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Understanding Passive Voice in English

The document discusses the passive voice in English and compares active and passive constructions across different tenses. It shows that the passive is formed with some form of "be" plus the past participle of the main verb, and provides examples of active and passive voice equivalents in the present simple, present continuous, present perfect, past simple, past continuous, past perfect simple, future simple, and future going to tenses.

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Understanding Passive Voice in English

The document discusses the passive voice in English and compares active and passive constructions across different tenses. It shows that the passive is formed with some form of "be" plus the past participle of the main verb, and provides examples of active and passive voice equivalents in the present simple, present continuous, present perfect, past simple, past continuous, past perfect simple, future simple, and future going to tenses.

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PASSIVE VOICE

S + BE + PAST PARTICIPLE (PP)

TENSE ACTIVE VOICE PASSIVE VOICE


Present Simple They sell ice cream here. Ice cream is sold here. is + PP
They sell books here. Books are sold here. are + PP

Present Continuous Someone is washing my car at the moment. My car is being washed at the moment. is being + PP
Someone is washing my cars at the moment. My cars are being washed at the moment. are being + PP

Present Perfect They have repaired my bike. My bike has been repaired. has been + PP
Simple They have repaired all the bikes. All the bikes have been repaired. have been + PP

Past Simple They sold a car yesterday. A car was sold yesterday. was + PP
They sold three cars yesterday. Three cars were sold yesterday. were + PP

Past Continuous He was painting my bedroom then. My bedroom was being painted then. was being + PP
He was painting my bedroom and the kitchen then. My bedroom and the kitchen were being painted then. were being + PP

Past Perfect Simple Somebody had left an envelope on the table. An envelope had been left on the table. had been + PP

Future Simple They will send an e-mail. An e-mail will be sent. will be + PP
Future going to Somebody is going to call Peter. Peter is going to be called. is going to be + PP
Somebody is going to call you soon. You are going to be called soon. are going to be + PP

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