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Interrogative Form

Tense

Active Voice

Passive Voice

Present Indefinite

Do they repair cars?

Are cars repaired?

Past Indefinite

Did they repair the car?

Was the car repaired?

Future Indefinite

Will they repair the car?

Will the car be repaired?

Present Continuous

Are they repairing the car?

Is the car being repaired?

Past Continuous

Were they repairing the car?

Was the car being repaired?

Present Perfect

Have they repaired the car?

Has the car been repaired?

Past Perfect

Had they repaired the car?

Had the car been repaired?

Future Perfect

Will they have repaired the car?

Will the car have been repaired?

modals (modal+be+p.p.)

May they repair the car?

May the car be repaired?

Infinitive

Do they have to repair the car?

Has the car to be repaired?

NOTE 1. Present Perfect Continuous, Future Continuous, Past Perfect Continuous are not normally used in the passive.

NOTE 2. Get is used in colloquial English instead of to be to express something happening by accident: He got hurt last Monday. (more usual than He was hurt last Monday).

2. U s a g e

The Passive Voice is used:

  1. when the agent (the person who does the action) is unknown, unimportant or obvious from the context: The door had been locked.(we don’t know who locked it – unknown agent) Repairsare being made on the runway.(by the builders – obvious agent)

  2. when we are interested more in the action than the agent, such as in news reports, formal notices, instructions, processes, headlines, advertisements etc.: The whole area was evacuated. (news report) Breakfast is servedfrom 6.00 to 10.30. (formal notice)

  3. to make statements more formal or polite: My new dresshas been ruined. (more polite than saying “You ruined my dress.”)

  4. to put emphasis on the agent: The Pyramids were built by the ancient Egyptians.

3. Prepositions with Passive Verbs

  1. They use by + agent to say who or what carries out the action.

  2. They use with + instrument/material/ingredient to say what the agent used. The pancakes were made by Claire. They were made with eggs, flour and milk.

The agent is often omitted in the passive sentence when the subject of the active sentence is one of the following words: people, one, someone/somebody, they, he, etc.

Active: Somebody has rearranged the furniture.

Passive: The furniture has been rearranged.

But: The agent is not omitted when it is a specific or important person, or when it is essential to the meaning of the sentence: The “Mona Lisa” was painted by Leonardo da Vinci. A new law has been passed by the government.

E x e r c i s e s

1.1. Underline phrases which are not necessary in these sentences. Not all sentences contain unnecessary phrases

  1. My wallet has been stolen by someone.

  2. We were taught by a different teacher yesterday.

  3. Nick was operated on at the hospital by a doctor.

  4. The meal was served by a waiter in a red coat.

  5. We were shown round the museum by a guide.

  6. Two letters were delivered this morning by the postman.

  7. Three men have been arrested by the police.

  8. Yesterday a window was broken by someone.

  9. Paper was invented by the Chinese.

  10. The interview is being televised throughout the world.

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