PASSIVE VOICE

PASSIVE VOICE
Passive Voice

Passive Voice
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 Passive
Voice
1. Active Voice
Passive Voice preposition "by"
2. Active Voice
Passive Voice Loading
3. Active Voice
Passive Voice 3 (Past
Participle) verb to be is, am , are, was , were,
be, being, been Verb to be tense

Subject + Verb to be + Verb 3 (Past Participle)
 PRESENT
SIMPLE
Passive Voice
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is , am, are + V3
- The boy is punished by the teacher.
- Is he always laughed at by you?
 PRESENT
CONTINUOUS
Passive Voice
is, am, are + being + V3
- Our house is being painted by the painters.
- Are the exercises being done by the students?
 PRESENT
Passive Voice

PERFECT
has, have + been + V3
- A new hotel has been built by them.
- Has a bird been caught by the boy?
 PRESENT PERFECT
CONTINUOUS
Passive Voice

has,have + been + being +V3

- Bikes have been being made by Trenton
Company since 1960
 PAST SIMPLE
Passive Voice
was , were + V3
- A letter was written by my sister.
- Were Tom's shoes polished by the servant?
 PAST
CONTINUOUS Passive Voice
was , were + being + V3
-While I was being introducing by John, the
telephone rang.
- Wasn't this hole being dug by them when you
went past yesterday?
 PAST PERFECT
Passive Voice
had + been + V3
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- All the food had been eaten by the guests.
- Had you been seen by him before?
 PAST PERFECT
CONTINUOUS
Passive Voice
had + been + being + V3
- English had been being taught by Mr.Trevor in
jamaica for many years before he moved to thailand
 FUTURE SIMPLE
Passive Voice
will + be + V3
- He will be beaten by his mother if he does that
again.
- Will Jack be invited by Mary to her party?
 "GOING TO"
FUTURE
Passive Voice
Is , am, are +going to + be + V3
- The bridge is going to be widened by them.
- Is the shop going to be opened ?

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 FUTURE
CONTINUOUS
Passive Voice
will be + being + V3
- The grass will be being mown at two
o'clock tomorrow by them
 FUTURE
PERFECTPassive Voice
will have + been + V3
- By next March the examination will have been
taken by the pupils.
- Will the results have been announced by her by
the end of next month?
 FUTURE PERFECT
CONTINUOUS
Passive Voice
will have been being + V3
- By next year that raod will have been being built
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 PASSIVE
VOICE
Active Voice Passive Voice
1. Sak washes his hands in the bathing place.
2. I am drinking whisky now.
3. Someone likes this picture
4. She has sent me a letter.
5. People give hom a coconut.
6. We like an american song very much.
7. Someone sent me a letter yesterday.
8. The boys play football in the field near their school.

9. They finish their work at five o'clock.

10. Nobody writes a letter to me.
11. He is cleaning his table in the house.
12. Somsak invited Ladda to his birthday's party.
13. We like the wise man very much.
14. I bought houses last year.
15. They visited their friends a few days ago.
16. People are talking about her.
17. Everyone looks at the professor.
18. She told me he same story twice.
19. We gave hom great honour.
20. Some body has liiked at the door of the school.
21. Close the window now.
22. Write your name on the paper.
23. She will be doing this job tomorrow.
24. No one teaches us English today.
25. Somebody will meet me at the airport
26. I read a book every day.
27. He will write his letter in the eveniing.
28. Dak has opened the door.
29. They are playing football now.
30. She was cleaning a chair.
 ANSWER
1. His hands are washed by sak in the bathing place.
2. Whisky is being drunk by me now.
3. This picture is liked (by someone).
4. I was sent a letter by her.
5. He is given a coconut.
6. American song is liked very much.
7. I was sent a letter yesterday.
8. Football is played by the boys in the field near their school.
9. Their work is finished at five o'clock..
10. A letter isn't written to me.
11. His table is being cleaned by him in the house.
12. Ladda was invited to his birthday's party by Somsak.
13. The wise man is liked very much.
14. Houses were bought by me last year.
15. Their friends were visited a few days ago.
16. She is being talked about.
17. The professor is looked at.
18. I was told the same story twice.
19. He was given great honour.
20. The door of the school has been looked at.
21. Let the window be closed now.
22. Let your name be written on the paper.
23. This job will be being done by her tomorrow.
24. We aren't taught English today.
25. I shall be met at the airport.
26. A book is read by me every day.
27. His letter will be writtten by him in the evening.
28. The door has been opened by Sak.
29. Football is being played by them now.
30. A chair was being cleaned by her.