Passive Voice () Tense ()

Past
Past Participles V. to be
Participles

Present Simple
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is, am, are
Present Continuous
He is being punished now. punished
is, am, are + being
Present Perfect The new building has been
planned
has, have + been planned.
Present Perfect
Continuous The game has been being
played
had, have + been + played for 2 hours.
V.ing
Past Simple Our house was painted last
painted
was, were year.
When I arrived, the last
Past Continuous
guest speaker was being introduced
was, were + being
introduced.
The work had been done
Past Perfect had been done
before we got up.
*Past Perfect When I knew him, he had
Continuous had been been being trained for 2 trained
+ being years.
Future Simple He will be caught be the
caught
will + be police some day.
Future Simple
The news is going to be
is, am, are + going to published
published soon.
+ be
*Future Continuous At 10 o'clock tomorrow, he
questioned
will be + being will be being questioned.
Future Perfect By next June, the tests will
completed
will have + been have been completed.
*Future Perfect
By tomorrow, the
Continuous
experiment will have been conducted
will have + been +
being conducted for 5 hours.
being
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* 4 tense

(Sentence)
(Transitive Verb)

He walked
(Subject)
(Intransitive Verb) (Past tense)

We eat potatoes
(Subject)
(Transitive Verb) (Present Tense)
2 ( tense
) (Active Voice)

Mangoes are eaten

(Subject)
(Present Tense)
Apples

The letter was read yesterday

(Subject)
(Past Tense)

2
(Passive Voice)
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Passive Voice

He was punished by his teacher a few days ago.
2 - 3
The articles were read by most students.

The most valuable ring was stolen . (by someone)
( )

He was loved by his friends.

( )
Mrs. Brown was promoted . (by someone)
(
)
The man was named . The Greatest Inventor (by
someone)
(
)
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tense Modal

1.
2. (by someone)
Passive Voice (tense)

Active Voice S + V
Passive Voice S + V to be + V.3
Verb to be + V.3 (Past Participle)
1. 3
2. Verb to be Tense



1
A boy
The desk
2 V.3 laughed , written , eaten ,
punished , done , caught V. to be
3 Verb to be Tense Past
participle
(Auxliary Verbs) be Past
participle

The office ought to be opened .

English can be spoken by any Singaporean.
The rules have to be observed .
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Passive Voice ()

Modal Past
V. to be
Verbs Participles
may,migh
t
can,
could Past
must, + be + Participle
haveto V3
ought to
used to
etc.
pass
ive
a. Passive Voice Question Words
Question Words Active Voice
Who By Whom

What will I be taught by you?

-> What will you teach me?

Where was the kitten seen ?

->Were did (someone) see the kitten?

By whom can it be done ?

-> Who can do it?

b.

Let the bell be rung

Ring the bell.

Let the boy not be blamed

Don't blame the boy.
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c. Active Voice 2 (double objects)

Passive Voice 2

1
1
He was given some salt by the cook. ( )
2
Some salt was given to him by the cook. ( )
Active Voice ( 2 ) The cook gave

2
1
We were shown the museum . (by someone)
2
The museum was shown to us . (by someone)
Active Voice ( 2 ) Someone showed

()

d. Active Voice think , consider ,

acknowledge , know , say , report , understand , claim ,
believe , fear , hope , feel , find

People think that we are flexible.

People know he is impulsive
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1 it

It is thought that we are flexible.

It i s known he is impulsive

2 to be + adjective

We are thought to be flexible .

He is known to be impulsive

Active Voice Infinitive without to

Infinitive ( to) Passive Voice let

Active Passive
Voice Voice
He was
I watched
watched to
him leave.
leave.
We were
They made
made to
us work hard
work hard

He let me go I was let go

by
 by

I was bitten by his dog .

( by his dog )
The report was written by Tom .
by Tom

English is spoken all over the world.

( by people )
My ring has been stolen .
( by someone )
The laws must be obeyed .
( by everyone )
Dinner is cooked .
( by her / him )
Passive Voice by at, in,
of, with

He was asked of a lot of questions by the police.

I am pleased at (with) your progress.
The workers were killed in the fire.
The hill is covered with snow.
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Past Tense
2 -ED

ED

live - lived
e -D date -
dated
y i try - tried
+ y
-ED cry - cried
tap -
+
tapped
(
commit -
w y
-ED committe
)
d
boil -
boiled
[] -ED fill - filled
hand -
handed

-ED
(Irregular Verbs)

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BE, HAVE, DO BE

I was
You were
He / she / it was
We were
They were

HAVE DO

have had
do did

3

cut - cut
hit - hit
fit - fit
get - got
sit - sat
drink - drank
catch - caught
bring - brought
teach - taught