Passive Voice
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The document provides examples of sentences in the passive voice for different verb tenses including present, past, present progressive, past progressive, future, future with "be going to", present perfect, and modal verbs. For each tense, an example is given in the active voice and then restated in the passive voice by changing the subject and using an appropriate form of "to be" plus the past participle of the main verb.
Passive Voice
- 1. SEPTEMBER 1/2020 PASSIVE VOICE PRESENT TENSE EAT.. ATE EATEN SHE EATS APPLES WHAT DOES SHE EAT? APPLES ARE EATEN BY HER APPLES HE DRINKS COFFEE COFFEE IS DRUNK BY HIM PAST TENSE SPEAK SPOKESPOKEN SHE SPOKE FRENCH .. WHAT DID SHE SPEAK? FRENCH WAS SPOKEN BY HER FRENCH HE SPOKE FRENCH AND ENGLISH FRENCH AND ENGLISH WERE SPOKEN BY HIM
- 2. PRESENT PROGRESSIVE DRIVE DROVE DRIVEN THEY ARE DRIVING A CAR . WHAT ARE THEY DRIVING? A CAR IS BEING DRIVEN BY THEM A CAR HE IS DRIVING A CAR AND A TAXI A CAR AND A TAXI ARE BEING DRIVEN BY HIM PAST PROGRESSIVE THEY WERE DRIVING A CAR A CAR WAS BEING DRIVEN BY THEM HE WAS DRIVING A CAR AND A TAXI A CAR AND A TAXI WERE BEING DRIVEN BY HIM FUTURE (WILL) HE WILL BUY FLOWERS FLOWERS WILL BE BOUGHT BY HIM SHE WILL BUY A FLOWER A FLOWER WILL BE BOUGHT BY HER
- 3. FUTURE BE GOING TO HE IS GOING TO PLAY SOCCER SOCCER IS GOING TO BE PLAYED BY HIM HE IS GOING TO PLAY SOCCER AND BASKETBALL SOCCER AND BASKETBALL ARE GOING TO BE PLAYED BY HIM PRESENT PERFECT MESSI HAS PLAYED SOCCER SOCCER HAS BEEN PLAYED BY HIM THEY HAVE PLAYED SOCCER AND TENNIS SOCCER AND TENNIS HAVE BEEN PLAYED BY THEM MODAL SHOULD SHE SHOULD PLAY BASKETBALL BASKETBALL SHOULD BE PLAYED BY HER HE MUST PLAY TENNIS AND SOCCER TENNIS AND SOCCER MUST BE PLAYED BY HIM