PASSIVE SENTENCES
The passive sentences are often used in English.
They are used to focus on the action not on the doer.
Active verbs ……………………………………..passive verbs (be+past
participle)
Present simple
She eats an apple……………………………..the apple is eaten
Present continuous
She is eating an apple………………………the apple is being eaten
Past simple
She ate an apple………………………………the apple was eaten
Past continuous
She was eating an apple……………………the apple was being eaten
Present perfect
She has eaten an apple………………………the apple has been eaten
Past perfect
She had eaten an apple…………………….the apple had been eaten
Will/will have eaten the apple will have been eaten
She will eat an apple………………………….the apple will be eaten
Going to
She is going to eat an apple…………………the apple is going to be eaten
Modal verbs (can,must,should, may,….)
She can eat an apple…………………………..the apple can be eaten
She should have eaten an apple………… the apple should have been eaten
1.- subject +active verb+direct complement+complements
Someone stole the car while he was shopping
Direct complement+passive verb+complements
The car was stolen while he was shopping
2.- subject+active verb+direct complement+indirect complement+
complements
Someone stole him the car while he was shopping
Indirect complement+passive verb+direct complement+complements
He was stolen the car while he was shopping
3.- subject+active verb+ sentence (S+V+C)
He thinks the doctor will come to the hospital soon.
They thought the doctor had come to the hospital
a) It + passive verb+sentence
It is thought that…………………………..
It was thought that……………………………
b) Subject of the clause+passive verb+ to- infinitive/to have
+past participle
The doctor is thought to come…….
The doctor was thought to have come….
Causative use of get or have.
 There is a special structure in English which is somehow a kind of passive.
 We use this type of sentences when a professional person does some work for us, the structure is HAVE/GET+OBJECT+PAST PARTICIPLE
 The agent of the sentence doesn´t usually appear, only if the informations is really relevant to complete the sentence.

SUBJECT (the person that gets Verbs have or get OBJECT (the element that is PAST PARTICIPLE(what you do to
the action done) repaired, fixed.....) the object before.)

Susan had Her car repaired

Have, is having, had, was having, has had, had had, will have, is going to have, can have.......
Get, is getting, got, was getting, has got, had got, will get, is going to get, can get.........

Examples:
 Someone will check your eyes next week.............you will have your eyes checked.
 The gardener had planted her roses before.........she had had her roses planted.