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Active and Passive Voice
Future tense – formation of the passive verb
Jun 5th
Simple future tense Active: will/shall/can/may/must + base form of the verb Passive: will/shall/can/may/must be + past participle He will write a letter. (Active) A letter will be written by him. (Passive) She must learn the lesson. (Active) The lesson must be learned by her. (Passive) Future perfect tense Active: will have + past participle Passive: [...]
Past tense – formation of the passive verb
Jun 5th
Simple past tense Active: wrote Passive: was/were written He wrote a letter. (Active) A letter was written by him. (Passive) He wrote stories. (Active) Stories were written by him. (Passive) Mother cooked dinner. (Active) Dinner was cooked by mother. (Passive) The passive verb forms of the simple past tense are formed by putting was/were before [...]
Present tense – formation of the passive verb
Jun 5th
Simple present tense Active: write Passive: is/am/are written He writes a letter. (Active) A letter is written by him. (Passive) He writes short stories. (Active) Short stories are written by him. (Passive) She reads the lesson. (Active) The lesson is read by her. (Passive) Mother cooks dinner. (Active) Dinner is cooked by mother. (Passive) You [...]
Active and Passive Voice
Jun 4th
Read the following sentences: John killed the spider. The spider was killed by John. You will probably have noticed that both sentences express the same idea. But in sentence 1, the form of the verb shows that the person denoted by the subject (John) does something.The verb killed is therefore said to be in the [...]