Passive Sentences

Passive sentences of Future Tense

2011-08-04T23:44:00.000-07:00

Previous Passive Sentence: Present Continuous Tense

Form of Active Sentence:

Subject + WILL + Based Form of Verb + Object + Adverb of time.

Example:

I will join TOEFL Test next week.
My sister will cook fried chicken tonight.
The students will discuss business idioms after break.
Will you buy book about types of Text.
Will the President announce the good news?

Form of Passive Sentence:

Subject + WILL + Be + Verb 3 (past participle)

Example:

TOEFL Test will be joined by me next week.
Fried Chicken will be cooked by your sister tonight.
Business idioms will be discussed by the students about break.
Will book about types of text be bought by me?
Will the good news be announced by President.

Passive sentences of Past Continuous Tense

2011-04-02T19:14:00.000-07:00

Previous Passive Sentences: Present Continuous Tense

Form of Active Sentences:

Subject + Was/Were + Verb-Ing + Object

Example:

I was watching TV at 7 o'clock last night.
Jacky was finishing his TOEFL Practice Test.
They were making drafts of business english letter when lunch time came yesterday.
Were the students playing games around 4 P.M today?
My mother was frying some beef when I arrive at home last night?

Form of Passive Sentences:

Subject + was/were + being + Verb III

Example:

TV was being watched by me at 7 o'clock last night.
His TOEFL Practice Test was being finished by John
Drafts of business English letter were being made by them when lunch time came yesterday.
Were the games being played by the students around 4 P.M yesterday?
Some beef was being fried by my mother when I arrived at home last night.

Passive Sentences of Present Continuous Tense

2011-03-09T02:54:00.000-08:00

Previous Passive Sentences: Passive of Present Perfect Tense

Form of Active Sentences:

Subject + am/is/are + Verb + Ing + Object + Now/Right Now/...

Example:

The students are completing the TOEFL Test now
Our parents are attending the wedding party right now.
The peoples are participating the calling conference this week.
She is reading an English book now.
Jack and Peter are working late today
Silvia is not listening to you
How many students are doing text types test?
Are you calling someone right now?
Why is Paula crying?
She is writing a business letter for her client.

Form of Passive Sentences:

Subject + am/is/are + being + Verb III (Past Participle) + Object + Now/Right Now?...

Example:

The TOEFL Test is being completed by the students now.
The wedding party is being attended by our parents right now.
The calling conference is being participated by the people this week.
An English book is being read by her now.
You are being listened by Silvia
Is someone being called by you now/
A business letter to her client is being written by her.
The English Jokes are being discussed by them
A horror film is being played on TV
My computer is being repaired this month

Passive sentences of present perfect tense

2011-03-03T21:37:00.000-08:00

Form of Active Sentences:

Subject + Has/Have + Past Participle (Verb 3)

Example:

1. I have studied TOEFL for five months.
2. My sister has watched TV since this morning.
3. She has eaten lunch for three minutes
4. They have finished their home works
5. The players have played the games for a long time.
6. He hasn't completed his English tasks
7. The Teacher has given the extra task about text types in English.
8. We have learned English Jokes a lot
9. The officers have printed the business letter for their clients
10. A boy has enjoyed games for three hours.

Form of Passive Sentences:

Subject + Has/Have + Been + Past Participle + Object

Example:

1. TOEFL has been studied by me for five months
2. TV has been watched by my sister since this morning.
3. Lunch has been eaten for three minutes
4. Their home works have been finished by them.
5. The games have been played by the players for a long time.
6. His English tasks have not been completed by him.
7. The extra task about text types in English has been given by the teacher.
8. English Jokes have been learned a lot by us
9. The business letter for their clients has been printed.
10. Games have been enjoyed for three hours.

Passive sentences of simple past tense

2011-02-28T22:25:00.000-08:00

Form of active sentence:

SUBJECT + VERB 2 + OBJECT

Example:

1. I visited Bali last year
2. He completed the TOEFL Test fast
3. Our teacher submitted the English examination result
4. She saw a dangerous accident last night
5. The workers finished their jobs quickly a few hours a go

Form of Passive Sentences:

SUBJECT + WAS/WERE + PAST PARTICIPLE

Example:

1. Bali was visited by me last year.
2. The TOEFL Test was completed fast by him.
3. The English examination result was submitted by our teacher
4. Dangerous accident was seen by her last night.
5. Their jobs were finished quickly a few hours a go by the workers.

