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PASSIVE VOICE

Tenses Active Passive

Simple Present He/she/it/Nsing + V-es/s S + is/am/are + PP


I/you/we/they/Nplu + Vbare

Present Continuous S + is/am/are + V-ing S + is/am/are + being + PP

Simple Past S + V-ed/II S + was/were + PP

Past Continuous S + was/were + V-ing S + was/were + being + PP

Present Perfect S + have/has + PP S + have/has + been + PP

Present Perfect Continuous S + have/has + been + V-ing S + have/has + been + being + PP

Past Perfect S + had + PP S + had + been + PP

Past Perfect Continuous S + had + been + V-ing S + had + been + being + PP

Simple Future S + will + Vbare S + will + be + PP


WILL
Modal verb
CAN/MAY/MUST…

Simple Future S + be going to + Vbare S + be going to + be + PP


BE GOING TO

Future Continuous S + will + be + V-ing S + will + be + being + PP


WILL + BE V-ING

Future Continuous S + be going to + be + V-ing S + be going to + be + being + PP


BE GOING TO+ BE V-ING

Future Perfect S + will + have + PP S + will + have + been + PP


WILL + HAVE + PP

Future Perfect S + be going to + have + PP S + be going to + have + been + PP


BE GOING TO+ HAVE + PP

Future Perfect Continuous S + will + have + been +V-ing S + will + have + been + being + PP
WILL + HAVE + BEEN +
V-ING

Future Perfect Continuous S + be going to+ have + been +V-ing S + be going + have + been + being + PP
BE GOING TO+ HAVE + BEEN + V-ING

Used to S + used to + Vbare S + used to + be + PP

 THE SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE


1.We use this room only on special occasions.................................................................................................
2.People speak English all over the world.......................................................................................................
3.I usually write letters.....................................................................................................................................
4.They don’t sell this house any longer...........................................................................................................
5.Do you buy English books?.........................................................................................................................
6.Does Lan often drink Pepsi?.........................................................................................................................
 THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE
1.These workers are building a new hospital.......................................................................................................
2.Somebody is cleaning the room at the moment................................................................................................
3.They are building a new ring road round the city.............................................................................................
4.Which book is he reading?................................................................................................................................
5.Who is she phoning?.........................................................................................................................................
6.Are they sending to the doctor?........................................................................................................................
 THE PRESENT PERFECT TENSE
1.They haven’t made any decision yet ................................................................................................................
2.No one has signed this letter.............................................................................................................................
3.Has anyone shown you the new machine?.......................................................................................................
4.No one has seen Peter since the day of the party..............................................................................................
5.Mr.Snow hasn’t taught that course since 1975.................................................................................................
 THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE
1.The tornado destroyed thirty houses.................................................................................................................
2.Mary’s parents sent her some money................................................................................................................
3.My sister broke her watch yesterday................................................................................................................
4.Did they paint the windows green?...................................................................................................................
5.Which picture didn’t your brother draw?.........................................................................................................
6.How did they enjoy the play?...........................................................................................................................
7.Who wrote this letter?.......................................................................................................................................
8.Whom did they invite to their wedding party?.................................................................................................
 THE PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE
1.They were carrying the injured player off the field..........................................................................................
2.An old man was sweeping up the dead leaves..................................................................................................
3.Martha was delivering the documents to the department.................................................................................
4.People were watching the match on TV...........................................................................................................
 THE PAST PERFECT TENSE
1.They had cleaned the room before the teacher came in....................................................................................
2.Somebody had slashed the picture with a knife................................................................................................
3.They had checked the cargo carefully before they unloaded it.........................................................................
4.They had taken away the fire extinguishers on purpose...................................................................................
5.By the time we arrived, the police had towed my car away.............................................................................
 SIMPLE FUTURE
1.My father is going to take these chairs into the living room............................................................................
2.They are going to build a new school here.......................................................................................................
3.She is going to give you a present....................................................................................................................
4.We are going to spend our holidays in Paris.....................................................................................................
5.The voters are going to decide that issue..........................................................................................................
6.They will ask a lot of questions at the interview..............................................................................................
7.We won’t admit children under sixteen............................................................................................................
8. Everybody will simply laugh at you................................................................................................................
9.I will buy a computer tomorrow.......................................................................................................................
10.Every teenager will use at least one cell phone in 5 more years.....................................................................
 MODAL VERB
1.Barbara will eat the cake...................................................................................................................................
2.They may organize a new group last week.......................................................................................................
3.You ought to send the package by registered mail............................................................................................
4.They cannot hold the meeting in that room......................................................................................................
5.Will many people attend the lecture?................................................................................................................
6.You must do it right now...................................................................................................................................
7.Nobody can measure the depth of this river.....................................................................................................
8.People can’t take reference books home...........................................................................................................
9.We ought not to speak such things in public.....................................................................................................
10.How much will they pay you?........................................................................................................................
11.They shouldn’t build the resort on such a beautiful beach..............................................................................
12.We ought to clarify the problem of environmental pollution..........................................................................
13. He has to pay the bill before the first of the month.......................................................................................
14. He has to finish it today.................................................................................................................................
15. They had to operate on him...........................................................................................................................

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