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This study is to analyze the Usage & Meaning on the English Passive Construction in Middle School English Textbooks. The basic form of the English Passive Construction is the <Subject + be + pp + by Actor> in English Structures. Many students understand and use this form the basic form of the English Passive Construction. In the English Passive Construction, there are many kinds of structures. For example, they are Actional Passive, Statal Passive, be-Passive, get-Passive, etc. Firstly, we should understand these Passive Structures. It is the first step to understand the Passive Constructions. There are many constraints in English Passive Constructions. They are Verbal Constraint, Prepositional Constraint, Objective Constraint, and Meaning Constraint. First, most students have to know and understand these constraints. Second, after understanding these Passive Constructions and Constraints, we are able to use and speak English Passive Constructions clearly. In the Middle School English Textbooks, Passive Constructions are appeared a few sentences. But the number of passive construction Sentence is limited in the Textbooks. Because Korean people don’t use and speak Passive Construction frequently, many middle school students are not easy to understand and speak Passive Constructions clearly. Step by step, students have to learn, understand and use Passive Construction Sentences. In conclusion, the Passive Construction is just a kind of many English sentence structures, so Middle School students should use them easily and clearly. In learning English Passive Construction, the Middle School English Textbooks should be written easily and clearly.