Passive sentences in English
How to use the Passive in various tenses
Here you will find some examples of how to form the passive depending on the tense.
Tense | Active | Passive |
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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. |