Passive Voice

Passive Voice

How to construct the passive.
1.  Check to see if the active sentence contains an object.
John ate an apple.         (S V O)       Passive is possible.
John ate yesterday.       (S V)          Passive is not possible.
2.  Move the object to the front of the sentence.  Put the original subject in a "be" phrase .
An apple (V) by John.
3.  Put the verb in the form "be" +3 (of main verb)
An apple У be Ф eaten by John.
4.  Put the "be" in the same tense as the original active sentence.
An apple was/were eaten by John.  ( past tense)
5.  Make the first verb agree with the new subject.
An apple was eaten by John.
(Put other elements of the sentence in grammatical and logical order.)
Yesterday the large green apple was quickly eaten by John, who didnТt realize that it belonged to his sister.
When other (auxiliary) verbs and modals are used in combination with the passive, remember:
 Modal + 1
(Modal)
Have + 3
(Perfect)
be + V-ing
(Progressive)
be + 3
(Passive)
 
The appleshouldhavebeenbeingeaten by John
Combination of auxiliary verbs with the passive.
Present Tense
 Modal + 1
(Modal)
Have + 3
(Perfect)
be + V-ing
(Progressive)
be + 3
(Passive)
 
The apple   is eatenby 
John
Past Tense
 Modal + 1
(Modal)
Have + 3
(Perfect)
be + V-ing
(Progressive)
be + 3
(Passive)
 
The apple   was eatenby John
Present ProgressiveTense
 Modal + 1
(Modal)
Have + 3
(Perfect)
be + V-ing
(Progressive)
be + 3
(Passive)
 
The apple  isbeing eatenby John
Past Tense
 Modal + 1
(Modal)
Have + 3
(Perfect)
be + V-ing
(Progressive)
be + 3
(Passive)
 
The apple  wasbeing eatenby 
John
Present Perfect Tense
 Modal + 1
(Modal)
Have + 3
(Perfect)
be + V-ing
(Progressive)
be + 3
(Passive)
 
The apple have been eatenby John
Present Perfect Progressive
 Modal + 1
(Modal)
Have + 3
(Perfect)
be + V-ing
(Progressive)
be + 3
(Passive)
 
The apple havebeenbeing eatenby John
Past Perfect Progressive
 Modal + 1
(Modal)
Have + 3
(Perfect)
be + V-ing
(Progressive)
be + 3
(Passive)
 
The apple hadbeenbeing eatenby John
Future/Modal
 Modal + 1
(Modal)
Have + 3
(Perfect)
be + V-ing
(Progressive)
be + 3
(Passive)
 
The applewill  be eatenby John
Future/Modal
 Modal + 1
(Modal)
Have + 3
(Perfect)
be + V-ing
(Progressive)
be + 3
(Passive)
 
The appleis going to  be eatenby John
Modal
 Modal + 1
(Modal)
Have + 3
(Perfect)
be + V-ing
(Progressive)
be + 3
(Passive)
 
The applemust  be eatenby John
Past Modal
 Modal + 1
(Modal)
Have + 3
(Perfect)
be + V-ing
(Progressive)
be + 3
(Passive)
 
The applemusthave been eatenby John
Combination
 Modal + 1
(Modal)
Have + 3
(Perfect)
be + V-ing
(Progressive)
be + 3
(Passive)
 
The applemusthavebeenbeing eatenby John

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