ACTIVE AND PASSIVE SENTENCES

Simple Pres. Simple Past Simple Future Pres. Cont. Past Cont. ACTIVE The dog eats the bone. The dog ate the bone. The dog will eat the bone. The dog is eating the bone. The dog was eating the bone. PASSIVE The bone is eaten by the dog. The bone was eat~~

The bone wil], e aten.by the c!og. The bone is being eaten by the dog. The bone was~eing dog. eaten hy the

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the dog.

Present Perf.

The dog has eaten the bone.

The bone has been eaten by the dog. The bone had been eaten by the dog. The bone will have been e~ten by the dog.

Past Perf.

The dog had eaten the bone.

Future Perf.

The dog will have eaten- the bone.

NOTE: The future continuous, present perfect continuous, past perfect continuous, and future perfect continuous are not usually used in the passive.
22. Modal 'or Modal-like

Verb: ModaIs are helping verbs which often express a speaker's attitude or mood. Medals are also used to express probability. Medals are not followed by -5 in the third person singular form. Modals are immediately followed by the base form of a verb. Incorrect: He C,1I1S do it. HI.'can to do it. He can do it.

Correct:

Modal-like verbs are two-word or three-word helping verbs which have \,2ry similar meanings to medals. However, medal-like verbs are different in form from modals. Below is a chart sllOwing English medals and their modal-like equivalents.