes like 6 Minute Grammar. Rob, Neil and Mike help you with this area of language: present and past passive forms. You'll find a quiz on our website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/lower-intermediate/unit-22/session-2/activity-2 0:00 Introduction 0:27 The active voice 1:16 The passive voice 2:15 Why we use the active and the passive 4:15 How to make passive sentences 4:40 Quiz If you liked this video, you'll also love these videos: Using different tenses to be polite: https://youtu.be/rW4uNYLDRf0 How to choose the correct tense in English: https://youtu.be/GiI3wjFWSXQ 5 ways to talk about the future: https://youtu.be/o17hDxuzVdo #BBCLearningEnglish #Grammar #6MinuteGrammar