10. Tense
Active Voice Passive Voice
Simple
Present
• Take
• Takes
• Is taken
• Are taken
Present
Continuous
• Am taking
• Is taking
• Are taking
• Is being taken
• Are being taken
Present
Perfect
• Has taken
• Have taken
• Has been taken
• Have been taken
11. Tense
Active Voice Passive Voice
Simple Past
• Took
• Was taken
• Were taken
Past
Continuous
• Was taking
• Were taking
• Was being taken
• Were being taken
Past Perfect • Had taken
• Had been taken
12. Tense
Active Voice Passive Voice
Simple
Future
• Will take
• Will be taken
• Shall take
• Shall be taken
(will/shall)
•
Simple
Future
to be)
Future
Perfect
•
(going
•
Am going to take a
• Cake is going to be taken by
cake
me
She is going to take
• Two cakes are going to be
two cakes
taken by her
They are going to take • Cake is going to be taken by
a cake
them
• Will have taken
• Will have been
taken
Only verbs that arPassive Voice: The subject of the sentence is now being acted upon. The actor moves tothe end of the sentence with by or drops off altogether if it is unimportant or unknown. Theverb must include a form of be, followed by a past participle (normally an -ed ending).e followed by an object can be used in the passive. Sometimes a modal verb can be used before the auxiliary verb:
In these sentences the action does not pass to the object. The advice remains limited to the subject only.