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Active, Passive Voice

Active and Passive Voice

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Active / Passive Verb Forms

Sentences can be active or passive. Therefore, tenses also have "active forms" and
"passive forms." You must learn to recognize the difference to successfully speak
English.

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 / Passive Overview

Active Passive

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 being


Continuous writing the letter. written by Sarah.

Simple Past Sam repaired the car. The car was repaired by Sam.

Past The salesman was The customer was being


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

Present Many tourists have That castle has been visited by


Perfect visited that castle. many tourists.

Present Recently, John has been Recently, the work has been
Perfect doing the work. being done by John.
Continuous

Past Perfect George had repaired many Many cars had been
cars before he received his repaired by George before he
mechanic's license. received his mechanic's license.

Past Perfect Chef Jones had been The restaurant's fantastic


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

Simple Someone will finish the work The work will be finished by
Future by 5:00 PM. 5:00 PM.
WILL

Simple Sally is going to make a A beautiful dinner is going to


Future beautiful dinner tonight. be made by Sally tonight.
BE GOING TO

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 being
BE GOING TO dishes. washed by John.

Future They will have The project will have been


Perfect completed the project before completed before the deadline.
WILL the deadline.

Future They are going to have The project is going to have


Perfect completed the project before been completed before the
BE GOING TO the deadline. deadline.

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

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


Perfect have been painting the mural been being painted by the
Continuous for over six months by the famous artist for over six
BE GOING TO time it is finished. months by the time it is finished.

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

Would My mother would always The pies would always be


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 dinner was
Past make a beautiful dinner going to be made by Sally
WAS GOING TO tonight. tonight.

Use the tenses and verbs in brackets to complete the sentences.


1. English (speak) all over the world. (Present tense)
2. This quarrel (forget) in a few years' time. (Future tense)
3. My pencil case (steal). (Present perfect)
4. We (never / beat) at badminton. (Present perfect)
5. This shirt (make) in France. (Past tense)
6. The dogs (keep) in the house. (Present tense)
7. Her new book (publish) next month. (Future tense)
8. Milk (use) to make butter and cheese. (Present tense)
9. They (take) to school. (Past tense)
10. Not a sound (hear). (Past tense)
11. Some juice (spill) on the carpet. (Present perfect)
12. The thieves (arrest) by the police. (Past tense)
13. The homework (correct) by the teacher. (Future tense)
14. Her ring (find) under the bed. (Past tense)
15. I (offer) an interesting job. (Past tense)

Fill in the blanks with the correct passive form of the verb in brackets

A new sports and athletic centre _____________________ (OPEN) in


our town last week. The
facility ____________________ (BELIEVE) to be one of the largest in
the country and experts

hope that it ________________________ (VISIT) by thousands of


amateur and professional

athletes over the course of the next few years.

The centre _____________________________ (CONSTRUCT) for over


6 years before it

______________________ (OPEN) by local authorities last Monday.


However, it

_______________________________________ (NOT COMPLETELY


FINISH) yet. Workers are making

the final adjustments this week and say that it


_____________________ (COMPLETE) by the end

of the month.

The centre offers various sports facilities including two indoor


swimming pools, three large

gyms and a ball court. They _____________________ (CAN BOOK)


online or directly at the

administration desk. The equipment ______________________ (BUY)


from local companies,

which also provided the training programs.

The new centre _____________________ (FINANCE) by government


funds as well as grants that
________________________ (GIVE) to the region by the European
Union. Politicians and famous

athletes from all over the country __________________________


(INVITE) to the official opening

ceremony, scheduled for next Tuesday.

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