Active & Passive Voice.
Who acts? What receives the action? Keep the tense, choose your focus, and write with purpose.
One action. Two possible focuses.
Passive focuses on the receiver. BE keeps the tense and agrees with the new subject. The main verb uses V3. Include the doer when that information is useful.
Open the central V1–V5 Verb Trainer →Follow the 36-lesson learning path
- ○ What Is Voice?
- ○ Active Voice
- ○ Subject + Verb + Object
- ○ What Is Passive Voice?
- ○ Why We Use Passive Voice
- ○ Object Becomes the Focus
- ○ V3 in Passive Voice
- ○ Forms of BE
- ○ Simple Present Passive
- ○ Present Continuous Passive
- ○ Present Perfect Passive
- ○ Simple Past Passive
- ○ Past Continuous Passive
- ○ Past Perfect Passive
- ○ Simple Future Passive
- ○ Future Perfect Passive
- ○ Less Common/Rare Passive Forms
- ○ Pronoun Changes
- ○ When to Use by
- ○ When to Omit by
- ○ Sentences Without Objects
- ○ Transitive/Intransitive Verbs
- ○ Negative Passive
- ○ Passive Questions
- ○ WH Passive Questions
- ○ Modal Passive
- ○ Active → Passive Practice
- ○ Passive → Active Practice
- ○ Picture Sentence Making
- ○ Before/After Picture Practice
- ○ Process Description
- ○ Scenario Paragraph Writing
- ○ Common Mistakes
- ○ Mixed Tense Active/Passive
- ○ Final Practice
- ○ Final Test
Passive tense master table: keep the same tense
| Tense | Active | Passive | Usage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simple Present | Subject + V1/V5 + Object She cleans the room. | Receiver + am/is/are + V3 The room is cleaned by her. Keep the same tense. Agree with the new subject; the by phrase is optional when the doer is not needed. | COMMON |
| Present Continuous | Subject + am/is/are + V4 + Object She is cleaning the room. | Receiver + am/is/are + being + V3 The room is being cleaned by her. Keep the same tense. Agree with the new subject; the by phrase is optional when the doer is not needed. | COMMON |
| Present Perfect | Subject + have/has + V3 + Object She has cleaned the room. | Receiver + have/has + been + V3 The room has been cleaned by her. Keep the same tense. Agree with the new subject; the by phrase is optional when the doer is not needed. | COMMON |
| Simple Past | Subject + V2 + Object She cleaned the room. | Receiver + was/were + V3 The room was cleaned by her. Keep the same tense. Agree with the new subject; the by phrase is optional when the doer is not needed. | COMMON |
| Past Continuous | Subject + was/were + V4 + Object She was cleaning the room. | Receiver + was/were + being + V3 The room was being cleaned by her. Keep the same tense. Agree with the new subject; the by phrase is optional when the doer is not needed. | COMMON |
| Past Perfect | Subject + had + V3 + Object She had cleaned the room. | Receiver + had been + V3 The room had been cleaned by her. Keep the same tense. Agree with the new subject; the by phrase is optional when the doer is not needed. | COMMON |
| Simple Future | Subject + will + V1 + Object She will clean the room. | Receiver + will be + V3 The room will be cleaned by her. Keep the same tense. Agree with the new subject; the by phrase is optional when the doer is not needed. | COMMON |
| Future Perfect | Subject + will have + V3 + Object She will have cleaned the room. | Receiver + will have been + V3 The room will have been cleaned by her. Keep the same tense. Agree with the new subject; the by phrase is optional when the doer is not needed. | LESS COMMON |
| Present Perfect Continuous | See the tense course | Usually keep active or rephrase Do not force a mechanical conversion. A natural rephrasing may change aspect; explain that change. | RARE / AVOID FOR BEGINNERS |
| Past Perfect Continuous | See the tense course | Usually keep active or rephrase Do not force a mechanical conversion. A natural rephrasing may change aspect; explain that change. | RARE / AVOID FOR BEGINNERS |
| Future Continuous | See the tense course | Usually keep active or rephrase Do not force a mechanical conversion. A natural rephrasing may change aspect; explain that change. | RARE / AVOID FOR BEGINNERS |
| Future Perfect Continuous | See the tense course | Usually keep active or rephrase Do not force a mechanical conversion. A natural rephrasing may change aspect; explain that change. | RARE / AVOID FOR BEGINNERS |
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