Active And Passive Structures
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Shingo Grammar
Passive and Active Forms
Active and Passive structures:
They built this house in 1486.
This house was built in 1486.
Channel Islanders speak French and English.
French is spoken in France, Belgium, Switzerland, and the Channel Islands.
A friend of ours is repairing the roof.
The roof is being repaired by a friend of ours.
This book will change your life.
Your life will be changed by this book.
Shingo Grammar
Passive and Active Forms
Formation: The object of an active verb corresponds to the subject of a passive verb: object
They built the house in 1486. This house was built in 1486. subject
Passive verb forms:
Tense Simple present Present progressive Simple past Past progressive Present perfect Past perfect Will future Future perfect
Structure Am/are/is + pp
Example English is spoken here.
Am/are/is being + pp Was/were + pp Was/were/being+ pp
Excuse the mess; the house is being painted. I wasn’t invited, but I went anyway. I felt as if I was being watched.
Have/has been+ pp
Has Mary been told?
Had been+ pp Will be+ pp Will have been+ pp
Going future
Am/are/is be+ pp
I knew why I had been chosen. You’ll be told when the time comes. Everything will have been done by Tuesday. Who’s going to be invited?
to
going
to
Passive and Active Forms
Active and Passive structures:
They built this house in 1486.
This house was built in 1486.
Channel Islanders speak French and English.
French is spoken in France, Belgium, Switzerland, and the Channel Islands.
A friend of ours is repairing the roof.
The roof is being repaired by a friend of ours.
This book will change your life.
Your life will be changed by this book.
Shingo Grammar
Passive and Active Forms
Formation: The object of an active verb corresponds to the subject of a passive verb: object
They built the house in 1486. This house was built in 1486. subject
Passive verb forms:
Tense Simple present Present progressive Simple past Past progressive Present perfect Past perfect Will future Future perfect
Structure Am/are/is + pp
Example English is spoken here.
Am/are/is being + pp Was/were + pp Was/were/being+ pp
Excuse the mess; the house is being painted. I wasn’t invited, but I went anyway. I felt as if I was being watched.
Have/has been+ pp
Has Mary been told?
Had been+ pp Will be+ pp Will have been+ pp
Going future
Am/are/is be+ pp
I knew why I had been chosen. You’ll be told when the time comes. Everything will have been done by Tuesday. Who’s going to be invited?
to
going
to
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