voice short cut
List of Auxiliary Verbs according to the TensesHow to form passive forms of verbs?
| Tense | Active | Passive |
|---|---|---|
| Present Tense | go, goes | is gone (Singular) are gone (Plural) |
| Past Tense | went | was went (Singular) were went (Plural) |
| Future Tense | will / can / may / must => go | will / can etc. => be gone |
| Present Continuous Tense | am going is going |
is being going (Singular) are being going (Plural) |
| Past Continuous Tense | are going was going were eating |
was being gone (Singular) were being gone (Plural) |
| Future Continuous Tense | will be going shall be going |
No Passive Voice |
| Present Perfect Tense | have gone had gone |
have been gone (Plural) has been gone (Singular) |
| Past Perfect Tense | had gone | had been gone |
| Future Perfect Tense | shall have gone will have gone |
will have been gone |
| Present Perfect Continuous Tense | has been going have been going |
No Passive Voice |
| Past Perfect Continuous Tense | had been going | No Passive Voice |
| Future Perfect Continuous Tense | shall have been going will have been going |
No Passive Voice |
Changes of Pronouns:
| Active Voice | Passive Voice |
|---|---|
| I | me |
| we | us |
| you | you |
| he | him |
| she | her |
| it | it |
| they | them |
If the given sentence in the active voice is in the imperative, to get the passive voice use ‘Let’. Hence
Passive Voice = Let + Object + be + Past Participle
- 1. is, was ,are, were, am + past participle
- 2. be + past participle
- 3. being + past participle
- 4. been + past participle
- 5. Let ...be + past participle
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Indefinite
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am/is/are
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was/were
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shall be/will be
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Continues
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am/is/are
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was/were
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shall be/will be
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+being
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Perfect
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have/has
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had
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shall have/will have
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+been
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Perfect Continues
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have/has
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had
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shall have/will have
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been+ being
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