Writing with Tenses / Active & Passive Voice
LESSON 133 OF 261 · 7 MIN READ

V3 in Passive Voice

BE carries tense and agreement. V3 names the action received. Irregular V3 forms must be learned from the central Verb Trainer. V2 and V3 are not always the same.

Understand the idea

BE carries tense and agreement. V3 names the action received. Irregular V3 forms must be learned from the central Verb Trainer. V2 and V3 are not always the same.

Look closely

write → wrote → written

eat → ate → eaten

break → broke → broken

Passive voice → V3

One central verb bank

V1V2V3V4V5
washwashedwashedwashingwashes
taketooktakentakingtakes
eatateeateneatingeats
makemademademakingmakes
cleancleanedcleanedcleaningcleans
drivedrovedrivendrivingdrives
writewrotewrittenwritingwrites
sendsentsentsendingsends
buildbuiltbuiltbuildingbuilds
speakspokespokenspeakingspeaks
buyboughtboughtbuyingbuys
choosechosechosenchoosingchooses
breakbrokebrokenbreakingbreaks
seesawseenseeingsees
dodiddonedoingdoes
givegavegivengivinggives
deliverdelivereddelivereddeliveringdelivers
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