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Form:
Active Voice: Subject + V + Object
Passive Voice: Object + form of TO BE + V3 + (by + Subject)
For example:
Active: The cat chased the mouse.
Passive: The mouse was chased by the cat.
Active: The chef bakes the cake.
Passive: The cake is baked by the chef.
| Tense | "To be" | Passive Voice |
|---|---|---|
| Present Simple | am, is, are | is (are) + V3 |
| Present Continuous | am being, is being, are being | is (are) being + V3 |
| Present Perfect | have been, has been | has (have) been + V3 |
| Past Simple | was, were | was (were) + V3 |
| Past Continuous | was being, were being | was (were) being + V3 |
| Past Perfect | had been | had been + V3 |
| Future Simple | will be | will be + V3 |
| Future Perfect | will have been | will have been + V3 |
| Conditional I | would be | would be + V3 |
| Conditional II | would have been | would have been + V3 |
| Tense | Active Voice | Passive Voice |
|---|---|---|
| Present Simple | The chef bakes the cake. | The cake is baked by the chef. |
| Present Continuous | The chef is baking the cake. | The cake is being baked by the chef. |
| Present Perfect | The chef has baked the cake. | The cake has been baked by the chef. |
| Past Simple | The chef baked the cake. | The cake was baked by the chef. |
| Past Continuous | The chef was baking the cake. | The cake was being baked by the chef. |
| Past Perfect | The chef had baked the cake. | The cake had been baked by the chef. |
| Future Simple | The chef will bake the cake. | The cake will be baked by the chef. |
| Future Perfect | The chef will have baked the cake. | The cake will have been baked by the chef. |
| Conditional I | The chef would bake the cake. | The cake would be baked by the chef. |
| Conditional II | The chef would have baked the cake. | The cake would have been baked by the chef. |
