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Passive Voice Note

The document contains three tables that show how sentences can be changed from active to passive voice across different tenses in English. Table 1 shows simple tenses, Table 2 shows progressive and perfect tenses, and Table 3 shows an example sentence with two objects that can be changed to passive voice. By changing the subject and verb order and adding "by" plus the original subject, any active sentence can be changed to passive voice.

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Passive Voice Note

The document contains three tables that show how sentences can be changed from active to passive voice across different tenses in English. Table 1 shows simple tenses, Table 2 shows progressive and perfect tenses, and Table 3 shows an example sentence with two objects that can be changed to passive voice. By changing the subject and verb order and adding "by" plus the original subject, any active sentence can be changed to passive voice.

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PASSIVE VOICE

TABLE 1
Tense Subject Verb Object
Simple Present
Active: Rita writes a letter.
Passive: A letter is written by Rita.
Simple Past
Active: Rita wrote a letter.
Passive: A letter was written by Rita.
Present Perfect
Active: Rita has written a letter.
Passive: A letter has been written by Rita.
Future I
Active: Rita will write a letter.
Passive: A letter will be written by Rita.
Auxiliary
Active: Rita can write a letter.
Passive: A letter can be written by Rita.

TABLE 2
Tense Subject Verb Object
Present Progressive Active: Rita is writing a letter.
Passive: A letter is being written by Rita.
Past Progressive Active: Rita was writing a letter.
Passive: A letter was being written by Rita.
Past Perfect Active: Rita had written a letter.
Passive: A letter had been written by Rita.
Future II Active: Rita will have written a letter.
Passive: A letter will have been written by Rita.
Conditional I Active: Rita would write a letter.
Passive: A letter would be written by Rita.
Conditional II Active: Rita would have written a letter.
Passive: A letter would have been written by Rita.

TABLE 3
Subject Verb Object 1 Object 2
Active: Rita wrote a letter to me.
Passive: A letter was written to me by Rita.
Passive: I was written a letter by Rita.

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