Table of tenses in English with active and passive

TENSE

ACTIVE SIMPLE

PASSIVE

Present Past Present Perfect Past perfect Future Future perfect Conditional Past Conditional Modal verbs

He takes He took He has taken He had taken He will take He will have taken He would take He would have taken He may, might, could, can (etc,) take CONTINUOUS

It is taken It was taken It has been taken It had been taken It will be taken It will have been taken It would be taken It would have been taken It may, might, could, can (etc,) be taken

Present Past Present perfect Past perfect Future Future perfect Conditional Past conditional

He is taking He was taking He has been taking He had been taking He will be taking He will have been taking He would be taking He would have been taking OTHERS

It is being taken It was being taken * * * * * *

Infinitive Perfect infinitive Gerund

(to) take (to) have taken taking

(to) be taken (to) have been taken being taken

Imperative

Take!

be taken!

How to change a sentence from active to passive. Example sentence: The dog bit the man.

Step 1. The dog bit the man.

Find the object of the verb. (the man) Make the object the subject of the new sentence.

The man...........

Step 2.

The dog bit the man.

Decide which tense the verb is in. "Simple past" (see chart) Put the verb "to be" of this tense. (look to see if the subject is singular or plural)

The man was..........

Step 3. Bite Bit Bitten

Write the participle of the verb after the verb "to be" The man was bitten .............

The man was bitten..........

Step 4

Decide if you want to include the agent in the sentence.

The man was bitten by the dog