PASSIVE VOICE

PASSIVE VOICE

PASSIVE FORM

Different tenses of be (is/are, was/were, is/are being, has/have been, ...) + Past Participle of the main verb You are being replaced by a machine.

PASSIVE AND ACTIVE

You are being replaced by a machine. (subject) (agent/performer) A machine is replacing you.

PASSIVE AND ACTIVE

You are being replaced by a machine. (subject) (agent/performer) A machine is replacing you. (subject) (object)

Verb Tenses: Active & Passive Forms

Present Simple Active

• We hear a voice in the room.

Present Simple Passive

Present Continuous Active

• The board is sending emails.

Present Continuous Passive

Verb Tenses: Active & Passive Forms

Present Simple Active

• We hear a voice in the room.

Present Simple Passive

• A voice is heard in the room (by us).

Present Continuous Active

• The board is sending emails.

Present Continuous Passive

• Emails are being sent by the board.

Verb Tenses: Active & Passive Forms

Past Simple Active

• They sold out the new drones.

Past Simple Passive

Past Continuous Active

• She was showing state-of-the-art devices at the fair.

Past Continuous Passive

Verb Tenses: Active & Passive Forms

Past Simple Active

• They sold out the new drones.

Past Simple Passive

• The new drones were sold out (by them).

Past Continuous Active

• She was showing state-of-the-art devices at the fair.

Past Continuous Passive

• State-of-the-art devices were being shown (by her) at the fair.

Verb Tenses: Active & Passive Forms

Present Perfect Simple Active

• An expert has written the article.

Present Perfect Simple Passive

Past Perfect Simple Active

• The technician had repaired her computer.

Past Perfect Simple Passive

Verb Tenses: Active & Passive Forms

Present Perfect Simple Active

• An expert has written the article.

Present Perfect Simple Passive

• An article has been written by an expert.

Past Perfect Simple Active

• The technician had repaired her computer.

Past Perfect Simple Passive

• Her computer had been repaired by the technician.

Verb Tenses: Active & Passive Forms

Future Simple Active

• We will use AI (Artificial Intelligence) in everyday life.

Future Simple Passive

Conditional Simple Active

• They would hire him if there were vacancies.

Conditional Simple Passive

Verb Tenses: Active & Passive Forms

Future Simple Active

• We will use AI (Artificial Intelligence) in everyday life.

Future Simple Passive

• AI (Artificial Intelligence) will be used (by us)in everyday life.

Conditional Simple Active

• They would hire him if there were vacancies.

Conditional Simple Passive

• He would be hired (by them) if there were vacancies.

Verb Tenses: Active & Passive Forms

Modal Verb Active

• I can/may/must buy the gadgets online.

Modal Verb Passive

Going to Active

• Two users are going to test the program tomorrow.

Going to Passive

Verb Tenses: Active & Passive Forms

Modal Verb Active

• I can/may/must buy these gadgets online.

Modal Verb Passive

• These gadgets can/may/must be bought (by me) online.

Going to Active

• Two users are going to test the program tomorrow.

Going to Passive

• The program is going to be tested by two users tomorrow.

We use the Passive Form

when the agent is unknown;e.g. The smart phone had been left on the table. (Active: Someone had left the smart phone on the table.)

We use the Passive Form

to emphasise the action rather than the agent; e.g. The glitch is being fixed by the computer programmer. (Active: The computer programmer is fixing the glitch.)

We use the Passive Form

when the agent is generally understood;e.g. The hacker has been arrested. (Active: The police has arrested the hacker.)

We use the Passive Form

when we don’t want to say who the agent is/was. e.g. A mistake was made. (Active: Someone made a mistake.)

We use the Passive Form

when the agent is unknown

to emphasise the action rather than the agent;

when the agent is generally understood;

when we don’t want to say who the agent is/was.

The Passive Voice is usually used in

• Newspapers

• Formal notices

• Technical writing

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