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Passive voice (Subject (I, He, She, They, WE, You), Object (Him, Her, Me,…
Passive voice
Subject
I
He
She
They
WE
You
Object
Him
Her
Me
Them
Us
You
Examples
Active
Many people speak English
Passive
English is spoken by many people
Passive
A book was written by Tom
Active
Tom Wrote a book
Active
The Government raised taxes
Passive
Taxes were Raised by the government
Future tenses
Simple
S+ aux be + V.P.P
The books were sold yesterday
Idiomatic
S+ aux be+going to+ BE+ V.P.P
The books are going to be sold
Perfect
S + will + have + been + V.P.P
The books will have been sold by next week .
Continuous
S+ will+ be+ BEING + V. P. P
The books will be being sold
Present Tense
Simple
S+ aux be + verb in past participle
The books are sold every day
Continuous
S+ aux be + BEING + verb past part
The books are being sold now
Perfect
S+ have/has + BEEN + verb P.P
The books have been sold
Past Tenses
Simple
S+ aux be + V.P.P
The books were sold yesterday
Perfect
S+ had + BEEN+ V.P.P
The books had been sold
Continuous
S+ aux be+ BEING + V.P.P
The books were being sold yesterday
Me
Object Pronoun
Receiving the action
I
Subject Pronoun
Performs the action
Modal verbs
Modal verbs in past
S + modal + HAVE + BEEN + V.P.P
The books must have been sold .
S+ modal + BE + V.P.P
The books can be sold
The books should be sold
The books must be sold
The books may be sold
Subject
Performs the action
Action
Verb
Object
Receives the action
Passive voice
Formula
Object+ "To be" + Past Participle+ by+ Subject