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Passive voice simple tenses

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Passive voice

ACTIVE VOICE

other complements

direct object

verb

subject

People

speak

in Brazil.

Portuguese

painted

Picasso

Guernica

in 1937.

The Queen

will open

the new shopping centre

next week.

passive voice

other complements

subject

verb

direct object

agent (by)

passive verb

passive subject

is spoken

in Brazil.

Portuguese

by Picasso

Guernica

was painted

in 1937.

The new shopping centre

will be opened

by the Queen

next week.

VERSUS

ACTIVE VOICE

PASSIVE VOICE

We normally use active voice when we speak. In active sentences we focus on the subject, that is the "doer" of the action expressed by the verb. My grandfather built this house in 1956. My grandfather is the focus of attention in this sentence.

Sometimes the "doer" of the action is not important, or is too obvious or we simply don't know and we want to focus on the "receiver" of the action, that is the object. Then we use the object in the active sentence as the subject in the passive sentence: This house was built by my grandfather in 1956.

simple tenses

Present simple

Past simple

WAS / WERE + PAST PARTICIPLE America was discovered in 1492.

AM / IS / ARE + PAST PARTICIPLEEnglish is spoken in Australia

continuous tenses

present continuous

past continuous

WAS / WERE + BEING + PAST PARTICIPLE The actress was being followed everywhere.

AM / IS / ARE + BEING + PAST PARTICIPLE My car is being repaired at the moment.

perfect tenses

present perfect

past perfect

HAVE / HAS + BEEN + PAST PARTICIPLE The problem has been solved.

HAD + BEEN + PAST PARTICIPLE When I looked at my mobile, the message had already been sent.

Future Tenses

Be going to

Future simple

WILL + BE + PAST PARTICIPLE A new shopping centre will be opened in our town in 2022.

AM / IS / ARE + BE + PAST PARTICIPLE I'm going to be told the exam results this evening.

MODAL VERBS

SHOULD

Can

MUST

MUST + BE + PAST PARTICIPLE Something must be done to fight climate change.

SHOULD + BE + PAST PARTICIPLE This litter should not be left here.

CAN + BE + PAST PARTICIPLE This plastic bottle can be reused.

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