THE PASSIVE

VOICE AND THE

ACTIVE VOICE
 “TO KEEP”
 SIMPLE PRESENT
 KEEP: I KEEP THE BUTTER IN THE FRIDGE(ACTIVE)
 IS KEPT: THE BUTTER IS KEPT IN THE FRIDGE
(PASSIVE)
 PRESENT CONTINUOUS
 IS KEEPING: JOHN IS KEEPING MY HOUSE TIDY
(AVTIVE)
 IS BEING KEPT: MY HOUSE IS BEING KEPT TIDY
(PASSIVE)
 SIMPLE PAST
 KEPT: MARY KEPT HER SCHEDULE METICULOUSLY
(ACTIVE)
 WAS KEPT: MARY’S SCHEDULE WAS KEPT
METICULOUSLY (PASSIVE)
 PAST CONTINUOUS
 WAS KEEPING: THE THEATER WAS KEEPING A SEAT
FOR YOU (ACTIVE)
 WAS BEING KEPT: A SEAT WAS BEING KEPT FOR YOU
(PASSIVE)
 PRESENT PERFECT
 HAVE KEPT: I HAVE KEPT ALL YOUR OLD LETTERS
(ACTIVE)
 HAVE BEEN KEPT: ALL YOUR OLD LETTERS HAVE
BEEN KEPT (PASSIVE)
 PAST PERFECT
 HAD KEPT: HE HAD KEPT UP HIS TRAINING REGIMEN
FOR A MONTH (ACTIVE)
 HAD BEEN KEPT: HIS TRAINING REGIMEN HAD BEEN
KEPT UP FOR A MONTH (PASSIVE)
 SIMPLE FUTURE
 WILL KEEP: MARK WILL KEEP THE FICUS (ACTIVE)
 WILL BE KEPT: THE FICUS WILL BE KEPT (PASSIVE)
 CONDITIONAL PRESENT
 WOULD KEEP: IF YOU TOLD ME, I WOULD KEEP YOUR
SECRET (ACTIVE)
 WOULD BE KEPT: IF YOU TOLD ME, YOU SECRET
WOULD BE KEPT (PASSIVE)
 CONDITIONAL PAST
 WOULD HAVE KEPT: I WOULD HAVE KEPT YOUR
BICYCLE HERE IF YOU HAD LEFT IT WITH ME (ACTIVE)
 WOULD HAVE BEEN KEPT: YOUR BICYCLE WOULD HAVE
BEEN KEPT HERE IF YOU HAD LEFT IT WITH ME
(PASSIVE)
 PRESENT INFINITIVE
 TO KEEP: SHE WANTS TO KEEP THE BOOK (AVTIVE)
 TO BE KEPT: THE BOOK WANTS TO BE KEPT (PASSIVE)
 PERFECT INFINITIVE
 TO HAVE KEPT: JUDY WAS HAPPY TO HAVE KEPT THE
PUPPY (ACTIVE)
 TO HAVE BEEN KEPT: THE PUPPY WAS HAPPY TO HAVE
BEEN KEPT (PASSIVE)
 PRESENT PARTICIPLE/GERUND
 KEEPING: I HAVE A FEELING THAT YOU MAY BE KEEPING
A SECRET (ACTIVE)
 BEING KEPT: I HAVE A FEELING THAT A SECRET MAY BE
BEING KEPT (PASSIVE)
 PERFECT PARTICIPLE
 HAVING KEPT: HAVING KEPT THE BIRD IN A CAGE
FOR SO LONG, JADE WASN’T SURE IT COULD
SUVIVE IN THE WILD
 HAVING BEEN KEPT: THE BIRD, HAVING BEEN
KEPT IN A CAGE FOR SO LONG, MIGHT NOT
SURVIVE IN THE WILD

 ACTIVE VOICE:
 THE ONE WHO DOES THE ACTION + VERB + I
PROTEST THAT IT RECEIVES THE ACTION
 JULIA + BOUGHT + THE NEW GAME OF THE
THRONES BOOK
 I PROTEST THAT THE ACTION RECEIVES +
VERB TO BE (at the same time of the phrase
in the active voice) + PAST PARTICIPLE (use
the principal verb of the active voice in the
participle, the form of the third column of the
table of verbs) + PREPOSITION 'BY' + THE
ONE WHO DOES THE ACTION
 THE NEW GAME OF THE THRONES BOOK +
WAS + BOUGHT + BY + JULIA
 Was/ were born
 I was born in … ( not I am born)
 passive + by