Here we are going to work on the passive voice, present tense. The structure is as follows:
Subject + (am, is, are) + vb. ppio (-ed/ 3rd C) + Agent Comp.
He opens the door
The door is opened by him
Take into account that the Direct Object in the active sentence becomes the subject in the passive one. The subject in the active sentence becomes the agent complement in the passive one.
The agent complement is introduced by the preposition "by" (not "for", a very common mistake). Sometimes, we don't need to write this agent complement, since it's obvious, not important or unknown. For instance:
The police arrest the robbers --> the robbers are arrested (by the police): obvious agent complement
We set the table --> the table is set (by us): not important agent complement
Someone follows me home every evening--> I'm folowed home every evening (by someone): unknown agent complement
I leave you some links down below to practise on the present simple passive voice:
Good luck!
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