Passive Voice (Unit 15)

English as a Second Language English for Beginners
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Simple Present Passive
A fish is eaten by a cat

Simple Past
Active: Mike wrote a letter.
Passive: the flower was watered by John.

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: our rubbish will be collected by city council

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: the research will have being written by myself

Simple present continuous
Active: Mike is writing a letter.
Passive: a tree is cutting by two men

Simple past continuous
Active: Mike was writing a letter
Passive: Wine was leaking by a small hole

Present perfect continuous
Active: Mike has been writing a letter
Passive: Our tuition fee has been being paid installment by our sponsor

Past perfect continuous
Active: Mike had been writing a letter
Passive: food had been being eaten all by their troops
My dear,
Future continuous
Active: Mike will be writing a letter
Passive: A car will be being repaired by a better technician

Future perfect continuous
Active: Mike will have been writing a letter
Passive: A letter will have been being written by Mike
My dear, headache
nice day

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Simple Present Passive
A rat is eaten by my cat.

Simple Past
A car was hit by a truck

Present Perfect
Mike has been operated by the best surgeon team

Future I
that cleaner will be sacked tomorrow.

Past perfect
You had been named by local government

Future perfect
the house will have being painted for two days

Simple present continuous
A piece of wood is being cut by 2 men

Simple past continuous
Water was being run out by a small hole.

Present perfect continuous
This sand hill has being eroded by strong sea wind.

Past perfect continuous
That road had being closed by city council.

Future continuous
this car will being pulled by Maintenance Company.

Future perfect continuous
the road will have being damaged by department of transportation.

please check and tell me my mistakes
Thanks

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Present indefinite (passive voice)

The book is ready by me
He is given a prize.
Books are bought by us
Houses are built.
I am beaten by him
I am cheated.
A pen is given to him
He is given a pen
He is not punished by the headmaster.
We are not granted our rights.
Are the books sold?
Is the office decorated?
Why is the children beaten?
Where are the clothes washed?
By whom the child is brought up.
By whom the plants are planted.

regards
shafqat

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HI SUR

THIS IS malek thank you for tiching me. idont undrstan
past perfect active and pasive
pls axplaneme

thank

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HI SUR

THIS IS malek thank you for tiching me. idont undrstan
past perfect active and pasive
pls axplaneme

thank

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Hi Sunny!!
Can you give me more examples,
I would love to more practise in this subject.
It have been always my weak side.
Thanks a lot
Karolina

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i’m unclear with regular and irregular verbs…plz reply…

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IT’S VERY DIFFICULT… I DONT UNDERSTAND… THANK’S ANYWAY…

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WHEN WE USE PASSIVE WE MUST ADD “ED” AND IF WE USE SIMPLE PRESENT PASSIVE WE ADD" EN", IN THE FUTURE WE USE "WILL"PAST PARTICIPLE WE “HAS BEEN”… IS IT CORRECT?

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hi
I have some me doubts about the passive voice.please clarify this.eg.He thought a bomb was going to blow him up.Passiveform…He thought he was going to be blown up .Why did we use to be blown up?
praseetha

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hi
I have some doubts regarding passive form.please see and clarify this eg.He thought a bomb was going to blow him up.passive form.He thought he was going to be blown up.Why did we use “going to be”".
regards
praseetha

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Why did we use to be blown up?

Because that is what bombs do to you when they explode … they blow you up.!

They disintegrate your body.They reduce you to fragments.

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Why did we use “going to be”

He probably heard the bomb ticking, and though, Oh, Oh, I’m going to be…

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Hi Coconut.

I was trying to send (Chart of Pronouns) but it is not desplaying appropriately but I have tried to make it easy but if you have still problem to understand do let me know you email i.d so I can send to you for further convenience.

[size=150][color=blue]Nominative case (this pronoun is used as “subjective case”) [/size]

[color=red]First Person (Pronouon)

color=green I
color=green We

[color=red]Second Person (Pronouon)

color=green You
color=green You

[color=red]Third Person (Pronouon)

color=green He/she/it
color=green They

[size=150][color=blue]Possessive Case(this pronoun is used to show “possession”) [/size]

[color=red]First Person

color=green my/mine
color=green our

[color=red]Second Person

color=green Your/yours
color=green Your/yours

[color=red]Third Person

color=green his/her/hers/its
color=green Their

[size=150][color=blue]Objective case (this pronoun is used as “object”) [/size]

[color=red]First Person

color=green me
color=green us

[color=red]Second Person

color=green You
color=green You

[color=red]Third Person

color=green Him/her/it
color=green Them

[color=brown]In simple words you can see deatil below

[color=red]First Person Pronouns color=green
I/my/mine/me

[color=red]First Person Pronouns [color=green] (Plural)

We(our/ours)us

[color=red]Second Person Pronouns color=green

You/(your/yours)/you

[color=red]Second Person Pronouns [color=green] (Plural)

You/(your/yours/)you

[color=red]Third Person Pronouns color=green

b (she(her/hers)her)(it/its/it)[/b]

[color=red]Third Person Pronouns [color=green] (Plural)

They/their/them

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Excellent Khan

Fruitful information regardsing the Possessive Case

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Hi! sir torsten,
How are you doing? How’s your day!!!Thank’s for always sending me a mgs about my lesson no. 5. maybe we use its for describing something or belonging to it. It’s is a short way of saying it is or it has. many thank’s for this lesson no. 5… My name is lyn. I am 17 years of age. I’m single. I’m half korean. My mother is filipina and my father is korean.I’ m a student. My favorite color is white because it is clean and neat. I dont like sport but I like sexy style…hmmm.I’m interested in art and meeting people specilly white guy… hee . hm.I’m joking…sir torsten please correct this ,if you have enough time. thank’s alot…have a nice day and good night…

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thanks for this compliments khan, but as we are learning here in this form so I think we should participate as much as we can so we can learn more more and more.

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Hi Mr. Alan

I have not seen any example of Passive in Past/Present/Future Perfect Continuous Tense, then how can soliboy give example of these passive.

please explain…

Thanks in advance

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Hi Misskhan,

Here are the links: Passive Voice

Passive Voice 1[YSaerTTEW443543]

TOEIC listening, question-response: Where’s the convention being held this year?[YSaerTTEW443543]

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Sorry Mr. Torsten

Actually, I was talking about Present Perfect Continuous/Past Perfect Continuous and Future Perfect Continuous in passive…

Please guide…