PASSIVES

Gods Must be Crazy

Everybody drinks Coca-Cola everywhere

Coca-Cola is drunk by everybody everywhere

The passive form is used with :

Verb TO BE + past participle

Regular verbs : infinitive+edPast Participle :

Irregular verbs : see the list (3rd column)

PASSIVES

PASSIVES

TENSE STRUCTURE

EXAMPLE:

Simple Present am/ is/are + past participle

English is spoken here

PASSIVES

TENSE STRUCTURE

EXAMPLE:

Present Continuous am/ is/are being + past participle

Excuse the mess, the house is being painted

PASSIVES

TENSE STRUCTURE

EXAMPLE:

Simple Past was / were + past participle

I wasn’t invited, but I went

PASSIVES

TENSE STRUCTURE

EXAMPLE:

Past Continuous was / were being + past participle

I thought I was being watched

PASSIVES

TENSE STRUCTURE

EXAMPLE:

Present Perfect have / has been + past participle

Has Mary been told?

PASSIVES

TENSE STRUCTURE

EXAMPLE:

Past Perfect had been + past participle

I knew I had been forgotten

PASSIVES

TENSE STRUCTURE

EXAMPLE:

Future (will) will be + past participle

You will be told soon.

PASSIVES

TENSE STRUCTURE

EXAMPLE:

Future (going to) am / are / is going to be + past participle

Who is going to be invited?

PASSIVES

The ________________________ corresponds to the

______________________

subject of a passive verb

object of an active verb

Passive: This house was built in 1486

Active: They built this house in 1486