Passive Voices
Simple Present :
Active : Mary helps john
Passive : john is helped by Mary
Present Continuous:
Active : Mary is helping john
Passive : john is being helped by Mary
Present Perfect:
Active : Mary has helped john
Passive : john has been helped by Mary
Simple Past:
Active : Mary helped john
Passive : john was helped by Mary
Past continuous:
Active : Mary was helping john
Passive : john was being helped by Mary
Past Perfect:
Active : Mary had helped john
Passive : john had been helped by Mary
Simple Future:
Active : Mary will help john
Passive : john will be helped by Mary
Be going to:
Active : Mary is going to help john
Passive : john is going to be helped by Mary
Future Perfect:
Active : Mary will have helped john
Passive : john will have been helped Mary
Note: The continuous forms of the present perfect , past perfect , future and future perfect are very rarely used in the passive.
Active :Etken (İşin özne tarafından yapıldığı belliyse) Passive:Edilgen (İşin özne tarafından yapıldığı belli değilse)
Verbs that can be used in the passive :
1.Most transitive verbs can be used in the passive. A transitive verb is a verb which has an object.
The police
caught
the thief
S
V
O
The thief was caught by police
2. Intransitive verbs cannot be used in the passive . An intransitive verb is a verb which does not have an object.
Rodney fell and hurt his leg.
Passive constructions with the infinitive:
Doğru olup olmadığını bilmediğimiz bir bilgi aktar mak istediğimizde veya bu bilginin kaynağını vermek istemediğimizde passive yapıyı şu fiillerle kullanırız :
think ,believe , report , consider , know , say , expect , + infinitive.
1. Bilgi şu anki bir durumla ilgiliyse :
passive + infini tive.
örn: The queen is believed to be one of the richest people in the world.
örn: Mr Smit is thought to be staying with friends
2. Bilgi geçmişteki bir durumla ilgiliyse:
passive + the past infinitive ( to have + past particip le )
örn: Cher is said to have had a face lift.
NOT: The passive of doing = being done ,
seeing = being seen.
Örnekler:
Active: I don't like people telling me what to do
Passive: I don't like being told what to do
Active: Mr Miller hates people keeping him waiting
Passive:Mr miller hates being kept waiting
ACTIVE MODAL
Bob will mail it
it will be mailed by bob
Bob can mail it
it can be mailed by bob
Bob should mail it
it should be mailed by bob
Bob ought to mail it
it ought to be mailed by bob
Bob must mail it
it must be mailed by bob
Bob has to mail it
it has to be mailed by bob
Bob may mail it
it may be mailed by bob
Bob might mail it
it might be mailed by bob
PASSIVE MODAL
it will be mailed by bob
it can be mailed by bob
it should be mailed by bob
it ought to be mailed by bob
it must be mailed by bob
it has to be mailed by bob
it may be mailed by bob
it might be mailed by bob
Simple Present :
Active : Mary helps john
Passive : john is helped by Mary
Present Continuous:
Active : Mary is helping john
Passive : john is being helped by Mary
Present Perfect:
Active : Mary has helped john
Passive : john has been helped by Mary
Simple Past:
Active : Mary helped john
Passive : john was helped by Mary
Past continuous:
Active : Mary was helping john
Passive : john was being helped by Mary
Past Perfect:
Active : Mary had helped john
Passive : john had been helped by Mary
Simple Future:
Active : Mary will help john
Passive : john will be helped by Mary
Be going to:
Active : Mary is going to help john
Passive : john is going to be helped by Mary
Future Perfect:
Active : Mary will have helped john
Passive : john will have been helped Mary
Note: The continuous forms of the present perfect , past perfect , future and future perfect are very rarely used in the passive.
Active :Etken (İşin özne tarafından yapıldığı belliyse) Passive:Edilgen (İşin özne tarafından yapıldığı belli değilse)
Verbs that can be used in the passive :
1.Most transitive verbs can be used in the passive. A transitive verb is a verb which has an object.
The police
caught
the thief
S
V
O
The thief was caught by police
2. Intransitive verbs cannot be used in the passive . An intransitive verb is a verb which does not have an object.
Rodney fell and hurt his leg.
Passive constructions with the infinitive:
Doğru olup olmadığını bilmediğimiz bir bilgi aktar mak istediğimizde veya bu bilginin kaynağını vermek istemediğimizde passive yapıyı şu fiillerle kullanırız :
think ,believe , report , consider , know , say , expect , + infinitive.
1. Bilgi şu anki bir durumla ilgiliyse :
passive + infini tive.
örn: The queen is believed to be one of the richest people in the world.
örn: Mr Smit is thought to be staying with friends
2. Bilgi geçmişteki bir durumla ilgiliyse:
passive + the past infinitive ( to have + past particip le )
örn: Cher is said to have had a face lift.
NOT: The passive of doing = being done ,
seeing = being seen.
Örnekler:
Active: I don't like people telling me what to do
Passive: I don't like being told what to do
Active: Mr Miller hates people keeping him waiting
Passive:Mr miller hates being kept waiting
ACTIVE MODAL
Bob will mail it
it will be mailed by bob
Bob can mail it
it can be mailed by bob
Bob should mail it
it should be mailed by bob
Bob ought to mail it
it ought to be mailed by bob
Bob must mail it
it must be mailed by bob
Bob has to mail it
it has to be mailed by bob
Bob may mail it
it may be mailed by bob
Bob might mail it
it might be mailed by bob
PASSIVE MODAL
it will be mailed by bob
it can be mailed by bob
it should be mailed by bob
it ought to be mailed by bob
it must be mailed by bob
it has to be mailed by bob
it may be mailed by bob
it might be mailed by bob