| Tense |
Passive Form | Passive Sentence | Active
Form |
Active Sentence |
| Past simple | was/were
+ past participle |
It was made compulsory by the government to wear a seat belt while travelling in a car in 1985. | base verb
+ed or irregular past |
The government made it compulsory to wear a seat belt while travelling in a car in 1985. |
| Present continuous | used to
+be + past participle |
Corporal punishment used to be used by teachers to discipline children who misbehaved. | used to + base verb | Teachers used to use corporal punishment to discipline children who misbehaved. |