{"id":74121,"date":"2020-04-19T09:36:16","date_gmt":"2020-04-19T09:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=74121"},"modified":"2020-04-19T09:36:16","modified_gmt":"2020-04-19T09:36:16","slug":"passive-verb-forms-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/passive-verb-forms-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Passive Verb Forms"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Simple Present<\/h3>\n<p>Active verb form:<b>\u00a0write\/writes<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He\u00a0<b>writes\u00a0<\/b>a letter.<\/li>\n<li>I\u00a0<b>write\u00a0<\/b>letters.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Passive verb form:\u00a0<b>is\/am\/are + written<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A letter\u00a0<b>is written\u00a0<\/b>by him.<\/li>\n<li>Letters\u00a0<b>are written\u00a0<\/b>by me.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Present Progressive<\/h3>\n<p>Active verb form:\u00a0<b>is\/am\/are + writing<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He\u00a0<b>is writing\u00a0<\/b>a letter.<\/li>\n<li>I\u00a0<b>am writing\u00a0<\/b>letters.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Passive verb form:\u00a0<b>is\/am\/are + being + written<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A letter\u00a0<b>is being written\u00a0<\/b>by him.<\/li>\n<li>Letters\u00a0<b>are being written\u00a0<\/b>by me.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Present Perfect<\/h3>\n<p>Active verb form:\u00a0<b>has\/have + written<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He\u00a0<b>has written\u00a0<\/b>a letter.<\/li>\n<li>I\u00a0<b>have written<\/b>\u00a0letters.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Passive verb form:\u00a0<b>has\/have + been + written<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A letter\u00a0<b>has been written\u00a0<\/b>by him.<\/li>\n<li>Letters\u00a0<b>have been written\u00a0<\/b>by me.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Simple Past<\/h3>\n<p>Active verb form:\u00a0<b>wrote<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He\u00a0<b>wrote\u00a0<\/b>a letter.<\/li>\n<li>I\u00a0<b>wrote\u00a0<\/b>letters.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Passive verb form:\u00a0<b>was\/were + written<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A letter\u00a0<b>was written\u00a0<\/b>by him.<\/li>\n<li>Letters\u00a0<b>were written\u00a0<\/b>by me.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Past Progressive<\/h3>\n<p>Active verb form:\u00a0<b>was\/were + writing<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He\u00a0<b>was writing\u00a0<\/b>a letter.<\/li>\n<li>I\u00a0<b>was writing\u00a0<\/b>letters.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Passive verb form:\u00a0<b>was\/were + being + written<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A letter\u00a0<b>was being written\u00a0<\/b>by him.<\/li>\n<li>Letters\u00a0<b>were being written\u00a0<\/b>by me.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Past Perfect<\/h3>\n<p>Active verb form:\u00a0<b>had + written<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He\u00a0<b>had written\u00a0<\/b>a letter.<\/li>\n<li>I\u00a0<b>had written<\/b>\u00a0letters.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Passive verb form:\u00a0<b>had + been + written<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A letter\u00a0<b>had been written\u00a0<\/b>by him.<\/li>\n<li>Letters\u00a0<b>had been written\u00a0<\/b>by me.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Simple Future<\/h3>\n<p>Active verb form:\u00a0<b>will\/shall + write<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He\u00a0<b>will write\u00a0<\/b>a letter.<\/li>\n<li>I\u00a0<b>shall write<\/b>\u00a0letters.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Passive verb form:\u00a0<b>will\/shall + be + written<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A letter\u00a0<b>will be written\u00a0<\/b>by him.<\/li>\n<li>Letters\u00a0<b>shall be written\u00a0<\/b>by me.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Future Perfect<\/h3>\n<p>Active verb form:\u00a0<b>will\/shall + have + written<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He\u00a0<b>will have written\u00a0<\/b>a letter.<\/li>\n<li>I\u00a0<b>will have written\u00a0<\/b>letters.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Passive verb form:\u00a0<b>will\/shall + have + been + written<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A letter\u00a0<b>will have been written\u00a0<\/b>by him.<\/li>\n<li>Letters\u00a0<b>will have been written\u00a0<\/b>by me.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Perfect progressive passives and future progressive passives are unusual.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Simple Present Active verb form:\u00a0write\/writes He\u00a0writes\u00a0a letter. I\u00a0write\u00a0letters. Passive verb form:\u00a0is\/am\/are + written A letter\u00a0is written\u00a0by him. Letters\u00a0are written\u00a0by me. Present Progressive Active verb form:\u00a0is\/am\/are + writing He\u00a0is writing\u00a0a letter. I\u00a0am writing\u00a0letters. 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