PASSIVE VOICE

1) The Government is planning a new road near my house

[ A new road is being planned near my house ]

2) My grandfather built this house in 1943

[ This house was built in 1943 by my grandfather ]

3) Picasso was painting Guernica at that time

Guernica was being painted at that time by Picasso ]

4) The cleaner has cleaned the office

The office has been cleaned ]

5) He had written three books before 1867

Three books had been written before 1867 ]

6) John will tell you later

You will be told later by John ]

7) By this time tomorrow we will have signed the deal.

By this time tomorrow the deal will have been signed ]

8) Somebody should do the work

The work should be done ]

9) The traffic might have delayed Jimmy

Jimmy might have been delayed by the traffic ]

10) People speak Portuguese in Brazil

Portuguese is spoken in Brazil ]

11) Everybody loves Mr Brown

Mr Brown is loved by everybody ]

12) They are building a new stadium near the station.

A new stadium is being built near the station ]

13) The wolf ate the princess

The princess was eaten by the wolf ]

14) At six o'clock someone was telling a story.

At six o'clock a story was being told ]

15) Somebody has drunk all the milk!

All the milk has been drunk

16) I had cleaned all the windows before the storm

All the windows had been cleaned before the storm ]

17) A workman will repair the computer tomorrow

The computer will be repaired tomorrow ]

18) By next year the students will have studied the passive.
By next year the passive will have been studied by the students

19) James might cook dinner

[ Dinner might be cooked by James ]

20) Somebody must have taken my wallet

[ My wallet must have been taken ]

Subject + to be (conjugated) + past + rest of

participle sentence

Simple present

The is cleaned every day

house

Present continuous

The is being cleaned at the

house moment
Subject + to be (conjugated) + past + rest of
participle sentence

Simple past

The was cleaned yesterday

house

Past continuous

The was being cleaned last

house week.

Present perfect

The has been cleaned since

house you left

Past perfect

The house had cleaned before they

been arrived
Subject + to be (conjugated) + past + rest of
participle sentence

Future

The house will cleaned next week

be

Future continuous

The house will be being cleaned tomorrow