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Passive
In passive sentence ,if you
want to say who did or what
caused the action use by :
This house was built by my grandfather •
Have you ever been bitten by a dog •
In passive sentences we use
the correct from of be (is
/are/was/were/has been )+
the past participle ;
(be) done (be) cleaned (be) damaged •
(be) built
(be) seen
For irregular past participles (done •
/seen /written)
The passive infinitive is
be done /be cleaned .
We use the infinitive
after modal verb (will ,
can ,....) and number of
other verbs ;
Active ; we can solve this problem .
Passive ; this problem can be solve .
1-The new hotel will be opened next
year .
2- go away !want to be left .
3-this room is going to be
painted
Present simple
am/is/are/+
done / cleaned ....
Active ;
somebody cleans this room every day
passive;
this room is cleaned every .
Past simple was/were/+
done / cleaned. etc
active ;
somebody cleaned this room
yesterday
Active ;
the room was cleaned
yesterday .
Present continuous
am/is/are being + cleaned. Etc
Active ;
somebody is cleaning the room at
the moment
passive;
the room is being cleaning at the
moment
Past continuous was /were
being + done cleaned. etc
Active ;
somebody was cleaning the room
when I arrived
passive;
the room was being cleaning when
I arrived
Present perfect have/has
been + done / cleaned. etc
Active ;
the room looks nice .
Somebody has cleaned it
passive;
the room looks nice . It
Somebody has cleaned
Past perfect
had been +
done / cleaned. Etc
Active
the room looked much
better . Somebody has
cleaned it
passive;
the room looked much
better . It Somebody has
cleaned