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Active to Passive
This document outlines the changes in verb tense when converting sentences from active to passive voice. It provides examples of converting sentences using present simple, present continuous, past simple, past continuous, present perfect, past perfect, future simple, and "going to" tenses from active to passive voice. The tense changes follow consistent patterns when switching between active and passive voice constructions.
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- 1. TENSE CHANGES INTHE PASSIVE VOICE ACTIVE VOICE PASSIVE VOICE 1. PRESENT SIMPLE 1. PRESENT SIMPLE make am/is/are made They make cars in Germany. Cars are made in Germany 2. PRESENT CONTINOUS am/is/are baking Mother is baking a cake. 2. PRESENT CONTINUOUS am/is/are being baked A cake is being baked by mother 3. PAST SIMPLE write J. D. Salinger wrote “The Catcher in the Rye” 3. PAST SIMPLE was/were written “The Catcher in the Rye” was written by J. D. Salinger. 4. PAST CONTINOUS was/were watching They were watching TV when I got home. 4. PAST CONTINOUS was/were being watched TV was being watched when I got home. 5. PRESENT PERFECT have/has cleaned I have cleaned my room. 5. PRESENT PERFECT have/has been cleaned My room has been cleaned. 6. PAST PERFECT had read Thomas had read the book before he saw the film. 7. PAST PERFECT had been read The book had been read by Thomas before he saw the film. 7. FUTURE SIMPLE will write They will write a test paper tomorrow. 7. FUTURE SIMPLE will be written A test paper will be written by them tomorrow. 8. GOING TO is/are going to He is going to make a speech next week. 8. GOING TO is/are going to be A speech is going to be made by him.