Passive Tenses

The passive of an active tense is formed by putting the verb to ___ into the same tense as the active verb and adding the _____ of the active verb.

• WILL+ BEEN + PRESENT PARTICIPLE

• BE + PAST PARTICIPLE

• BEEN + V3 + PAST PARTICIPLE

• AM,IS,ARE,IS + BE +V3

Computers ___ in a lot of schools.

• ARE USED

• IS BEEN USING

• WILL BEEN USED

• HAS BEEN USED

I make bread of flour.

Change into Passive

• Bread has been made of flour by him

• Bread been made of flour by me

• Bread is made of flour.

• I make bread of flour by me

(the robber / arrest / the police / yesterday)

complete the sentence

• The robber will been arrested by the police yesterday.

• The robbes were arrested by the police yesterday.

• The robber was arrest by the police yesterday.

• The robber was arrested by the police yesterday.

(to \injured \ marines / take \ a hospital \now )

complete the sentence

• to taking marines are a injured hospital now.

• Injured marines are being taken to a hospital now.

• Injured marines is taken to a hospital now.

• taken marines were being injured to a hospital now.

A few well-chosen words convey a great deal of meaning.

• A few well-chosen words is conveyed by a great deal of meaning.

• A great deal meaning conveyed by a few of well-chosen words.

• A great deal of meaning is conveyed by a few well-chosen words.

• A well chosen meaning is conveyed by a great deal words.

A mass of gases wrap around our planet.

• Our planet is wrapped in a mass of gases.

• Our planet wraps in a mass of gases.

• Our mass planet is wrapped by gases

• Mass planet is wrapped of our gases.

The city disposes of waste materials in a variety of ways.

• Cities are disposed of in a variety of ways by waste materials

• Waste materials are disposed of in a variety of ways.

• Waste of materials in a variety of ways are disposed .

• A variety of ways are disposed of city material

"A Hard Day's Night" was written by the Beatles.

Change into Active

• The Beatles had wrote "A Hard Day's Night".

• The Beatles was written "A Hard Day's Night".

• The Beatles wrote "A Hard Day's Night".

• "A Hard Day's Night" was writing The Beatles.

The movie ET was directed by Spielberg.

Change into Passive

• Spielberg is directed the movie ET.

• Spielberg movie was directed by ET.

• Spielberg has dirested the movie ET.

• Spielberg directed the movie ET.