The document discusses the passive voice in English. It defines the passive voice as showing the subject of the sentence as the patient, not the agent, of the verb's action. It explains how the passive is formed using a form of "to be" plus the past participle. It also notes that the agent is usually omitted and describes how tenses are formed in the passive voice.

1. THE PASSIVE VOICE Boyko Mariya 1 st year undergraduate Informational technologies in philology FORMATION AND FUNCTIONING

4. THE FORMATION OF PASSIVE VOICE TENSE-ASPECT FORMS OF THE VERB “TO BE” “ TO BE” + V 3 PRES . PAST FUT. FUT. I. T. PAST T A I II would (should) have been + V 3 would (should) be + V 3 will (shall) have been + V 3 Will (shall) be + V 3 had been + V 3 was/were being + V 3 was/were + V 3 have/has been + V 3 am/is/are being + V 3 am/is/are + V 3 PERFECT CONTINUOUS SIMPLE