Note:

Subject of Active sentences becomes an Object of Passive sentences.
Object of Active sentences becomes a Subject of Passive Sentences
Verb 2 of Active sentences become Verb 3 or past participle in Passive Sentences.

Passive sentences of simple present tense

2011-02-28T22:13:00.000-08:00

Form of Active Sentences:

SUBJECT + VERB 1 + OBJECT

Example:

1. I teach English everyday
2. The students study TOEFL seriously
3. My mother cooks fried chicken
4. The president rules a country well
5. She sings that songs beautifully

Form of Passive Sentences

SUBJECT + AM/IS/ARE/ PAST PARTICIPLE (Verb 3)

Example

1. English is taught by me everyday
2. TOEFL is studied by the students seriously
3. Fried chicken is cooked by my mother
4. A country is ruled by the President well
5. Those songs are sung by her beautifully

Note:

A Subject of Active sentence becomes an Object of Passive sentence
An object of active sentence becomes a Subject of passive sentence

rules in changing active sentences to passive sentences

2011-02-05T22:19:00.000-08:00

Before changing active sentences to passive sentences, there are things that we need to understand, they are as follows:

The OBJECT of active sentences becomes the SUBJECT of passive sentences and Subject of active sentences become Object of passive sentences.
There are some verbs that can be used in passive sentences, they are appear, cry, go, come, die, arrive, happen, occur, rain, sleep, stay, and walk. All these verbs are called intransitive verbs.
The passive verbs always have the auxiliary verb BE and the form of BE in passive sentence corresponds to the form of main verb in the active sentences. For example, if the form of main verb in active sentence is Present Simple Tense, the auxiliary verbs in passive sentence is AM/IS/ARE.
The main verb in a passivesentence is always the participle form of the verb.

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How to change active senteces to passive sentences

2011-02-05T21:30:00.000-08:00

To change active sentences to passive sentences is not difficult. The first things we should know is how to change tenses of active into tenses of passive. If we know to change them, we will change the sentences easily.

Remember that the basic form of Passive Sentence is

BE + PAST PARTICIPLE (V3)

Below is complete change from active sentences to passive sentences:

   Tenses                                    Active Sentence                            Passive Sentences

1. Present Simple Tense          Subject + VERB1 + Object                      Subject + am/is/are + Past participle
2. Present Continuous Tense     Subject + am/is/are + V-ing + Object      Subject + am/is/are + being + Past Participle
3. Simple Past Tense                    Subject + VERB 2 + Object                      Subject + was/were + Past Participle
4. Present Perfect Tense              Subject + has/have+ Verb3 + Object     Subject + has/have + been + Past Participle
5. Past Continuous Tense           Subject + was/were+ Verb-ing + Object Subject + was/were + being + past participle
6. Present Perfect Cont. Tense   Subject + has/have+been+V-ing + O       Subject + has/have + been + being + Past Participle
7. Past Perfect Tense                   Subject + had + Past Participle + O          Subject +had + been + Past Participle
8. Past Perfect Cont. Tense        Subject + had + been +V-ing + O            Subject + had + been + being + past participle
9. Future Tense                            Subject + Will + Verb 1 + Object               Subject + will + be + Past Participle
10. Future Continuous Tense    Subject + will + be + V-ing + O                  Subject + will + be + being + Past participle
11. Future Perfect Tense             Subject + will + have + Past Participle     Subject + will + have + been + past participle
12. Future Perfect Cont.Tense Subject + will + have + been+ V-ing Subject + will + have + been +being+ past participle

When is passive sentence used?

2011-01-27T02:57:00.000-08:00

Usage of Passive sentences:

Passive sentence verbs are used:

in writing much more often than in speech.
in some types of writing much more often than in others.
more in journalism (newspapers, magazines) than in fiction (novels, stories),
most that active sentences by journalist and fiction writers