PASSIVE VOICE

by Claudia Salamanca

1. Future Perfect

1.1. will + has been + pp

2. Simple Present

2.1. am/are/is + pp

3. Present Continuos

3.1. am/are/is + being + pp

4. Simple Past

4.1. was/were + pp

5. Past Continuos

5.1. was/were + begin + pp

6. Present Perfect

6.1. have/has + been + pp

7. Past Perfect

7.1. had + been + pp

8. The Future

8.1. Will +be + pp

9. MODALS

9.1. can/could/should/might/must/may.. etc (modal + be + pp)

10. Past Future

10.1. would be + pp

11. The object in the active sentence become the subject of the passive sentence

12. The main verb in the active sentence is turned into a past participle

13. The passive always contains a form of the auxiliary verb 'to be' and a past participle form of a verb