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CAEN Passive
3
Simple Tenses
& Auxiliaries
Present Simple
am/are/is + past participle
infinitive (s)he/it + s
I open the door. > The door is opened (by me).
Past Simple
was/were + past participle
infinitive + ed
Continuous Tenses
I opened the door.
> The door was opened (by me).
auxiliaries
auxiliary + be + past participle
will, should, could etc.
I will open the door.
> The door will be opened (by me).
Present continuous
am/are/is + being + past participle
am / are + verb+ing
They are painting the school
> The school is being painted (by them).
Past continuous
was/were + being + past participle
was / were + verb+ing
They were painting the school
> The school was being painted (by them).
Active Passive
Steps:
1. move the direct opject (what) to the front
2. identify the verb tense
3. change the tense and possibly add an agent
(note: to be + past participle!)
Perfect Tenses
Passive
Present Perfect
has / have +past part..
have/has been + past participle
Past Perfect
I have opened the door.
> The door has been opened (by me).
had + past part.
had been + past participle
Wat is belangrijker dan wie!
I had opened the door.
> The door had been opened (by me).
The mechanic could not fix my car.
More important!
Moved to front
of the sentence
My car could not be fixed (by the mechanic).
Active Passive
How do you create a passive?
form of to be + past participle
Note! All tenses can be turned into a passive!
Summary
In short:
conjugate
to be
+ add a past participle
Important: check the verb tense of the original sentence!