To form the Passive Voice, we need to follow the formula:
Subject (receiver of the action) + to be (conjugated according to the tense and subject) + past participle of the main verb.
Let's convert the sentences into Passive Voice using Present Simple and Past Simple tenses:
- Television is watched by billions of people around the world.
- A new hospital was visited by the Queen this morning.
- The novel "1984" was written by George Orwell.
- People's attitudes are changed by some soap operas.
- This area was searched by the police very carefully yesterday.
- A bad road accident was reported by some witnesses last night.
- The awards are given by Penelope Cruz.
- Digital TV was invented in the 1960s.
- The criminal was seen at the shopping centre in the early morning.
- 2,000 CDs were sold by the famous singer in one week.
- The Oscar ceremony usually is watched by over 2 billion people.
- My room was painted green last week.
- The first DVD players were introduced in the 1980s.
In the Passive Voice, the focus shifts from the doer of the action to the receiver of the action. The sentences are structured to emphasize the action done to the subject rather than the subject doing the action.