Module 1
Grammar—Passive voice and subject and verb agreement
■Goals
● To learn about passive voice: present and past forms
● To learn about subject and verb agreement
■Procedures
Step 1: Learning about passive voice: present and past forms
For every tense in the Active Voice, there is a corresponding tense in the Passive Voice. In the Passive Voice, the verb to be acts as an auxiliary. The Passive Voice tenses of an English verb are formed from the corresponding conjugations of to be, followed by the past participle of the verb.
The Formation of passive voice: present and past forms
|
Tense |
Auxiliary |
Verb Form |
|
Simple Present |
am/is/are |
past participle |
|
Present Continuous |
am/is/are being |
past participle |
|
Present Perfect |
have/has been |
past participle |
|
Present Perfect Continuous |
have/has been being |
past participle |
|
Simple Past |
was/were |
past participle |
|
Past Continuous |
was/were being |
past participle |
|
Past Perfect |
had been |
past participle |
|
Past Perfect Continuous |
had been being |
past participle |
|
Simple Future |
will (shall) be |
past participle |
|
Future Continuous |
will (shall) be being |
past participle |
|
Future Perfect |
will (shall) have been |
past participle |
|
Future Perfect Continuous |
will (shall) have been being |
past participle |
Step 2: Making passive voice sentences in present and past














