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2 - Active To Passive - All Tenses
2 - Active To Passive - 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.
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.