Passive Tenses

The passive tenses are formed by using the appropriate tense of the verb `to be' and the past
participle of the main verb.

Simple Present:
The invoices are prepared first thing every morning.

Present Continuous: The invoices are being prepared.

Simple Past: The invoices were prepared.

Past Continuous: The invoices were being prepared.

Present Perfect: The invoices have been prepared.

Past Perfect: The invoices had been prepared.

Future Simple:
The invoices will be prepared.

Future Perfect:
The invoices will have been prepared by six o'clock this evening.

Fill in the table below with the correct verb forms `to work' and 'to make' in the third person singular.

ACTIVE PASSIVE

1. Simple Present: She works in an office It is made in Spain

2. Present Continuous: She is working It is being made

3. Simple Past: She worked It was made

4. Past Continuous: She was working It was being made
5. Present Perfect: She has worked It has been made
6. Present Perfect Continuous:* She has been working -------------------------
7. Past Perfect: She had worked It had been made
8. Past Perfect Continuous:* She had been working -------------------------------
9. Future Simple: She will work It will be made
10. Future Continuous:* She will be working ------------------------------
11. Future Perfect: She will have worked It will have been made
12. Future Perfect Continuous:* She will have been working ------------------------------

*Not normally used in the Passive.