The document compares active and passive voice constructions in English. It provides examples of sentences using active voice with an explicit subject performing the action compared to equivalent passive voice constructions where the subject is implied or absent. The examples cover a range of English tenses including simple present, present continuous, simple past, past continuous, present perfect, and future to demonstrate how passive voice is formed across tenses by using some form of "to be" plus the past participle of the main verb.
The document compares active and passive voice constructions in English. It provides examples of sentences using active voice with an explicit subject performing the action compared to equivalent passive voice constructions where the subject is implied or absent. The examples cover a range of English tenses including simple present, present continuous, simple past, past continuous, present perfect, and future to demonstrate how passive voice is formed across tenses by using some form of "to be" plus the past participle of the main verb.
The document compares active and passive voice constructions in English. It provides examples of sentences using active voice with an explicit subject performing the action compared to equivalent passive voice constructions where the subject is implied or absent. The examples cover a range of English tenses including simple present, present continuous, simple past, past continuous, present perfect, and future to demonstrate how passive voice is formed across tenses by using some form of "to be" plus the past participle of the main verb.
ACTIVE PASSIVE verb to be +past particple I write a letter (simple present) A letter is written I sent a package (simple past) A package was sent I’m reading the newspaper (present The newspaper is being read. continues) I was reading the newspaper (past The newspaper was being read continuous) I have given a gift.(Present perfect) A gift has been given.
I will pick my phone up (Future) My phone will be picked up