THE PASSIVE VOICE
We use a passive verb to say what happens to the subject.
When we use the passive, who or what causes the action is often unknown or unimportant.
- A lot of houses were built last year.
If we want to say who does or what causes the action we use "by".
- That picture was painted by Picasso.
When we use the passive, who or what causes the action is often unknown or unimportant.
- A lot of houses were built last year.
If we want to say who does or what causes the action we use "by".
- That picture was painted by Picasso.
| VERB TENSE | ACTIVE | PASSIVE |
| Present Simple | paints / paint | is / are painted |
| Present Simple with Modal verb | can paint | can be painted |
| Present Continuous | is / are painting | is / are being painted |
| Past Simple | painted | was / were painted |
| Past Simple with Modal verb | could paint | could be painted |
| Past Continuous | was / were painting | was / were being painted |
| Present Perfect | has / have painted | has / have been painted |
| Present Perfect with Modal verb | could have painted | could have been painted |
| Past Perfect | had painted | had been painted |
| Future Simple | will paint | will be painted |
| Future Perfect | will have painted | will have been painted |
| Conditional Simple | would paint | would be painted |
| Conditional Perfect | would have painted | would have been painted |
| Present Infinitive | to paint | to be painted |
| Perfect Infinitive | to have painted | to have been painted |
| Present Participle | painting | being painted |
| Perfect Participle | having painted | having been painted |
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