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    The document provides examples of sentences written in the passive voice in different tenses, including the simple present, past, present perfect, future, and progressive forms. It also discusses how to form the passive voice using auxiliary verbs and past participles, and how objects in active sentences can become subjects in passive sentences. Various types of verbals like infinitives and gerunds are also shown being used in passive constructions.

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    The document provides examples of sentences written in the passive voice in different tenses, including the simple present, past, present perfect, future, and progressive forms. It also discusses how to form the passive voice using auxiliary verbs and past participles, and how objects in active sentences can become subjects in passive sentences. Various types of verbals like infinitives and gerunds are also shown being used in passive constructions.

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    Examples of Passive Tense

    Subject Verb

    Simple Present Active: Rita

    writes a letter.

    Passive: A letter is written

    by Rita.

    Simple Past

    wrote a letter.

    Active: Rita

    Passive: A letter was written

    by Rita.

    Present Perfect Active: Rita

    has written

    Passive: A letter has been written

    by Rita.

    Future I Active: Rita

    a letter.

    will write

    Object

    a letter.

    Passive: A letter will be written by Rita.


    Hilfsverben

    Active: Rita

    can write

    a letter.

    Passive: A letter can be written by Rita.

    Examples of Passive Tense


    Present Progressive

    Subject Verb

    Active: Rita

    Object

    is writing

    a letter.

    was writing

    a letter.

    Passive: A letter is being written by Rita.


    Past Progressive

    Active: Rita

    Passive: A letter was being written


    Past Perfect

    Active: Rita

    had written

    Passive: A letter had been written


    Future II

    Active: Rita

    by Rita.
    a letter.

    by Rita.

    will have written

    a letter.

    Passive: A letter will have been written by Rita.


    Conditional I

    Active: Rita

    would write

    Passive: A letter would be written


    Conditional II

    Active: Rita

    a letter.

    by Rita.

    would have written

    Passive: A letter would have been written

    by Rita.

    a letter.

    Passive Sentences with Two Objects

    Rewriting an active sentence with two objects in passive voice means that one of the two objects
    becomes the subject, the other one remains an object. Which object to transform into a subject
    depends on what you want to put the focus on. Subject Verb Object 1
    Object 2
    Active: Rita

    wrote a letter to me.

    Passive: A letter was written

    to me by Rita.

    Passive: I

    a letter by Rita.

    was written

    Passive Verb Formation

    The passive forms of a verb are created by combining a form of the "to be verb" with the past participle
    of the main verb. Other helping verbs are also sometimes present: "The measure could have been killed
    in committee." The passive can be used, also, in various tenses. Let's take a look at the passive forms of
    "design."Tense Subject Auxiliary
    Past
    Participle
    SingularPlural
    Present

    The car/cars

    is

    are

    Present perfect The car/cars

    has been

    Past

    were

    The car/cars

    Past perfect

    was

    The car/cars

    Future The car/cars

    designed.
    have been

    designed.

    designed.

    had been

    had been

    designed.

    will be will be designed.

    Future perfect The car/cars

    will have been will have been designed.

    Present progressive

    The car/cars

    is being

    are being

    designed.

    Past progressive

    The car/cars

    was being

    were being

    designed.

    A sentence cast in the passive voice will not always include an agent of the action. For instance if a
    gorilla crushes a tin can, we could say "The tin can was crushed by the gorilla." But a perfectly good
    sentence would leave out the gorilla: "The tin can was crushed." Also, when an active sentence with an
    indirect object is recast in the passive, the indirect object can take on the role of subject in the passive
    sentence:
    Active Professor Villa gave Jorge an A.
    Passive An A was given to Jorge by Professor Villa.
    Passive Jorge was given an A.

    Only transitive verbs (those that take objects) can be transformed into passive constructions.
    Furthermore, active sentences containing certain verbs cannot be transformed into passive structures.
    To have is the most important of these verbs. We can say "He has a new car," but we cannot say "A new
    car is had by him." We can say "Josefina lacked finesse," but we cannot say "Finesse was lacked." Here is
    a brief list of such verbs*:resemble
    look like
    equal agree with
    mean contain hold

    comprise

    lack

    become

    suit

    fit

    Verbals in Passive Structures

    Verbals or verb forms can also take on features of the passive voice. An infinitive phrase in the passive
    voice, for instance, can perform various functions within a sentence (just like the active forms of the
    infinitive).
    Subject: To be elected by my peers is a great honor.
    Object: That child really likes to be read to by her mother.
    Modifier: Grasso was the first woman to be elected governor in her own right.

    The same is true of passive gerunds.


    Subject: Being elected by my peers was a great thrill.
    Object: I really don't like being lectured to by my boss.
    Object of preposition: I am so tired of being lectured to by my boss.

    With passive participles, part of the passive construction is often omitted, the result being a simple
    modifying participial phrase.
    [Having been] designed for off-road performance, the Pathseeker does not always behave well on paved
    highways.
    Write passive sentences in Simple Present.
    the documents / print
    the window / open
    the shoes / buy
    the car / wash
    the litter / throw away
    the letter / send
    the book / read / not
    the songs / sing / not
    the food / eat / not
    the shop / close / not
    Write passive sentences in Simple Past.
    the test / write
    the table / set
    the cat / feed
    the lights / switch on
    the house / build

    dinner / serve
    this computer / sell / not
    the car / stop / not
    the tables / clean / not
    the children / pick up / not
    Write passive sentences in Present Perfect.
    the postcard / send
    the pencils / count
    the door / close
    the beds / make
    the mail / write
    the trees / plant
    the money / spend
    the room / book / not
    the rent / pay / not
    the people / inform / not
    Write passive sentences in Future I.
    the exhibition / visit
    the windows / clean
    the message / read
    the thief / arrest
    the photo / take
    these songs / sing
    the sign / see / not
    a dictionary / use / not

    credit cards / accept / not


    the ring / find / not
    He opens the door. We set the table. She pays a lot of money. I draw a picture. They wear blue shoes. They don't help you. He doesn't open the book. You do not write the letter. Does your mum pick you up? Does the police officer catch the thief?
    She sang a song. Somebody hit me. We stopped the bus. A thief stole my car. They didn't let him go. She didn't win the prize. They didn't make their beds. I did not tell them. Did you tell them? Did he send the letter?
    Kerrie has paid the bill. I have eaten a hamburger. We have cycled five miles. -

    I have opened the present. They have not read the book. You have not sent the parcel. We have not agreed to this issue. They have not caught the thieves. Has she phoned him? Have they noticed us?
    Jane will buy a new computer. Her boyfriend will install it. Millions of people will visit the museum. Our boss will sign the contract. You will not do it. They will not show the new film. He won't see Sue. They will not ask him. Will the company employ a new worker? Will the plumber repair the shower? -

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