Senin, 30 April 2012

Passive Voice


                        S          V        O
Active : (a) Mary helped the boy
Form of passive : be + past participle
                             S                    V
Passive : (b) The boy was helped by Mary
In the passive, the object of verb becomes the subject of the passive verb : “the boy” in (a) becomes the subject of the passive verb in (b). (a) and (b) have the same meaning.


TENSES
ACTIVE
PASSIVE
simple present
Tom opens the door
The door is opened by Tom
present progessive
Tom is opening the door
The door is being opened by Tom
present perfect
Tom has opened the door
The door has been opened by Tom
simple past
Tom opened the door
The door was opened by Tom

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