Grammar Made Easy: The Mystery of the Stolen Diamond

Scene 1: Museum Vault at 12:00 AM

POLICE LINE - DO NOT CROSS

Detective Clueless:

"Guard! Who took the royal diamond? Who is the thief?"

Nervous Guard:

"I don't know who broke in, Detective! All I know is... the lock was broken!"

ESL Real-Life Tip: We use the Passive Voice when the criminal is unknown or the object is more important than who did it!

Scene 6: Case Solved - Quick Review

Case Solved! Junior Detective Certified

Here is your quick-reference passive voice summary table.

Context	Active Voice (Doer First)	Passive Voice (Receiver First)
Doer Unknown	Someone broke the lock.	The lock was broken.
Plural Items	Someone disabled the cameras.	The cameras were disabled.
Doer Important	The guard stole the gem.	The gem was stolen by the guard.