Passive Voice
- Passive voice is a sentences we use when the object is more important than subject. Passive voice often use in newspaper, magazine, etc.
- Active voice is a sentence, in active voice the subject is taking action.
- In passive voice, the subject is taken action.
Simple Present Tense
Present tense is used if we want tell about:
- Repeated actions.
- Facts or generalizations.
- Schedule events in the near future.
- Something happen now (non-continuous verb).
Active : S + V1 + O + ...
Passive: O + be + V3 + by S + ...
- Active : I write the story.
- Passive : That story is written by me.
- Active : I don't write the story.
- Passive : That story is not written by me.
- Active : Do you write the story?
- Passive : Is that story written by you?
Simple Past Tense
Used to tell something
happened in past tense.
Active : S + V2 + O + C/ADV
Passive : O + was/were + Vparticiple + S/C/ADV
- Active : She watered this plant this morning.
- Passive : This plant was watered by her this morning.
- Active : She did not water this plant this morning.
- Passive : This plant was not watered by her this morning.
- Active : Did John bite Mary?
- Passive : Was Mary bitten by John?
- Active : What did John do?
- Passive : What was done by John?
Simple Future Tense
Future tense is a tense that we use when we want to tell:
- Something we predict that will happen.
- Something we plan to do.
- To express readiness.
Active : S + will + V1 + O + ...
Passive : O + will be + V3 + S + ...
- Active : I will write a letter.
- Passive : A letter will be written by me.
- Active : We will not visit the hill station this year.
- Passive : The hill station will not be visited by us this year.
- Active : Will you help him.
- Passive : Will he be helped by you?
Present Continuous Tense
Present continuous tense is used for:
- Something happen now.
- Longer action in progress now.
Active : S + be + V+ing + O + ...
Passive : O + be + being + V3 + by S + ...
- Active : I am writing story.
- Passive : A story is being written by me.
- Active : Are you writing a story?
- Passive : Is a story being written by you.
There is present continuous tense from with a future meaning:
Active : S + be + (going to + V1) / V+ing + O + adverb of time (future).
Passive : Same with present continuous form.
Past Continuous Tense
Past continuous tense is used to:
- Something was doing in past time.
Active : S + was/were + V+ing + O + adverb
Passive : O + was/were + being + V3 + S + adverb
- Active : She was writing a novel.
- Passive : A novel was being written by her.
- Active : She was not preparing dinner.
- Passive : Dinner was not being prepared by her.
- Active : Was she writing a letter?
- Passive : Was a letter being written by her?
- Active : What was John doing?
- Passive : What was being done by John?
NOTE: A sentences has not object can’t
change into passive form.
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Present Perfect Tense
Is used to:
- Explain an action in the past and is still happening until now.
- Tell something that happened and finished.
Active : S + have/has + V3 + O
Passive : O + have/has + been + V3 + S + adv
- Active voice: I have hit that dog.
- Passive voice: That dog has been hit by me.
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