Convert the Sentence to Passive Voice


🔹 Convert these sentences into passive voice and maintain the correct tense:
The company is launching a new product next month.
Scientists discovered a new planet last year.
Someone has stolen my phone!
We’d really appreciate any tips or explanations that could help clarify the rules.

Certainly! Converting sentences to passive voice involves making the object of the active sentence the subject of the passive sentence. Here’s how you can convert the given sentences into passive voice while maintaining the correct tense:
- The company is launching a new product next month.
- Passive Voice: A new product is being launched by the company next month.
- Explanation: The present continuous tense ("is launching") changes to "is being launched" in the passive voice.
- Scientists discovered a new planet last year.
- Passive Voice: A new planet was discovered by scientists last year.
- Explanation: The simple past tense ("discovered") changes to "was discovered" in the passive voice.
- Someone has stolen my phone!
- Passive Voice: My phone has been stolen!
- Explanation: The present perfect tense ("has stolen") changes to "has been stolen" in the passive voice. The agent ("someone") is often omitted in passive voice when it’s unknown or unimportant.
I hope this helps clarify the rules for your daughter’s homework! If you have any more questions, feel free to ask. 😊