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PASSIVE VOICE (BASIC)

Active: My father painted the house yesterday


Passive: _____________________________________
Active: We can solve this problem
Passive: _____________________________________
Active: S + V + O + place + time

Passive: S + be + V3/ed + place + by O + time

FORMATION: BE + V3/ED
TENSES ACTIVE PASSIVE
Present simple V / V-s/es
Present continuous Am/is/are + Ving
Present perfect Have/has + V3/-ed
Past simple V2/-ed
Past continuous Was/were +V-ing
Past perfect Had + V3/-ed
Future simple Will + V
Near future Am/is/are going to + V
Future perfect Will + have +V3/-ed
Modals Can/may/might/would/must/have
to/used to/should + V
Infinitive To + V
Gerund V-ing
Perfect gerund Having + V3/-ed

Examples:
TENSES ACTIVE PASSIVE
Present simple Mary helps John
Present continuous Mary is helping John
Present perfect Mary has helped John
Past simple Mary helped John
Past continuous Mary was helping John
Past perfect Mary had helped John
Future simple Mary will help John
Near future Mary is going to help John
Future perfect Mary will have helped John
Modals Mary has to help John
Infinitive I didn’t expect the police to find
my car
Gerund He didn’t like people laughing at
him
Perfect gerund I remember my mom having
told me to clean the room

*Notes:
Adv of place + by O + adv of time
A: The police found him in the forest yesterday
P: ________________________________________
No one (Nobody) + V
A: No one has used this room for ages
P: ________________________________________
V + O + O (allow, ask, bring, give, offer, teach, pass, pay, promise, sell, send, show, tell, write)
A: They will send you a bill at the end of the month
P1: _________________________________________________
P2: _________________________________________________

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