1. PASSIVES

2. Everybody drinks Coca-Cola everywhere
Coca-Cola is drunk by everybody everywhere
Gods Must be Crazy

4. Verb TO BE + past participle
PASSIVES
The passive form is used with :
Verb TO BE + past participle
Regular verbs : infinitive+ed
Past Participle :
Irregular verbs : see the list (3rd column)

5. TENSE STRUCTURE EXAMPLE: English is spoken here PASSIVES
Simple Present
am/ is/are + past participle
EXAMPLE:
English is spoken here

6. Excuse the mess, the house is being painted
PASSIVES
TENSE
STRUCTURE
Present Continuous
am/ is/are being + past participle
EXAMPLE:
Excuse the mess, the house is being painted

7. I wasn’t invited, but I went
PASSIVES
TENSE
STRUCTURE
Simple Past
was / were + past participle
EXAMPLE:
I wasn’t invited, but I went

8. I thought I was being watched
PASSIVES
TENSE
STRUCTURE
Past Continuous
was / were being + past participle
EXAMPLE:
I thought I was being watched

9. TENSE STRUCTURE EXAMPLE: Has Mary been told? PASSIVES Present Perfect
have / has been + past participle
EXAMPLE:
Has Mary been told?

10. I knew I had been forgotten
PASSIVES
TENSE
STRUCTURE
Past Perfect
had been + past participle
EXAMPLE:
I knew I had been forgotten

11. TENSE STRUCTURE EXAMPLE: You will be told soon. PASSIVES Future (will)
will be + past participle
EXAMPLE:
You will be told soon.

12. Who is going to be invited?
PASSIVES
TENSE
STRUCTURE
Future (going to)
am / are / is going to be + past participle
EXAMPLE:
Who is going to be invited?

13. The ________________________ corresponds to the
PASSIVES
The ________________________ corresponds to the
______________________
subject of a passive verb
object of an active verb
Passive:
This house was built in 1486
Active:
They built this house in 1486

14. Tenses
Active
Passive
… speaks
Present Simple
… is spoken
… spoke
Past Simple
… was spoken
… is speaking
Present Continuous
… is being spoken
… was speaking
Past Continuous
… was being spoken
… has spoken
Present Perfect
… has been spoken
… will speak
Future Simple
… will be spoken