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Thursday, April 5, 2012

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.

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