“Passive Voice”

· Compare the sentences below :

My father is repairng the roof

ACTIVE

The roof is being repaired by my father

PASSIVE

They built this house in 1994

ACTIVE

This house was built in 1994

PASSIVE

This flower will change your life

ACTIVE

Your life will be changed by this flower

PASSIVE

Tenses	Structure	Example
Present Simple Present Continous Past Simple Past Continous Present Perfect Past Perfect Will Future Future Perfect Going to Future	Am/is/are+PP Am/is/are being+PP Was/were+PP Was/were being+PP Have/has been+PP Had been +PP Wiil be+PP Wiil have been+PP Am/are/is going to be+PP	English is spoken here Excuse the mess, the room is being painted. I wasn’t invited, but I went anyway. I felt as if I was being watched. Has marry been told? I knew why I had been chosen. You’ll be told when the time comes. Everything will have benn done by Tuesday. Who’s going to be invited?