Mastering Modal Verbs in Passive Voice

Modal Verbs in Passive Voice

• Can is commonly used in passive voice to express possibility or ability.
• May is commonly used in passive voice to express permission or obligation.
• Must is commonly used in passive voice to express obligation, and cannot be used to express prohibition or advice.
• Must not is commonly used in passive voice to express prohibition.
• Should is commonly used in passive voice to express advice.
• Ought to is commonly used in passive voice to express strong advice or obligation.
• Might is commonly used in passive voice to express deduction or certainty.
• Could is commonly used in passive voice to express possibility or ability in the past.
• May have is commonly used in passive voice to express possibility or permission in the past.

Passive Forms of Sentences

• The passive form of the sentence 'You should clean your room' is 'Your room should be cleaned'.
• The passive form of the sentence 'They can fix the car' is 'The car can be fixed'.
• The passive form of the sentence 'We must finish the project' is 'The project must be finished'.
• The passive form of the sentence 'He might have eaten all the cake' is 'All the cake might have been eaten'.
• The passive form of the sentence 'You ought to apologize' is 'An apology ought to be made'.