Table with passive voice
|SIMPLE PRESENT and SIMPLE PAST |
|The active object becomes the passive subject. |
|am/is/are + past participle |
|was/were + past participle|
|Active: Simple Present |Passive: Simple Present |
|The movie fascinates me. |I am fascinated by the movie. |
|The movie bores Jack. |Jack is bored by the movie. ||The movie surprises them. |They are surprised by the movie. |
|Active: Simple Past |Passive: Simple Past |
|The movie bored me. |I was bored by the movie. |
|The movie fascinated Jack. |Jack wasfascinated by the movie. |
|The movie surprised them. |They were surprisedby the movie. |
|PRESENT and PAST CONTINUOUS (PROGRESSIVE) |
|Passive form: |
|am/is/are + being + pastparticiple |
|was/were + being + past participle |
|Active: Present Continuous | Passive: Present Continuous |
|I am helping Shannon. |Shannon is being helped by me.|
|June is helping Su and Ling. |Su and Ling are being helped by June. |
|Active: Past Continuous |Passive: Past Continuous |
|I was cleaning the bathroom. |The bathroom was being cleaned by me. |
|They were cleaning the bedroom. |Thebedroom was being cleaned by them. |
|Susan was cleaning the kitchen and patio. |The kitchen and patio were being cleaned by Susan. |
|PRESENT PERFECT, PAST PERFECT and FUTURE PERFECT |
|Passive form: |
|have/has been + pastparticiple |
|had been + past participle |
|Active: Present Perfect |Passive: Present Perfect |
|I have mailed the gift. |The gift has been mailed by me.|
|Jack has mailed the gifts. |The gifts have been mailed by Jack. |
|Active: Past Perfect |Passive: Past Perfect |
|Steven Spielberg had directed the movie. |The movie had been directed by Steven Spielberg. |
|Penny Marshall had directed those movies. |Themovies had been directed by Penny Marshall. |
|Active: Future Perfect |Passive: Future Perfect |
|John will have finished the project next month. |The project will have been finished by next month. |
|They will have finished the projects before then. |The projects will have been finished before then. |
|FUTURE TENSES...
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