Sunday, 24 July 2011

The examples of passive tense, subject, verb and object :

Examples of Passive 


TenseSubjectVerbObject
Simple PresentActive:Suziewritesa letter.
Passive:A letteris writtenby Suzie.
Simple PastActive:Suziewrotea letter.
Passive:A letterwas writtenby Suzie.
Present PerfectActive:Suziehas writtena letter.
Passive:A letterhas been writtenby Suzie.
Future IActive:Suziewill writea letter.
Passive:A letterwill be writtenby Suzie.
HilfsverbenActive:Suziecan writea letter.
Passive:A lettercan be writtenby Suzie.



Examples of Passive 

TenseSubjectVerbObject
Present Progressive
Active:
Rita
is writing
a letter.
Passive:
A letter
is being written
by Suzie.
Past Progressive
Active:
Suzie
was writing
a letter.
Passive:
A letter
was being written
by Suzie.
Past Perfect
Active:
Suzie
had written
a letter.
Passive:
A letter
had been written
by Suzie.
Future II
Active:
Suzie
will have written
a letter.
Passive:
A letter
will have been written
by Suzie.
Conditional I
Active:
Suzie
would write
a letter.
Passive:
A letter
would be written
by Suzie.
Conditional II
Active:
Suzie
would have written
a letter.
Passive:
A letter
would have been written
by Suzie.



Passive Sentences with Two Objects 

Rewriting an active sentence with two objects in passive voice means that one of the two objects becomes the subject, the other one remains an object. Which object to transform into a subject depends on what you want to put the focus on.
Subject
Verb
Object 1
Object 2
Active:
Suzie
wrote
a letter
to me.
Passive:
A letter
was written
to me
by Suzie.
Passive:
I
was written
a letter
by Suzie.
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