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BE + PAST PARTICIPLE
TENSE PASSIVE
Present Simple (am, is, are) + PAST PARTICIPLE
Present Continuous (be + ing) (am, is, are) + being + PAST PARTICIPLE
Past Simple (was, were) + PAST PARTICIPLE
Past Continuous (was, were) + being + PAST PARTICIPLE
Future (Will) Will be + PAST PARTICIPLE
Future continuous Will be + being + PAST PARTICIPLE
Present Perfect (have/has) + been + PAST PARTICIPLE
Past Perfect Had + been + PAST PARTICIPLE
Modals (can, should, must, could, might, Modal + BE + PAST PARTICIPLE
may, would…)
Modal Perfect Modal + HAVE BEEN + PAST PARTICIPLE
Be + going to Be + going to be + PAST PARTICIPLE
A way of distancing ourselves from the facts, especially in formal written English, is to use the
passive form of verbs like say, think, etc. to introduce them. We can use three structures:
NOTE: Verbs commonly used in this pattern are: agree, announce, believe, expect, hope,
report, say, suggest, think, and understand.
1. It is said that reading books increases the knowledge and logic.
2. It has been announced by OM Personal English that their CPE Proficiency course will be
released this year.
NOTE: Verbs commonly used in this pattern are believe, expect, report, say, think, and
understand.
We use a causative verb when we want to talk about something that someone else did for us
or for another person. It means that the subject caused the action to happen, but didn't do it
themselves. Maybe they paid, or asked, or persuaded the other person to do it. For example,
we can say:
In a sense, using a causative verb is similar to using a passive. The important thing is that the
house is now clean. We don't focus on who did the cleaning.
We usually use 'have something done' when we are talking about paying someone to do
something for us. It's often used for services. The form is 'subject + have + object + past
participle'.
We can also use 'subject + get + object + past participle'. This has the same meaning as 'have',
but is less formal.