منتديات المُنى والأرب

PASSIVE FORM OF VERBS

The passive form of verbs is formed of BE + the past participle,
(example : English is spoken here)

◊ We use the active form of a verb to say what a subject does.
Example : The chef cooks food every day.

◊ We use the passive form to say what happens to the subject.
Example : Food is cooked every day.

◊ The subject of a passive verb corresponds to the object of an active verb.
*Food is cooked every day. (Passive)
*The chef cooks food every day. (Active)

◊ We use the passive form of a verb when it is not important who does the action,
or when we don't know who does it.

*The letter was delivered at 9 a.m.
(The identity of the person who delivered the letter is unknown or unimportant.)

If we want to say who does the action, we use 'by' :
*The letter was delivered by the postman.

VERB: ACTIVE & PASSIVE

Infinitive:
To cook
To be cooked

Present Simple :

I cook food in the kitchen.
Food is cooked in the kitchen.

Present Continuous :

I am cooking food in the kitchen.
Food is being cooked in the kitchen.

Present Perfect :

I have cooked food in the kitchen.
Food has been cooked in the kitchen.

Past Simple :

I cooked food in the kitchen yesterday.
Food was cooked in the kitchen yesterday.

Past Continuous :

I was cooking food in the kitchen.
Food was being cooked in the kitchen.

Past Perfect :

I had cooked food in the kitchen.
Food had been cooked in the kitchen.

Future Simple :

I will cook food in the kitchen.
Food will be cooked in the kitchen.

Future Perfect :

I will have cooked food in the kitchen.
Food will have been cooked in the kitchen.