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    The document provides an overview of active and passive voice verb forms across several tenses in English. It shows the verb forms used in active voice constructions and the corresponding passive voice forms, including examples. Key tenses outlined are simple present, present continuous, present perfect, simple past, past continuous, past perfect, simple future, and future perfect.

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    Active and passive voice: overview chart

    Here is a quick overview of the active and passive voice verb forms.

    Tense Active voice Passive voice


    Simple Verb form: first form Verb form: is / am / are +
    present of the verb past participle form of the
    tense Examples verb
    They speak English Examples
    here. English is spoken here.
    He speaks English. English is spoken by him.

    Present Verb form: is/am/are Verb form: is/am/are +


    continuous + -ing form of the being + past participle
    tense verb form of the verb

    Examples Examples
    She is writing a A letter is being written
    letter. by her.
    I am learning my My lessons are being
    lessons. learnt by me.
    You are making a A cake is being made by
    cake. you.

    resent Verb form: has/have Verb form: has/have +


    perfect + past participle been + past participle
    tense form of the verb form of the verb

    Examples: Examples:

    I have written a A novel has been written


    novel. by me.
    She has finished the The job has been finished
    job. by her.
    You have written Letters have been written
    letters. by you.

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    Active and passive voice: overview chart

    Simple past Verb form: past tense Verb form: was/were +


    form of the verb past participle form of the
    verb
    Examples:
    I wrote a letter. Examples:
    Ram broke a glass. A letter was written by
    You missed the me.
    chance. A glass was broken by
    Ram.
    The chance was missed by
    you.

    Past Verb form: was/were Verb form: was/were +


    continuous + -ing form of the being + past participle
    tense verb form of the verb

    Examples Examples
    I was learning my My lessons were being
    lessons. learnt by me.
    She was writing a A report was being
    report. written by her.
    They were making Toys were being made by
    toys. them.

    Past perfect Verb form: had + Verb form: had + been +


    tense past participle form past participle form of the
    of the verb verb

    Examples Examples:
    I had finished the The project had been
    project. finished by me.
    She had learned her Her lessons had been
    lessons. learned by her.
    Simple Verb form: will/shall Verb form: will/shall + be
    future tense + first form of the + past participle form of
    verb the verb

    Examples Examples:
    I will finish the job. The job will be finished by
    She will solve the me.
    problem. The problem will be
    solved by her.

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    Active and passive voice: overview chart

    Future Verb form: will/shall Verb form: will/shall +


    perfect + have + past have + been + past
    participle form of the participle form of the verb
    verb
    Examples
    Examples The job will have been
    I will have finished finished by me.
    the job. The problem will have
    She will have solved been solved by her.
    the problem.

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