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ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE VERB TENSES

Tenses Tense Uses Active Voice Passive Voice Examples

Forms Forms
Simple Present * present fact verb + 0/s am/is/are A: He drives that car.
* present habit/repeated activity + past participle P: That car is driven by him.

Present * present activity am/is/are am/is/are + being A: He is driving that car.

Progressive NOT used with non-action verbs + present participle + past participle P: That car is being driven by him.
Present Perfect * past --> present fact have/has have/has + been A: He has driven that car.
* recent past fact (no specific time) + past participle + past participle P: That car has been driven by him.
* repeated past fact (may repeat)
Present Perfect * past --> present activity have/has been x A: He has been driving that car.
Progressive NOT used with non-action verbs + present participle P: x

Simple Past * past fact (no time) verb + ed (regular) was/were A: He drove that car.
* past fact (specific time) + past participle P: That car is driven by him.
* repeated past fact (cant repeat)

Past * past activity was/were was/were + being A: He was driving that car.
Progressive NOT used with non-action verbs + present participle + past participle P: That car was being driven by him.
Past Perfect * 1st past fact had had + been A: He had driven that car.
2+ facts NOT in sequence + past participle + past participle P: That car had been driven by him.
Past Perfect * 1st past activity had been x A: He had been driving that car.
Progressive 2+ activities NOT in sequence + present participle P: x
NOT used with non-action verbs

Simple Future * future fact will will + be A: He will drive that car.
(will) * willingness + base verb + past participle P: That car will be driven by him.
Simple Future * future fact am/is/are going to am/is/are going to + be A: He is going to drive that car.
(be going to) * future plan + base verb + past participle P: That car is going to be driven by him.
Future * future activity will be x A: He will be driving that car.
Progressive NOT used with non-action verbs + present participle A: He is going to be driving that car.
P: x
is going to be
+ present participle
Future Perfect * past/present --> future fact will have will + have been A: He will have driven that car.
+ past participle + past participle A: He is going to have driven that car.
P: That car will have been driven by
is going to have him.
+ past participle
Future Perfect * past/present --> future activity will have been x A: He will have been driving that car.
Progressive NOT used with non-action verbs + present participle P: x

Active and Passive Voice Verb Tense Chart

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AzarGrammar.com Teacher-Created Worksheets Understanding & Using English Grammar 4e: Ch. 11

ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE MODALS

Tenses Active Voice Passive Voice Examples

Forms Forms
Simple Present/Future modal modal + be A: He should drive that car.
+ base verb + past participle P: That car should be driven by him.
Progressive Present/Future modal + be x A: He should be driving that car.
+ present participle P: x

Simple Past modal + have modal + have been A: He should have driven that car.
+ past participle + past participle P: That car should have been driven by him.
Progressive Past modal + have been x A: He should have been driving that car.
+ present participle P: x

Active and Passive Voice Verb Tense Chart

Contributed by Patricia Polko, Pontifical College Josephinum Page 2 of 2