Passive voice, sentences
- Passive - Explanations
- Summary
- Active - Passive (Sample word)
- Active - Passive (Sample sentence)
- by-agent
- Active sentence - Passive sentence (two objects)
- Verbs with prepositions in Passive
- Personal Passive - Impersonal Passive
- Exercises - Passive voice
Here you will find some examples of how to form the passive depending on the tense.
| tense |
active |
passive |
| Simple Present |
Peter builds a house. |
A house is built by Peter. |
| Simple Past |
Peter built a house. |
A house was built by Peter. |
| Present Perfect |
Peter has built a house. |
A house has been built by Peter. |
| Past Perfect |
Peter had built a house. |
A house had been built by Peter. |
| will-future |
Peter will build a house. |
A house will be built by Peter. |
| going to-future |
Peter is going to build a house in summer. |
A house is going to be built in summer by Peter. |
