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Passive Tense Grammar Guide and Practice Exercises
Passive Tense Grammar Guide and Practice Exercises
VERB
Present Simple The is /are designed.
1. Used mostly to focus on the action- not the
car/cars doer. English is spoken here.
Present The is/are being designed.
continuous car/cars 2. The doer is obvious, unknown, or general.
Present Perfect The has/have been designed Tomatoes are grown in Greece.
car/cars
Past Simple The was/were designed. 3. We want to make the active object more
car/cars important- so we place it first. John designs
Past The was/were being designed.
Continuous car/cars
Mercedes cars. Mercedes cars are designed
Past Perfect The had been designed. by John.
car/cars
Future: going to The Is/are going to designed
4. Important in scientific writing to show
car/cars be objectivity. X medicine has been proven to
Future: will The will be designed.
car/cars be effective.
Future perfect The will have been designed.
car/cars Still- it is preferable to use the active tense.
Modals The may/might be designed.
car/cars
ACTIVE PASSIVE
1. People speak English in India. 1.
2. Scientists were performing experiments. 2.