التسجيل
Passive Voice
Forming The Passive
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Forming The Passive
Active:(a)The driver helped the injured woman. Passive:(b)The injured woman was helped by the driver. | In the passive,the object of an active verb becomes the subject of the passive verb:the driver in (a) becomes the subject of the passive verb in (b |
Active:(a)The man decided against a plea bargain. Passive:(b)none | Only transitive verbs (verbs than can be followed by an object) are used in the passive;we can't use intransitive verbs sch as decide,refuse,complain,fall,happen,sleep,come,seem etc..in the passive voice. |
| Form of the passive:be+past participle | |
| Active | Passive |
| Simple present:the cat eats the meat. | The meat is eaten by the cat |
| Present continous:the cat is eating the meat. | The meat is being eaten by the cat |
| Present Perfect:the cat has eaten the meat. | The meat has been eaten by the cat |
| Futre Simple:the cat will eat the meat. | The meat will be eaten by the cat |
| be going to:the cat is going to eat the meat. | The meat is going to be eaten by the cat |
| Furure Perfect:the cat will have eaten the meat. | The meat will have been eaten by the cat |
| Simple past:the cat ate the meat. | The meat was eaten by the cat |
| Past Progressive:the cat was eating the meat. | The meat was being eaten by the cat |
| Past Perfect:the cat had eaten the meat. | The meat had been eaten by the cat |
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