Relier Pairs Passive voice rulesVersion en ligne Match the rules. par Tamara Lupiañez 1 Passive voice focuses 2 Passive voice is often used 3 Passive sentences use a form of the verb "to be" 4 In passive voice, the subject of the sentence 5 The doer of the action is on the action itself or the object of the action in formal writing or to emphasize the action or object rather than the doer. is acted upon by the verb. followed by a past participle. often not mentioned in passive sentences