ACTIVE PASSIVE

Simple Present Is/ are (not) + past participle

Once a week, tom cleans the House. Once a week, the House is cleaned by Tom.

Present Continuous Is/are (not)+ being+ past participle

Rightnow, Sarah is writingtheletter. Rightnow, the letter is being written by Sarah.

Simple past Was/ were (not) + past participle

Sam repairedthe car. The car wasrepairedby Sam.

Past continuous Was/ were (not) + being+past participle

She was helping the customer when the The customer was being helped when the
Police arrived. Police arrived.

Present perfect Has/have (not) + been + past participle

Many tourists have visited the castle. That castle has been visited by many tourists.

Present perfectc ontinuous Has/have (not)+ been being+past participle

Recently, John has been doing the work. Recently, the work has been being done by
John.

Past perfect Had (not)+been+ past participle

George had repaired many cars before he Many cars had been repaired by George
received his mechanic’s licenes. before he received his mechanic’s licences.

Past perfect continuous Had (not)+ beenbeing+ past participle

Chef Jones had been preparing the The restaurant’s fantastic diners had been
restaurant’s fantàstic diners for two years being prepared by Chef Jones for two years
before he moved to Paris. before que moved to Paris.

Simple Future -Will

Will / won't +be+pastparticiple
Someone will finish the work by 5:00 pm
The work will be finished by 5:00 pm.

Simple Future – is going to Is/are (not)+going to be+past participle

Sally is going to go to make a beautiful dinner A beautiful dinner is going to be made by Sally
tonight. tonight.
Transform to passive form

We bake the bread here

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We are baking the bread

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We baked the bread yesterday

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We were baking the bread

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We have baked the bread

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We had baked the bread

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We will bake the bread

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Amancio Ortega Gaona and Rosalía Mera founded Zara in 1975.

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They are repairing your car now.

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Residents have reported that rubbish is not being collected.

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They'll advertise their new product on TV.

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Shoppers think that online shopping is relatively safe.

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That expert has published a new book.

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We're sending details of the offers to all of our customers.

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They thought that the product would be a success.

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The company gave us a guarantee.

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The assistant was cleaning the doors at the swimming pool.

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They don’t sell stamps in bookshops.

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EXERCISES
Escribe las siguientes frases en pasiva

1. They speak Chinese in Singapore

2. Someone called the fire brigade

3. Many people prefer coffee for breakfast

4. Did anyone open the door?

5. Someone will prepare your breakfast tomorrow morning.

6. You must tell everything.

7. The painter is now making a portrait of her.

8. Someone had left the report on the desk and they couldn´t find it.

9. Nobody reads poems nowadays.

10. They haven´t finished the report.

11. Someone is helping her with the housework.

12. You must extinguish your cigarettes.

13. The traffic warden had already given him a ticket for illegal parking.

14. Steven Spielberg didn´t direct Titanic.

15. The secretary has given me some letters.

16. You must clean this shirt.

17. Dr.Brown always gives me some advice.
18. John is going to pick me up tonight.

19. A famous designer will redecorate the hotel.

20. His parents have brought him up to be polite.

21. The teachers have revised the compositions for weeks.

22. I was reading a fascinating novel.

23. Nobody likes number thirteen.

24. You have to water the plants a lot when it is very hot.