Passive Voice.

Use "by" to create passive voice. Also, "drink" would be more accurate than "had."

Yesterday, two cups of coffee were drank by me.
(vs. Yesterday I drank two cups of coffee).

Thanks a lot, Doctor D,
But let's say that I still want to use the verb "had", like, for example, in the sentence "I had breakfast yesterday", would it still be correct? And, one more thing, why did you use the verb "drank"? Shouldn't it be "drunk"?
Thanks a lot.

Osama

osama91But let's say that I still want to use the verb "had", like, for example, in the sentence "I had breakfast yesterday", would it still be correct?

'Breakfast was had by me' is grammatically correct, but sounds very unnatural.

osama91Shouldn't it be "drunk"?

Yes. That was probably a typo.

osama91I want to rewrite this sentence in passive voice; "I had two cups of coffee yesterday".It's going to be something like this; "Two cups of coffee were had by me yesterday", right?

Yes. As shown.

osama91The thing is, it just doesn't sound correct. What do you think?

I agree. It's co

As above. "Had" is grammatical but awkward.

However, as to "drank" vs "drunk"--drank is correct. Drank is the simple past.

I drank the coffee yesterday.

If you want to say the sentence with a past participle

Doctor DHowever, as to "drank" vs "drunk"--drank is correct. Drank is the simple past.I drank the coffee yesterday.If you want to say the sentence with a past participle , you need a helper verb.

The passive uses the third form (past participle). If we are going to have the awkward passive, it must be 'The coffee was drunk by me'.

'The c

Was drank is is not wrong, but perhaps not as common as was drunk.
Drank is both the past form of drink and a past participle form of drink.

Drank is . . . a past participle form of drink.
Really? Perhaps this is a feature of American English?

Clive

Doctor DWas drank is is not wrong, but perhaps not as common as was drunk

Much less common. The Corpus of Contemporary American English has 992 citations for have/has/was/were drunk and only18 for have/has/was/were drank.

The British National Corpus has only one citation for the drank forms.

ClivePerhaps this is a feature of American English?

Apparently so. Merriam-Webster lists the past participle as drunk or drank.

I'm an American myself and this is the first time I've ever heard of this.