Topic: Passive Voice
Day 2: Present tenses, Past tenses & Future
tenses
1. Let’s have a
revision of the present tenses, past tenses, and future tenses.
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Simple
present tense: |
He
_____ (draw) a picture. |
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àHe draws a
picture. |
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Present
continuous tense: |
He
_____ (draw) a picture. |
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àHe is drawing a
picture.. |
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Present
perfect tense: |
He
_____ (draw) a picture. |
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àHe has drawn a
picture. |
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Simple
past tense: |
He
_____ (draw) a picture. |
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àHe drew a
picture. |
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Past
continuous tense: |
He
_____ (draw) a picture. |
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àHe was drawing a
picture. |
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Past
perfect tense: |
He
_____ (draw) a picture. |
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àHe had drawn a
picture. |
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Simple
future tense: |
He
_____ (draw) a picture tomorrow. |
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àHe will draw a
picture tomorrow. |
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Future
continuous tense: |
He
_____ (draw) a picture at 8pm tomorrow. |
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àHe will be
drawing a picture at 8pm tomorrow. |
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Past
perfect tense: |
He
_____ (draw) a picture before I come back. |
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àHe will have
drawn a picture before I come back. |
2. The form of the passive voice
The passive sentence is formed by
i. changing the positions of the two nouns;
ii. adding part of the verb “to be” and changing the main
verb to the past participle (p.p.).
3. Active sentences of different tenses can also be
changed into passive sentences in the same way:
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Simple present tense: |
He draws a picture. |
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A picture is
drawn by him. |
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Present continuous tense: |
He is drawing a picture. |
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A picture is
being drawn by him. |
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Present perfect tense: |
He has drawn a picture. |
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A picture has
been drawn by him. |
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Simple past tense: |
He draws a picture. |
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A picture was
drawn by him. |
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Past continuous tense: |
He was drawing a picture. |
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A picture was
being drawn by him. |
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Past perfect tense: |
He had drawn a picture. |
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A picture had
been drawn by him. |
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Simple future tense I: |
He will draw a picture. |
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A picture will be
drawn by him. |
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Simple future tense II: |
He is going to draw a picture. |
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A picture is
going to be drawn by him. |
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Future continuous tense: |
He will be drawing a picture at 8pm tonight. |
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A picture will be
being drawn by him at 8pm tonight. |
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Future perfect tense: |
He will have drawn a picture before I come back. |
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A picture will
have been drawn by him before I come back |
