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Passive voice is used when the focus is on the action. It is not important or not known, however, who or what is performing the action.
Form of Passive
Subject + finite form of to be + Past Participle (3rd column of irregular verbs)
Examples of Passive
Tense Subject Verb Object
a letter.
Simple Present
Active: Passive:
Rita A letter Rita A letter Rita A letter Rita A letter Rita A letter
writes
is written wrote was written has written has been written will write will be written can write can be written
Simple Past
Active: Passive:
Present Perfect
Active: Passive:
Future - will
Active: Passive:
Modal Verbs
Active: Passive:
Tense
Subject
Verb
Object
a letter.
Present Continuous
Active: Passive:
Rita A letter Rita A letter Rita A letter Rita A letter Rita A letter Rita A letter
is writing
is being written was writing was being written had written had been written will have written will have been written would write would be written would have written would have been written
by Rita. a letter. by Rita. a letter. by Rita. a letter. by Rita. a letter. by Rita. a letter. by Rita.
Past Continuous
Active: Passive:
Past Perfect
Active: Passive:
Active: Passive:
Conditional I
Active: Passive:
Conditional II
Active: Passive:
Rita A letter I
wrote
a letter
to me a letter
by Rita. by Rita.