The passive

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 What is it?
The passive voice is a grammatical construction
that emphasizes the recipient of the action
rather than the doer. In passive sentences, the
subject receives the action of the verb.
Example:
Active: The cat chased the mouse.
Passive: The mouse was chased by the
cat.

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 STRUCTURE OF THE
PASSIVE VOICE

to be (in the + past participle of the the passive voice

appropriate tense) main verb

Present Simple: The house is cleaned every day.

Past Simple: The letter was sent yesterday.
Future Simple: The cake will be baked tomorrow.
STUDY TENSE

Present Simple
ACTIVE FORM

The students write essays

PASSIVE FORM

Essays are written by the students

THE Present Continuous The students are writing essays

Essays are being written by the
students

TABLE Past Simple

Past Continuous
The students wrote essays

The students were writing

essays
Essays were written by the students

Essays were being written by the

students

The students have written Essays have been written by the

Present Perfect
essays students The present perfect
Essays had been written by the
continuous, the past
Past Perfect The students had written essays
students perfect continuous and
Essays will be written by the the future continuous
Future Simple The students will write essays
students are not normally used in
The students will have written Essays will have been written by the the passive.
Future Perfect
essays students

The students have to write The essays have to be written (by

Infinitive
essays the students)

Essays are being written (by the

-ing Form The students are writing essays
students)

Essays can be written by the

Modal Verbs The students can write essays
students
FILL IN TENSE/FORM ACTIVE VOICE PASSIVE VOICE

THE
Present Simple She teaches English

Present Continuous She is teaching English

GAPS Past Simple She taught English

Past Continuous She was teaching English

Present Perfect She has taught English

Past Perfect She had taught English

Future Simple She will teach English

She will have taught

Future Perfect
English

Infinitive She has to teach English

She enjoys teaching

-ing Form
English

Modal Verbs She can teach English