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This document compares and contrasts active and passive sentences. [Active sentences have the subject performing the action, while passive sentences have the subject receiving the action.] It then provides examples of active and passive transformations in different tenses, including simple present, present continuous, simple past, and others. Finally, it discusses additional verb forms like used to, would always, and future in the past.

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This document compares and contrasts active and passive sentences. [Active sentences have the subject performing the action, while passive sentences have the subject receiving the action.] It then provides examples of active and passive transformations in different tenses, including simple present, present continuous, simple past, and others. Finally, it discusses additional verb forms like used to, would always, and future in the past.

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Active Form

In active sentences, the thing doing the action is the subject of the sentence
and the thing receiving the action is the object. Most sentences are active.
[Thing doing action] + [verb] + [thing receiving action]
Examples:

Passive Form

In passive sentences, the thing receiving the action is the subject of the
sentence and the thing doing the action is optionally included near the end of
the sentence. You can use the passive form if you think that the thing receiving
the action is more important or should be emphasized. You can also use the
passive form if you do not know who is doing the action or if you do not want to
mention who is doing the action.
[Thing receiving action] + [be] + [past participle of verb] + [by] + [thing doing
action]
Examples:
Active
Tense

Simple Once a week, Tom cleans the Once a week, the house is


Present house. cleaned by Tom.

Present Right now, Sarah is Right now, the letter is


Continuous writing the letter. being written by Sarah.

Sam repaired the car. The car was repaired by


Simple Past
Sam.

The salesman was The customer was being


Past helping the customer when helped by the
Continuous the thief came into the store. salesman when the thief
came into the store.

Present Many tourists have That castle has been


Perfect visited that castle. visited by many tourists.

Present Recently, John has been Recently, the work has


Perfect doing the work. been being done by John.
Continuous

George had repaired many Many cars had been


cars before he received his repaired by George before
Past Perfect
mechanic's license. he received his mechanic's
license.

Chef Jones had been The restaurant's fantastic


preparing the restaurant's dinners had been being
Past Perfect
fantastic dinners for two years prepared by Chef Jones for
Continuous
before he moved to Paris. two years before he
moved to Paris.

Simple Future Someone will finish the work The work will be


will by 5:00 PM. finished by 5:00 PM.

Sally is going to make a A beautiful dinner is going


Simple Future
beautiful dinner tonight. to be made by Sally
be going to
tonight.

Future At 8:00 PM tonight, John will At 8:00 PM tonight, the


Continuous be washing the dishes. dishes will be being
will washed by John.

Future At 8:00 PM tonight, John is At 8:00 PM tonight, the


Continuous going to be washing the dishes are going to be
be going to dishes. being washed by John.
They will have completed the The project will have been
Future Perfect
project before the deadline. completed before
will
the deadline.

They are going to have The project is going to


Future Perfect
completed the project before have been completed
be going to
the deadline.  before the deadline.

The famous artist will have The mural will have been


Future Perfect been painting the mural for being painted
Continuous over six months by the time it  by the famous artist for over
will is finished. six months by
the time it is finished.

The famous artist is going to The mural is going to have


have been painting the mural been being
Future Perfect
for over six months by the time painted by the famous artist
Continuous
it is finished. for over six
be going to
months by the time it is
finished.

Jerry used to pay the bills. The bills used to be paid by


Used to
Jerry.

My mother would always The pies would always be


Would Always
make the pies. made by my mother.

Future in the I knew John would finish the I knew the work would be


Past work by 5:00 PM. finished by 5:00 PM.
Would

Future in the I thought Sally was going to I thought a beautiful


Past make a beautiful dinner dinner was going to be
Was Going to tonight. made by Sally tonight.

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