THE PASSIVE VOICE

THE PASSIVE VOICE

PASSIVE TENSES AND ACTIVE EQUIVALENTS

Notice that the tense of the verb to be in the passive voice is the same as the tense of the main verb in the active voice.

Example: to keep

TENSE / VERB FORM
ACTIVE VOICE
PASSIVE VOICE

Simple present
keeps
is kept

Present continuous
is keeping
is being kept

Simple past
kept
was kept

Past continuous
was keeping
was being kept

Present perfect
have kept
have been kept

Past perfect
had kept
had been kept

future
will keep
will be kept

Conditional present
would keep
would be kept

Conditional past
would have kept
would have been kept

present infinitive
to keep
to be kept

perfect infinitive
to have kept
to have been kept

present participle/gerund
keeping
being kept

perfect participle
having kept
having been kept