Writing with Tenses / Active & Passive Voice
LESSON 149 OF 261 · 7 MIN READ

Negative Passive

Put not after the first helping verb. Keep the tense, agreement, and V3. Do/does/did disappear when the passive BE phrase takes their place.

Understand the idea

Put not after the first helping verb. Keep the tense, agreement, and V3. Do/does/did disappear when the passive BE phrase takes their place.

Look closely

Riya does not clean the room. → The room is not cleaned by Riya.

Riya did not clean the room. → The room was not cleaned by Riya.

Riya has not completed the work. → The work has not been completed by Riya.

They will not deliver the parcel today. → The parcel will not be delivered today.

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