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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:
The professor
Subject doing action

Teaches
Verb

The students
Object receiving action

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:
The students
Subject receiving action

Are taught
Passive verb

By the professor
Doing action

Active / Passive Overview

Tense

Active

Passive

Simple

Once a week, Steven Gerrard

Once a week, Ryan Giggss house

Present

cleans Ryan Giggss house.

is cleaned by Steven Gerrard.

Right now, Bastian

Right now, the letter is being

Schweinstaiger is writing the

written by Bastian Schweinstaiger.

Present
Continuous

letter.
Steven Gerrard repaired the

The camera was repaired by

camera.

Steven Gerrard.

The salesman was helping the

The customer was being helped

customer when the thief came

by the salesman when the thief

into the store.

came into the store.

Present

Many tourists have visited Old

Old Trafford has been visited by

Perfect

Trafford

many tourists.

Present

Recently, Ander Herrera has

Recently, the work has been being

Perfect

been doing the work.

done by Ander Herrera.

Kolo Toure had repaired many

Many cars had been repaired by

cars before he received his

Kolo Toure before he received his

mechanic's license.

mechanic's license.

Chef Jones had been preparing

The restaurant's fantastic dinners

Past Perfect

the restaurant's fantastic dinners

had been being prepared by Chef

Continuous

for two years before he moved

Jones for two years before he

to Paris.

moved to Paris.

Simple Past

Past
Continuous

Continuous

Past Perfect

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

5:00 PM.

Simple Future Shasa is going to make a

be going to

beautiful dinner tonight.

PM.
A beautiful dinner is going to be
made by Shasa tonight.

Future

At 8:00 PM tonight, John will

At 8:00 PM tonight, the dishes will

be washing the dishes.

be being washed by John.

At 8:00 PM tonight, Steven

At 8:00 PM tonight, the dishes are

Continuous

Gerrard is going to be washing

going to be being washed by

be going to

the dishes.

Steven Gerrard.

Future

They will have completed the

The project will have been

Perfect

project before the deadline.

completed before the deadline.

Future

They are going to have

The project is going to have been

Perfect

completed the project before the

completed before the deadline.

Continuous
will
Future

will

be going to

deadline.

Future

The famous artist will have

The mural will have been being

Perfect

been painting the mural for

painted by the famous artist for

over six months by the time it is

over six months by the time it is

finished.

finished.

Future

The famous artist is going to

The mural is going to have been

Perfect

have been painting the mural

being painted by the famous artist

Continuous

for over six months by the time

for over six months by the time it

be going to

it is finished.

is finished.

Ole Gunnar Solksjaer used to

The bills used to be paid by Ole

pay the bills.

Gunnar Solksjaer.

My mother would always make

The pies would always be made

the pies.

by my mother.

Future in the

I knew Paul Scholes would

I knew the work would be

Past

finish the work by 5:00 PM.

finished by 5:00 PM.

I thought Sally was going to

I thought a beautiful dinner was

make a beautiful dinner tonight.

going to be made by Sally tonight.

Continuous
will

Used to

Would Always

Would
Future in the
Past

Was Going to

Bibliography/Sources:

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/activepassive.html [Online]
https://translate.google.com/#id/en/ [Online]