THE PASSIVE: TENSES CHART
Tense | Subject | Verb | Object |
Simple Present | Active: | Rita | writes | a letter. |
Passive: | A letter | is written | by Rita. |
Simple Past | Active: | Rita | wrote | a letter. |
Passive: | A letter | was written | by Rita. |
Present Perfect | Active: | Rita | has written | a letter. |
Passive: | A letter | has been written | by Rita. |
Future I | Active: | Rita | will write | a letter. |
Passive: | A letter | will be written | by Rita. |
modal | Active: | Rita | can write | a letter. |
Passive: | A letter | can be written | by Rita. |
Tense | Subject | Verb | Object |
Present Progressive | Active: | Rita | is writing | a letter. |
Passive: | A letter | is being written | by Rita. |
Past Progressive | Active: | Rita | was writing | a letter. |
Passive: | A letter | was being written | by Rita. |
Past Perfect | Active: | Rita | had written | a letter. |
Passive: | A letter | had been written | by Rita. |
Future II | Active: | Rita | will have written | a letter. |
Passive: | A letter | will have been written | by Rita. |
Conditional I | Active: | Rita | would write | a letter. |
Passive: | A letter | would be written | by Rita. |
Conditional II | Active: | Rita | would have written | a letter. |
Passive: | A letter | would have been written | by Rita. |
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