The document discusses the formation of passive verbs in English. It states that all passive verbs are formed with some form of the verb "to be" plus the past participle of the main verb. It then provides examples of active sentences being changed to their passive form for different English tenses, such as the simple present, simple past, present progressive, past progressive, present perfect, future with "will", and future with "going to".

1. 10-2 Formof the Passive
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2. Formofallpassive
verbs:
be+pastparticiple
Be in any form: am, is, are, was, were, has
been, have been, will be, would be, can be,
being, etc.
Tense Active Passive
SIMPLE
PRESENT
Farmers grow
corn.
 Corn is grown by
farmers.
SIMPLE
PAST
The news
surprised Sara.
 Sara was
surprised by the
news.
PRESENT
PROGRESSIV
E
Diana is copying
the letters.
 The letters are
being copied by
Diana.

3. Formofallpassive
verbs:
be+pastparticiple
Be in any form: am, is, are, was, were, has
been, have been, will be, would be, can be,
being, etc.
Tense Active Passive
SIMPLE
PRESENT
Farmers grow
corn.
 Corn is grown by
farmers.
SIMPLE
PAST
The news
surprised Sara.
 Sara was
surprised by the
news.
PRESENT
PROGRESSIV
E
Diana is copying
the letters.
 The letters are
being copied by
Diana.

4. Formofallpassive
verbs:
be+pastparticiple
Be in any form: am, is, are, was, were, has
been, have been, will be, would be, can be,
being, etc.
Tense Active Passive
PAST
PROGRESSIV
E
Diana was
copying the
letters.
 The letters were
being copied by
Diana.
PRESENT
PERFECT
Jack has mailed
the letter.
 The letter has
been mailed by
Jack.
FUTURE
WITH “WILL”
Mr. Lee will plan
the meeting.
 The meeting will
be planned by Mr.
Lee.
FUTURE
WITH
“GOING TO”
Sue is going to
write the report.
 The report is
going to be
written by Sue.