Passive Voice—Other Tenses & » CENGAGE «© Learning Ka Examples: Cia Using the My car was damaged. Use the passive voice when passive voice | It has been towe * the person performing the {im hoping that it willbe repaired by tomorrow aftemoon, action is unknown, unimportant, I's boing examined by a mechanic now. or obvious Photographs were being taken, too. + you don't want to name the person performing the action + you wish to emphasize the topic or object rather than the person performing the action Forming the | Subject/Topic + form of be + past participle (+ by phrase + person(s) | To form the passive voice: basic passive | performing the action) ‘+ move the object or topic to the voice subject position + change the verb toa form of bbe + past participle + move the subjectipertormer (if known or if you want it to be known) to a by phrase Using the My car was damaged. ~> simple past ‘The passive voice can be used in passive voice | Ithas bean towed. — prasent perfect any tense, Simply choose the indifferent | Tm hoping that it willbe repaired by tomorrow afternoon. — future tense you would use for that tenses I's being examined by a mechanic now. ~+ present continuous situation, Use the same tense Photographs were being taken, too. -> past continuous ‘when you change an active sentence to passive. Compare: Active Passive ‘Someone damaged my car. + My car was damaged, ‘Someone has towed my csr. + My car has been towed ‘Someone will epair my car. + My car will be repaired, ‘Someone is examining my car. My caris being examined. ‘Someone was taking photographs. —. Photographs were being taken. Using get | Someone will get hurt. ‘Someone will be hurt. ‘You can sometimes use the vero Instead of be {get instead of be. There can be a with the: rm gatting driven to work, I'm being driven to work subtle difference in meaning. passive voice Grammar Café Copyright © Cengage Learning Not reproducible without written permission of publisher