Past simple passive voice. There are several reasons why we use the passive voice in English. In these notes, we are going to focus on the past simple in the passive voice. Generally, we use the passive voice when the focus is on the action and NOT on WHO or WHAT is performing the action. Past simple passive voice construction: was/were + past
The passive voice is not a tense itself. But for transitive verbs each tense, as well as other verb forms such as infinitives and participles, can be produced in the passive voice. Some of the more complicated tenses (mostly perfect continuous) are rarely used in the passive, but they are possible. Here are some examples of the passive voice
A passive voice construction is a grammatical voice construction that is found in many languages. In a clause with passive voice, the grammatical subject expresses the theme or patient of the main verb - that is, the person or thing that undergoes the action or has its state changed. This contrasts with active voice, in which the subject has the agent role.
Active Voice Passive Voice: 1. The patient will have taken medicine. Medicine will have been taken by the patient. 2. We shall have done home-task. Our home -task will have been done by us. 3. He will not have abused me. I shall not have been abused by him.
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past continuous tense into passive voice