Examples of the passive voice
Tense | Subject | Verb | Object | |
Simple Present | Active: | Nana | makes | tea. |
Passive: | Tea | is made | by Nana. | |
Present Progressive | Active: | Nana | is making | tea. |
Passive: | Tea | is being made | by Nana. | |
Simple Past | Active: | Nana | made | tea. |
Passive: | Tea | was made | by Nana. | |
Past Progressive | Active: | Nana | was making | tea. |
Passive: | Tea | was being made | by Nana. | |
Present Perfect | Active: | Nana | has made | Tea. |
Passive: | Tea | has been made | by Nana. | |
Past Perfect | Active: | Nana | had made | tea. |
Passive: | Tea | had been made | by Nana. | |
Future simple | Active: | Nana | will make | tea. |
Passive: | Tea | will be made | by Nana. | |
Future perfect | Active: | Nana | will have made | tea. |
Passive: | Tea | will have been made | by Nana. | |
Conditional | Active: | Nana | would make | tea. |
Passive: | Tea | would be made | by Nana. | |
Modals | Active: | Nana | can make | tea. |
Passive: | Tea | can be made | by Nana. | |