PASSIVE VOICE
Tense | Subject | Verb | Object |
Simple Present | Active: | Rita | writes | a letter. |
Passive: | A letter | is written | by Rita. |
Simple Past | Active: | Rita | wrote | a letter. |
Passive: | A letter | was written | by Rita. |
Present Perfect | Active: | Rita | has written | a letter. |
Passive: | A letter | has been written | by Rita. |
Future I | Active: | Rita | will write | a letter. |
Passive: | A letter | will be written | by Rita. |
Hilfsverben | Active: | Rita | can write | a letter. |
Passive: | A letter | can be written | by Rita.
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Tense | Subject | Verb | Object |
Present Progressive | Active: | Rita | is writing | a letter. |
Passive: | A letter | is being written | by Rita. |
Past Progressive | Active: | Rita | was writing | a letter. |
Passive: | A letter | was being written | by Rita. |
Past Perfect | Active: | Rita | had written | a letter. |
Passive: | A letter | had been written | by Rita. |
Future II | Active: | Rita | will have written | a letter. |
Passive: | A letter | will have been written | by Rita. |
Conditional I | Active: | Rita | would write | a letter. |
Passive: | A letter | would be written | by Rita. |
Conditional II | Active: | Rita | would have written | a letter. |
Passive: | A letter | would have been written | by Rita.
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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: | Rita | wrote | a letter | to me. |
Passive: | A letter | was written | to me | by Rita. |
Passive: | I | was written | a letter | by Rita. |
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