Passive Voice and Causatives

Form and use the passive across tenses, choose active or passive focus, and use have or get something done and related causative patterns.

6 resources

Lesson
B1 level

How a T-Shirt Is Made: Passive Voice Practice

Follow a simplified cotton T-shirt process, listen to the narration, and practise sequence, passive forms and useful agents in 14 checks.

Nov 4, 2026 11 min read
Guide
B1 level

Passive Voice: Describing Processes and What Happens

Learn present and past simple passives, choose useful agents, and practise changing focus with six explained checks.

Nov 3, 2026 8 min read
Grammar lesson
C1 level

Advanced passives: Reporting beliefs and expectations

Report beliefs and expectations with it is said that and is said to structures. Practise passive infinitives and -ing forms, including perfect forms that show earlier events.

Sep 17, 2026
Grammar lesson
B2 level

Causatives: Have or get something done

Describe services and experiences with have or get + object + past participle. Compare these with have someone do and get someone to do, where you name the person acting.

Sep 17, 2026
Grammar lesson
B2 level

Passive forms: Continuous, perfect and modal passives

Build passive sentences while keeping the original tense and aspect. Practise continuous, perfect and modal forms, and decide whether a by-phrase adds useful information.

Sep 17, 2026
Grammar lesson
B1 level

Passive voice: Is made, was built and can be done

Focus on an action or its result using be and a past participle. Practise present, past and modal passives, and decide when the person doing the action needs to be mentioned.

Sep 17, 2026