9928 passive voice tenses and formation

Passive Voiceverbs: use, make Tenses Active Voice Passive Voice Simple Present uses / use, make/makes is /are used / made Continuous Present is / are using / making is / are being used /

Passive Voice

verbs: use, make

Tenses Active Voice Passive Voice

Simple Present uses / use, make/makes is /are used / made

Continuous Present is / are using / making is / are being used / made

Continuous Past was / were using / making was /were being used /

made

Present Perfect

Simple has / have used/made has / have been used/made Present Perfect

Continuous has / have been using / making has / have being used/made

Past Perfect simple Had used / made Had been used/ made

Past Perfect

continuous Had been using / making Had being used / made

Modal / Defective

Verbs can, may, should, might use/make can, may, should, might be used/made

Formation From Active to Passive voice

Active : Subject verb object

Bella tidies the kitchen every morning.

Passive The kitchen is cleaned by Bella every

morning

Subject verb object

Examples with the tenses

Present simple : Anny bakes a cake every Sunday

A cake is baked by Bella every Sunday

Present continuous: The student is sending an email now

An email is being sent by the student now Past simple: Anny baked a cake last Sunday

A cake was baked by Anny last Sunday

Past continuous: The student was sending an email at 10am yesterday

An email was being sent by the student at 10am yesterday

Present Perfect simple: Rick has won two football matches so far

Two football matches have been won by Rick so far

Present Perfect continuous : Martin has been studying History all morning

History has being studied by Martin all morning

Modal / Defective Verbs:

Past Perfect simple: I had done my homework before I went to bed.

My homework had been done before I went to bed

Past Perfect continuous:

Dorothy had been cooking the dinner when I came into the kitchen The dinner had being cooked by Dorothy when I came into the kitchen

Future: I will send an email tomorrow morning

An email will be sent by me tomorrow morning

May : The Smiths may buy a new house next month

A new house may be bought by the Smiths next month

Must : Martin’s mother must cook the dinner.

The dinner must be cooked by Martin’s mother Have to: Beth has to hand in the project tomorrow morning

The project has to be handed in by Beth tomorrow morning