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The passive voice
1. Active: S+V+O
Passive: S + Be + PP( V3ed) + by + O
EX: My mother watered the flowers
yesterday.
The flowers were watered by my
mother yesterday.
2. The Simple Present Tense
Active: S + V(s/es) + O
Passive: S + am/is/are + PP + by + O
EX: He writes letters to Kate every Monday.
Letters are written (by him) every Monday.
3. The Present Continuous Tense
Active: S + am/is/are + V-ing + O
Passive: S + am/is/are + being +PP + by + O
EX: She is doing her homework at the
moment.
Her homework is being done (by her) at
the moment.
4. The Present Perfect Tense
Active: S + Has/Have + V3ed + O
Passive: S + has/have + been +PP + by + O
EX: Mom has just cooked a dish.
A dish has just been cooked (by
Mom).
5. The Simple Past Tense
Active: S + V2ed + O
Passive: S + was/were + PP + by + O
EX: He gave Ann some flowers.
Some flowers were given to Ann (by
him).
6. The Past Continuous Tense
Active: S + was/were + V-ing + O
Passive: S + was/were + being + PP + by + O
EX: I was cooking my dinner at 10.00
yesterday.
My dinner was being cooked (by me).
7. The Past Perfect Tense
Active: S + had + V3ed + O
Passive: S + had + been + PP + by + O
EX: He had finished his training before 10.00
yesterday.
His training had been finished (by him)
before 10.00 yesterday.
8. The Simple Future Tense
Active: S + will/shall + V + O
Passive: S + will/shall + be + PP + by + O
EX: Daren will do homework.
Homework will be done by Daren.
9. The Future Continuous Tense
Active: S + will/shall + be + V-ing + O
Passive: S + will/shall + be + PP + by + O
EX: Kate will be cooking dinner at 13.00
tomorrow.
Dinner will be cooked by Kate at
13.00 tomorrow.
10. The Future Perfect Tense
Active: S + will/shall + have + V3ed + O
Passive: S + will/shall + have + been + PP + by + O
EX: By the end of this month, she will have
finished her work.
By the end of this month, her work will
have been finished.