Passive Voice
Form of Sentences
12 Tenses
Passive voice is used when the focus is on the action.
Passive
Future perfect continuous ✏ S + will have + been + being + V3
Past continuous ✏ S + was/were + being + V3
Active
Present continuous ✒ S + V. to be + Ving
Form of Passive
Past perfect ✒ S + had + V3
Present perfect continuous ✏ S + have/has + been + being + V3
Present simple ✒ S + V1 (s,es)
When rewriting active sentences in passive voice, note the following
Subject + finite form of to be + Past Participle (3rd column of irregular verbs)
Past perfect continuous ✏ S + had + been + being + V3
Present perfect ✒ S + have/has + V3
Future perfect ✒ S + will + have + V3
Present perfect continuous ✒ S + have/has + been + Ving
Present simple ✏ S + is/am/are + V3
Future perfect ✏ S + will + have been + V3
Future continuous ✒ S + will + be + Ving
Future simple ✒ S + will + V1
Future perfect continuous ✒ S + will have + been + Ving
Past simple ✒ S + V2
the finite form of the verb is changed (to be + past participle)
Present continuous ✏ S + is/am/are + being + V3
Past perfect ✏ S + had + been + V3
Past continuous ✒ S + was/were + Ving
Past perfect continuous ✒ S + had + been + Ving
Future continuous ✏ S + will + be + being + V3
Future simple ✏ S + will + be + V3
the subject of the active sentence becomes the object of the passive sentence
(or is dropped)
the object of the active sentence becomes the subject of the passive sentence
Past simple ✏ S + was/were + V3
Present perfect ✏ S + have/has+ been + V3
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