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THE PASSIVE
* We form the passive with the correct tense of the verb BE + past
participle.
TENSE ACTIVE PASSIVE
Present Simple I make a cake A cake is made
Present Continuous I’m making a cake A cake is being made
Past Simple I made a cake A cake was made
Past Continuous I was making a cake A cake was being made
Present Perfect I have made a cake A cake has been made
Past Perfect I had made a cake A cake had been made
Future simple I will make a cake A cake will be made
Future be going to I’m going to make a cake A cake is going to be made
Modal I must make a cake A cake must be made
Modal Perfect I should have made a cake A cake should have been made
* The object of the active sentence becomes the subject of the passive
sentence.
We have elected a new President.
A new President has been elected
They are playing the match on Saturday.
The match is being played on Saturday
* Use:
1.- when you are not especially interested in the person or people who did
an action.
The book was written in 2007.
2.- When you also want to mention the person or people that did the action
use by.
The new art exhibition was opened by the Queen.
3.- The Passive is used more in writing and formal speech.
4.- Some verbs can have two objects:
* bring, give, ask, pay, sell, offer, owe, show, tell, bring, send, lend,
leave, promise, take, teach, throw, write something to someone
* bake, build, buy, cook, cut, find, get, keep, make, prepare, save,
order, paint, pour, reserve something for somebody
I gave this book to my daughter
This book was given to my daughter / My daughter was given a book.
5.- When a professional person, a mechanic, a hairdresser, a plumber …
does some work for us, we can use have something done. Have can be
used in any tense.
We had our house painted in spring.
I’ve had my living room decorated.
Monica is going to have her hair cut.
I must have my jacket cleaned this week.
We also use this for unpleasant things.
John has his leg broken playing football.
My neighbour’s band had three concerts cancelled.
6.- The verbs allege, believe, consider, expect, know, report, say, think,
suppose, understand are often used in the present simple passive followed
by an infinitive (to do / to be doing). This use is common in news report.
The new shopping centre is supposed to be opened in the spring.
It is reported that two people have been murdered in the city centre.
7.- You can use get instead of be in the passive. You can use get when
things happen. It is used mainly in informal spoken English.
Jaime doesn’t often get invited to parties = (Jaime isn’t often invited)
There was a fight at the restaurant but nobody got hurt. = (was hurt)

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The Passive-grammar-guide

  • 1. THE PASSIVE * We form the passive with the correct tense of the verb BE + past participle. TENSE ACTIVE PASSIVE Present Simple I make a cake A cake is made Present Continuous I’m making a cake A cake is being made Past Simple I made a cake A cake was made Past Continuous I was making a cake A cake was being made Present Perfect I have made a cake A cake has been made Past Perfect I had made a cake A cake had been made Future simple I will make a cake A cake will be made Future be going to I’m going to make a cake A cake is going to be made Modal I must make a cake A cake must be made Modal Perfect I should have made a cake A cake should have been made * The object of the active sentence becomes the subject of the passive sentence. We have elected a new President. A new President has been elected They are playing the match on Saturday. The match is being played on Saturday * Use: 1.- when you are not especially interested in the person or people who did an action. The book was written in 2007. 2.- When you also want to mention the person or people that did the action use by. The new art exhibition was opened by the Queen. 3.- The Passive is used more in writing and formal speech. 4.- Some verbs can have two objects: * bring, give, ask, pay, sell, offer, owe, show, tell, bring, send, lend, leave, promise, take, teach, throw, write something to someone * bake, build, buy, cook, cut, find, get, keep, make, prepare, save, order, paint, pour, reserve something for somebody
  • 2. I gave this book to my daughter This book was given to my daughter / My daughter was given a book. 5.- When a professional person, a mechanic, a hairdresser, a plumber … does some work for us, we can use have something done. Have can be used in any tense. We had our house painted in spring. I’ve had my living room decorated. Monica is going to have her hair cut. I must have my jacket cleaned this week. We also use this for unpleasant things. John has his leg broken playing football. My neighbour’s band had three concerts cancelled. 6.- The verbs allege, believe, consider, expect, know, report, say, think, suppose, understand are often used in the present simple passive followed by an infinitive (to do / to be doing). This use is common in news report. The new shopping centre is supposed to be opened in the spring. It is reported that two people have been murdered in the city centre. 7.- You can use get instead of be in the passive. You can use get when things happen. It is used mainly in informal spoken English. Jaime doesn’t often get invited to parties = (Jaime isn’t often invited) There was a fight at the restaurant but nobody got hurt. = (was hurt)