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Passive Voice (Unit 15)



 
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Passive Voice (Unit 15) Sat Jan 08, 2005 0:13 am  Passive Voice (Unit 15)
 

Using the active voice, you concentrate on the person or thing carrying out the action.
Examples:
Jenny closes the door.
Kevin hits Tom.

Using the passive voice, you concentrate on the person or thing affected by the action.
Examples:
The door is closed by Jenny.
Tom is hit by Kevin.

As you can see, an important part of the passive is the past participle.

When employing regular verbs, you just have to add ‘–ed’ to the infinitive.
Examples:
to close – closed, to call – called, to cook – cooked

When employing irregular verbs, you take the past participle – usually the third form listed.
Examples:
to write – written, to take – taken, to bring – brought

Another element is the verb ‘to be’ in the right tense.

So: passive voice = person or thing affected + to be + past participle (+ by performer)

Let’s take the sentence “Mike writes a letter.”

Simple Present Passive
A letter is written by Mike.

Simple Past
Active: Mike wrote a letter.
Passive: A letter was written by Mike.

Present Perfect
Active:
Mike has written a letter.
Passive: A letter has been written by Mike.

Future I
Active:
Mike will write a letter.
Passive: A letter will be written by Mike.

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In Unit 16 you will learn all about the Present Perfect tense.
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Passive Voice (Unit 15) Fri Aug 18, 2006 18:13 pm  Passive Voice (Unit 15)
 

More forms:

Past perfect
Active: Mike had written a letter
Passive: A letter had been written by Mike

Future perfect
Active: Mike will have written a letter
Passive: A letter will have been written by Mike

Simple present continuous
Active: Mike is writing a letter.
Passive: A letter is being written by Mike

Simple past continuous
Active: Mike was writing a letter
Passive: A letter was being written by Mike

Present perfect continuous
Active: Mike has been writing a letter
Passive: A letter has been being written by Mike

Past perfect continuous
Active: Mike had been writing a letter
Passive: A letter had been being written by Mike

Future continuous
Active: Mike will be writing a letter
Passive: A letter will be being written by Mike

Future perfect continuous
Active: Mike will have been writing a letter
Passive: A letter will have been being written by Mike

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Passive Fri Aug 18, 2006 18:20 pm  Passive
 

Hi,

Thanks for your contribution. Just a word of warning: you won't find that the Present Perfect,the Past perfect and the Future Perfect continuous passive forms are really used in practice. The future perfect would be: will have been written and of course don't forget the present perfect: has been written.

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Passive Fri Aug 18, 2006 18:36 pm  Passive
 

Alan wrote:
Thanks for your contribution. Just a word of warning: you won't find that the Present Perfect,the Past perfect and the Future Perfect continuous passive forms are really used in practice.

Thank for your note
Alan wrote:
The future perfect would be: will have beenwritten and of course don't forget the present perfect: has been written.

What's your mention ?

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Question Fri Aug 18, 2006 19:46 pm  Question
 

Hi Soli,

Sorry, I don't understand your question about 'mention'.

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Passive Voice (Unit 15) Fri Aug 18, 2006 19:52 pm  Passive Voice (Unit 15)
 

Hi Alan,

Because the future perfect and the present perfect tense have mentioned above. You re-write again so I don't know what's your mean ?

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Passive Fri Aug 18, 2006 20:01 pm  Passive
 

Hi Soli,

I mentioned those two examples because in your first note you have written:
Quote:
Future perfect
Active: Mike will has written a letter
Passive: A letter will has been written by Mike

This should be: will HAVE written and

will HAVE been written

Also you did not include the Present Perfect Simple tenses, which would be: has written and has been written.

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Passive Voice (Unit 15) Sat Aug 19, 2006 6:28 am  Passive Voice (Unit 15)
 

Hi Alan,
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