Active and Passive Sentences

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Active Form

Subject (peforming the action) I Dave Janeel

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verb play cleans washes

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Object (receiving the action) soccer. the car every day. the dishes.

Passive Form

Object (receiving the action) soccer the car the dishes

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be is is are

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Past participle of the verb played cleaned washed

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Subject (peforming the action) (by...) by me. every day (by Dave). by Janeel.

P.S.: By... can be ignored / left out ( see By me, by Dave, by Janeel). In this case, who or what causes the action could be unknown or unimportant!!!


Active and Passive - Tenses' table:

Tenses	Active	Passive
Present Simple	Once a week, Dave cleans the house.	Once a week, the house is cleaned. (by Dave)
Present Continuous	Right now, Dave is writing a letter.	Right now, a letter is being written. (by Dave)
Past Simple	Janeel repaired the car.	The car was repaired. (by Janeel)
Past Continuous	The salesman was helping the customer when I arrived.	The customer was being helped when I arrived.
Present Perfect	Many tourists have visited the castle.	The castle has been visited. (by many tourists)
Present Perfect continuous	Recently, Jazz has been doing the work.	Recently, the work has been being done. (by Jazz)
Past Perfect	Dan had repaired many cars before his mechanic's license.	Many cars had been repaired (by Dan) before his mechanic's license.
Past Perfect continuous	Chef Cliff had been preparing dinners for two years before moving to LA.	Dinners had been being prepared by Chef Cliff for two years before moving to LA.
Simple Future will	Somebody will finish the work by 2:00 pm.	The work will be finished by 2:00 pm.
Future Continuous will	At 9:00 pm tonight, Jazz will be doing the work.	At 9:00 pm tonight, the work will be being done by Jazz.
Simple Future be going to	Mum is going to cook a beautiful dinner tonight.	A beautiful dinner is going to be cooked tonight. (by Mum)
Future Continuous be going to	At 9:00 pm tonight, Jazz is going to be doing the work.	At 9:00 pm tonight, the work is going to be being done by Jazz.
Future Perfect will	They will have completed the project before the deadline.	The project will have been completed before the deadline.
Future Perfect Continuous will	The famous artist will have been painting the mural for over six months by the time it is finished.	The mural will have been being painted by the famous artist for over six months by the time it is finished.
Future Perfect be going to	They are going to have completed the project before the deadline.	The project is going to have been completed before the deadline.
Future Perfect Continuous be going to	The famous artist is going to have been painting the mural for over six months by the time it is finished.	The mural is going to have been being painted by the famous artist for over six months by the time it is finished.
Used to	Jazz used to pay the bills.	The bills used to be paid by Jazz.
Would Always	My Mum would always bake potatoes.	Potatoes would always be cooked by my Mum.
Future in the Past would	I knew Jazz would finish the work by 2:00 pm.	I knew the work would be finished by 2:00 pm.
Future in the Past was going to	I thought my Mum was going to bake a chocolate cake tonight.	I thought a chocolate cake was going to be baked by my Mum tonight.

Exercices

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