Presented by:

Cheterina Noya

Passive Voice
Passive voice is used when the focus is
on the action. It is not important or not
known, however, who or what is
performing the action.

Passive Voice
Sometimes a statement in passive is
more polite than active voice.
Example: A mistake was made.

How to Form Passive Voice

Subject + finite form of to be + Past
Participle
Someone cleans the streets everyday
The streets are cleaned

THE FORM AND EXAMPLE OF

PRESENT TENSE
1. Simple Present TenseS + IS/AM/ARE + V 3
Contohnya: I am called by the teacher
2. Present Continuous TenseS + AM/IS/ARE + BEING +
V3
Example: I am being called by the teacher
3. Present Perfect TenseS + HAVE/HAS + BEEN + V 3
Example: I have been called by the teacher
4. Present Perfect Continuous TenseS + HAS/HAVE +
BEEN + BEING + V 3
Example: I have been being called by the teacher

PAST TENSE
1. Simple Past TenseS + WAS/WERE + V 3
Example: We were called by the teacher
2. Past Continuous TenseS + WAS/WERE + BEING + V 3
Example: We were being called by the teacher.
3. Past Perfect TenseS + HAD + BEEN + V 3
Example: I had been called by the teacher.
4. Past Perfect Continuous Tense S + HAD + BEEN +
BEING + V 3
Example: I had been being called by the teacher

FUTURE TENSE
1. Simple Future TenseS + WILL + BE + V 3
Example: I will be called by the teacher.
2. Future Continuous TenseS + WILL + BE + BEING + V 3
Example: I will be being called by the teacher.
3. Future Perfect TenseS + WILL + HAVE + BEEN + V
3
Example: I will have been called by the teacher.
4. Future Perfect Continuous Tense
S + WILL + HAVE + BEEN
+BEING + V 3
Example: I will have been being called by the teacher

Active / Passive Overview

Active (Simple Forms)

Passive (Simple Forms)

Simple Present

I drive

Simple Present

I am driven

Simple Past

I drove

Simple Past

I was driven

Present Perfect I have driven

Present Perfect

I have been driven

Past Perfect

I had driven

Past Perfect

I had been driven

will-future

I will drive

will-future

I will be driven

Future Perfect

I will have
driven

Future Perfect

I will have been

driven

Conditional I

I would drive

Conditional I

I would be driven

Conditional II

I would have
driven

Conditional II

I would have been

driven

Active / Passive Overview

Active (Progressive/Continuous
Forms)

Passive (Progressive/Continuous Forms)

Present

I am being driven

Simple Present

I am driving

Past

I was being driven

Simple Past

I was driving

Present Perfect

I have been
driving

Present Perfect *

I have been being

driven

Past Perfect *

I had been being

driven

Future *

I will be being
driven

Past Perfect

I had been
driving

will-future

I will be driving

Future Perfect

I will have been

driving

Future Perfect *

I will have been

being driven

Conditional I

I would be
driving

Conditional I *

I would be being
driven

Conditional II

I would have
been driving

Conditional II *

I would have been

being driven

Active / Passive Overview

Active

Passive

Modal

I must make a cake

A cake must be made

Modal Perfect

I should have made a

cake

A cake should have

been make

Exclusion
Never use (do, does or did) with the
passive voice.
They didnt sell all the tickets for the
concert.
All the tickets werent sold.
We do not give lesson on public holidays.
Lesson are not given on public holidays.

 Write passive sentences in Simple

Present.
1. the documents / print
2. the window / open
Write passive sentences in Simple
Past.
1. the test / write
2. the table / set

Change the sentence to passive voice

1.I have eaten a hamburger.
2. We have cycled five miles.
3. Her boyfriend will install it.
4. Millions of people will visit the
museum.