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Passive

The document explains the passive voice, which emphasizes the action rather than the doer. It outlines various forms of passive constructions, including present simple, past simple, present continuous, past continuous, future simple, present perfect, past perfect, and future perfect passive. Each form is illustrated with affirmative, negative, and question examples.

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Passive

The document explains the passive voice, which emphasizes the action rather than the doer. It outlines various forms of passive constructions, including present simple, past simple, present continuous, past continuous, future simple, present perfect, past perfect, and future perfect passive. Each form is illustrated with affirmative, negative, and question examples.

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Passives

Meaning

The passive voice is used when we want to focus on the action rather than the person or thing that does
the action.

Active: The man drives the taxi every day. (The focus is on the person doing the action.)

Passive: The taxi is driven by the man every day. (The focus is on the action.)

Form

Present simple passive is formed using am/is/are + past participle.

These laptops are made in China. (affirmative)

Eating is not allowed in the library. (negative)

Are the flowers watered every day? (question form)

Past simple passive is formed using was/were + past participle.

The room was cleaned yesterday. (affirmative)

The Burj Khalifa was not completed until 2009. (negative)

Were the trees planted by the gardener? (question form)

Present continuous passive is formed using is/are + being + past participle.

My car is being fixed. (affirmative)

The pool is not being cleaned at the moment. (negative)

Are the dishes being washed? (question form)

Past continuous passive is formed using was/were + being + past participle.

My bicycle was being repaired. (affirmative)

The answers were not being given by the teacher. (negative)

Were the animals being fed this morning? (question form)


Passives

Future simple passive is used to talk about an action that is going to happen in the future. Future simple
passive is formed using will + be + past participle.

The job will be finished by Monday. (affirmative)

The building will not be built by the end of the year. (negative)

Will the task be complete by the end of the week? (question form)

Present perfect simple passive is formed using have/has + been + past participle.

Their house has been built. (affirmative)

The paintings have not been finished yet. (negative)

Has the window been fixed? (question form)

Past perfect simple passive is formed using had + been + past participle.

The cake had been eaten by the time I arrived. (affirmative)

They had not been vaccinated so they got the virus. (negative)

Had the house been cleaned by the time you were home? (question form)

Future perfect simple passive is formed using will + have been + past participle.

The roof will have been repaired by then. (affirmative)

The food will not have been cooked by the time we arrive. (negative)

Will the room have been cleaned by the time we get back to the hotel? (question form)

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