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Active Passive

TENSE / VERB FORM

ACTIVE VOICE

PASSIVE VOICE

Simple present

takes

is taken

Present continuous

is taking

is being taken

Simple past

 

taken

was taken

Past continuous

was taking

was being taken

Present perfect

have taken

have been taken

Past perfect

had taken

had been taken

future

will take

will be taken

Conditional present

would take

would be taken

Conditional past

would have taken

would have been taken

present infinitive

to take

to be taken

perfect infinitive

to have taken

to have been taken

present participle/gerund

taking

being taken

perfect participle

having taken

having been taken

Example sentences:

Active: I take the butter to the fridge.
Passive: The butter is taken to the fridge.

Active: They bought the painting.
Passive: The painting was bought.

Active: They are repairing the road.
Passive: The road is being repaired.

Active: Shakespeare wrote Hamlet.
Passive: Hamlet was written by Shakespeare.

Active: A dog bit him.
Passive: He was bitten by a dog.

 

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