Passive Voice
usage:
- we do not know who is the Agent of an action (nie znamy wykonawcy) - the Agent is not important or it is obvious (wykonawca nie jest istotny lub jest oczywisty) -the most important thing is an action (najważniejsza jest wykonywana czynność)
STRUCTURE to be +Past Participle (III form/ed) (to be odmienia się w zależności od czasu gramatycznego)
Present Simple is/are/ am + III f/ed
Active
Passive
He makes a cake. My mum packs my suitcase. They read books.
A cake is made by him.My suitcase is packed by my mum. Books are read by them.
Present Continuousis/are/ am + being +III f/ed
Passive
Active
A book is being written.
He is writing a book.
Past Simplewas/were +III f/ed
Active
Passive
This photo was taken in England. My bike was stolen. A new house was built by them.
I took this photo in England. Someone stole my bike. They built a new house,
Past Continuouswas/were + being + III f/ed
Passive
Active
The boy was throwing the stone.
The stone was being thrown by the boy.
Present Perfect have/has been+III f/ed
Active
Passive
They have invited friends to the party. She has painted the picture. I have made dinner.
Friends have been invited to the party by them. The picture has been painted by her. Dinner has been made by me.
Passive
Active
Past Perfect had been + III f/ed
Breakfast had been made.
He had made breakfast.
Sandwiches had been bitten.
She had bitten sandwiches
Future Simple will be +III f/ed
Passive
Active
They will build the house. We will watch the film. The police will arrest him.
The house will be built. The film will be watched by us. He will be arrested by the police.
Author's
Modal verbs modal be +III f/ed
Passive
Active
He should do his homework. We can feed the dog. I must write an essay.
His homework should be done. The dog can be fed by us. An essay must be written by me.
Thank you!
Passive Voice
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Passive Voice
usage:
- we do not know who is the Agent of an action (nie znamy wykonawcy) - the Agent is not important or it is obvious (wykonawca nie jest istotny lub jest oczywisty) -the most important thing is an action (najważniejsza jest wykonywana czynność)
STRUCTURE to be +Past Participle (III form/ed) (to be odmienia się w zależności od czasu gramatycznego)
Present Simple is/are/ am + III f/ed
Active
Passive
He makes a cake. My mum packs my suitcase. They read books.
A cake is made by him.My suitcase is packed by my mum. Books are read by them.
Present Continuousis/are/ am + being +III f/ed
Passive
Active
A book is being written.
He is writing a book.
Past Simplewas/were +III f/ed
Active
Passive
This photo was taken in England. My bike was stolen. A new house was built by them.
I took this photo in England. Someone stole my bike. They built a new house,
Past Continuouswas/were + being + III f/ed
Passive
Active
The boy was throwing the stone.
The stone was being thrown by the boy.
Present Perfect have/has been+III f/ed
Active
Passive
They have invited friends to the party. She has painted the picture. I have made dinner.
Friends have been invited to the party by them. The picture has been painted by her. Dinner has been made by me.
Passive
Active
Past Perfect had been + III f/ed
Breakfast had been made.
He had made breakfast.
Sandwiches had been bitten.
She had bitten sandwiches
Future Simple will be +III f/ed
Passive
Active
They will build the house. We will watch the film. The police will arrest him.
The house will be built. The film will be watched by us. He will be arrested by the police.
Author's
Modal verbs modal be +III f/ed
Passive
Active
He should do his homework. We can feed the dog. I must write an essay.
His homework should be done. The dog can be fed by us. An essay must be written by me.
Thank you!