Passive Voice—Other Tenses (Secs) s)) CENGAGE ~ Learning Using the My car was damaged Use the passive voice when’ passive voice | It has been towed. * the person performing the rm hoping that it will be repaired by tomorrow afternoon. action is unknown, unimportant, I's being examined by a mechanic now. cr obvious Photographs were being taken, too, + you don't want to name the: person performing the action + you wish to emphasize the topic or object rather than the person performing the action Forming the | SubjectTopic + form of be + past participle (+ by phrase + person(s) | To form the passive voice: basic passive | performing the action) + move the abject or topic fo the voice subject position + change the verb to a form of be + past participle + move the subject/pertormer (if known oF if you want itto be known) to a by phrase Using the My car was damaged, — simple past ‘The passive voice can be used in passive voice | It has been towed. — present perfect any tense. Simply choose the indifferent | I'm hoping that it will be repaired by tomorrow afternoon. -» future tense you would use for that tenses I's being examined by a mechanic now. —> present continuous Situation. Use the same tense Photographs were being taken, too, — past continuous when you change an active sentence to passive. Compare: Active Passive ‘Someone damaged my car. + My car was damaged. ‘Someone has towed my car. My car has been towed, ‘Someone will repair my car. — My car willbe repaired ‘Someone is examining my car. My car is being examined, ‘Someone was taking photographs. —. Photographs were being taken. Using get | Someone wil gethurt. = Someone will be hurt. ‘You can sometimes use the vert instead of be got instead of be. Thoro can be a with the 1'm gatting driven to work. I'm being driven to work. subtle differance in meaning, passive voice Grammar Caté Copyright © Cengage Learning Not reproducible without written permission of publisher