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A Chart for changing verbs from active to passive with all tenses.

Note that all the passive verbs are formed with BE + Past Participle (main verb)
Tense Active Passive
 The crime shocks me.  I am shocked by the crime.
Present
 The crime shocks Jake.  Jake is shocked by the crime.
Simple
 The crime shocks us.  We are shocked by the crime.

Present  The crime is shocking me.  I am being shocked by the crime.


Continuous  The crime is shocking us.  We are being shocked by the crime.
 The crime shocked me.  I was shocked by the crime.
Past Simple
 The crime shocked  We were shocked by the crime.

Past  The crime was shocking me.  I was being shocked by the murder.
Continuous  The crime was shocking us.  We are being shocked by the murder.

Present  Jake has mailed the letter.  The letter has been mailed by Jake.
Perfect  Jake has mailed the letters.  The letters have been mailed by Jake.
 Jake had mailed the letter.  The letter had been mailed by Jake.
Past Perfect
 Jake had mailed the letters.  The letters had been mailed by Jake.
 Jake will mail the letter.  The letter will be mailed by Jake.
Future  Jake is going to mail the letter.  The letter is going to be mailed by Jake.
Simple  Jake is going to mail the  The letters are going to be mailed by
letters. Jake.
 Jake will have mailed the  The letter will have been mailed by
Future letter. Jake.
Perfect  Jake will have mailed the  The letters will have been mailed by
letters. Jake.
 Jake can mail the letter.  The letter can be mailed by Jake.
 Jake could mail the letters.  The letters could be mailed by Jake.
 Jake may mail the letter.  The letter may be mailed by Jake.
 Jake might mail the letters.  The letters might be mailed by Jake.
 Jake should mail the letter.  The letter should be mailed by Jake.
Modals
 Jake must mail the letters.  The letters must be mailed by Jake.
 Jake would mail the letter.  The letter would be mailed by Jake.
 Jake has to mail the letter.  The letter has to be mailed by Jake.
 Jake has to mail the letters.  The letters have to be mailed by Jake.
 Jake ought to mail the letter.  The letter ought to be mailed by Jake.

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