Active And Pasive

ACTIVE AND PASSIVE

	Active	Pasive
Simple Present	S + V (S/es) + O	S + to be + V3 + BY + O (she, he, it = is) (I = am) (they, we, you = are)
Simple Past	S + V2 + O	S + to be + V3 + BY + O (she, he, it, I = was) (they, we, you = were)
Simple Future	S + will + v1 + O	S + will + be + v3 + by + o
Present Continous	S + tobe + ving + o	S + to be + being + v3 + by + o
Past Continous	S + tobe (was / were) + ving + o	S + to be (was / were) + being  + v3 + by + o
Future Continous	S + will + be + ving + o	There are some tenses and conditions that don’t have pasive form present continous, past perfect continous, future continous, future perfect continous, and sentences that have intransitive verbs
Present Perfect	S + has / have + v3 + o	S + has / have + been + v3 + by + o (she, he, it = has) (they, we, I, you = have)
Past Perfect	S + had + v3 + o	S + had + been + v3 + by + o
Future perfect	S + will + have + v3 + o	S + will + have + been + v3 + by + o

Exercise

1.      Pasive            :  Once a month, conte bring the team to the beach.

Active            :  Once a month, the team is brought to the beach by conte.

Simple present

2.      Pasive            :  Ali is writting a letter right now.

Active            :  The letter is being written by Ali now.

Present continous

3.      Pasive            :  Gio repaired the computer which is located in the living room.

Active            :  The computer which is located in the living room was repaired by Gio.

Simple past

4.      Pasive            :  The salesman was helping the costumer when the thief came into the store.

Active            :  The Customer was being helped by the salesman when the thief came into the store.

Past continous

5.      Pasive            :  Many basketball players have trained that kind of dribble style.

Active            :  That kind of dribble style have been trained by many basketball players.

Present perfect

6.      Pasive            :   Otong and vicky had repaired many cars before they received their mechanic license.

Active            :  Many cars had been repaired by otong and vicky before they received their mechanic.

Past perfect

7.      Pasive            :  Chef ferara will finish the dish by 05.00 PM.

Active            :  The dish will be finished by chef Ferara by 05.00 PM.

Simple future

8.      Pasive            :  Burgerkill will be performing a song entitled “tiga titik hitam” on the stage at 08.00 PM.

Active            :  A song entitled will be performed by Burgerkill on the stage at 08.00 PM.

Future continous

9.      Pasive            :  They will have completed the project before the deadline.

Active            :  The project will have been completed by them before the deadline.

Future perfect

10. Pasive            :  The lead guitarist of flashgod apocalypse smashed his guitar in their last concert.

Active            :  The guitar was smashed by the lead guitarist of flashgod apoccalypse in their last concert.

Simple past

Exercises

EXERCISES

Complete each sentence with one of these verbs :

1. He tried to avoid answering my question.
2. Could you please stop making so much noise?
3. I enjoy listening to music. 
4. I considered applying for the job but in the end I decided against it.
5. Have you finished washing your hair yet? 
6. If you walk into the road without looking, you risk to be knocked down.
7. Jim is 65 but he isn’t going to retire yet. He wants to carry on working.
8. I don’t mind you using the phone as long as you pay for all your calls.
9. Hello! Fancy seeing you here! What a surprise! 
10. I've put off writing the letter so many times. I really must do it today.
11. What a stupid thing to do! Can you imagine anybody being so stupid?
12. Sarah gave up trying to find a job in this country and decided to go abroad.

Complete the sentences so that they mean the same as the first sentence. Use –ing.

1.  can do what I want and you can’t stop me. You can’t stop me doing what I want.   
2.  It’s not a good idea to travel during the rush hour. It’s better to avoid driving in rush hours    
3. Shall we go away tomorrow instead of today? Shall we postpone going today until tomorrow 
4. The driver of the car said it was true that he didn’t have a licence. The driver of the car admitted saying that he didn’t have a licence. 
5.  Could you turn the radio down, please? Would you mind turning down the radio please?
6. Please don’t interrupt me all the time. Would you mind stop interrupting me all the time.

Complete each sentence with a suitable verb.

1. Don’t forget to post the letter I gave you 
2. There was a lot of traffic but we managed to get to the airport in time.
3. Jill has decided not to drive a car 
4.  We’ve got a new computer in our office. I haven’t learnt to operate it yet
5. I wonder where sue is. She promised not to be late.
6. We were all to afraid to speak. Nobody dared to speak anything.

Put the verb into the correct form, to... or –ing. (See Unit 52 for verb + -ing.)

1.        When I’m tired, I enjoy watching television. It’s relaxing. (watch)

2.        It was a nice day , so we decided to go for a walk.(go) 

3.        it’s a nice day. Does anyone fancy going for a walk? (go)

4.        I’m not in a hurry. I don’t mind to wait. (wait) 

5.        They don’t have much money. They cant afford going out very often. (go) 

6.        I wish that dog would stop barking its driving me mad. (bark)

7.        Our neighbor threatened to call the police if we didn’t stop the noise. (call) 

8.        We were hungry, so I suggested to have dinner early. (have)

9.        Hurry up ! I don’t want to risk missing the train. (miss)

10.     Im still lookingfor a job but I hope to find something soon. (find)