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FORM: Examples
• Present Simple Present Simple
She writes a letter A letter is written (by her)
• Present Continuous
She is writing a letter A letter is being written.
• Present Perfect Simple
She has written a letter A letter has been written
• Past Simple
She wrote a letter A letter was written
• Past Continuous
She was writing a letter A letter was being written
• Past Perfect Simple
She had written a letter A letter had been written
• Future Simple
She will write a letter A letter will be written
• Future Perfect Simple
She will have written a letter A letter will have been written
• Be going to
She is going to wrote a letter A letter is going to be written
• Modals / semi-modals
She has to / can write a letter A letter has to / can be written
Structure
• Active Voice:
• Passive Voice:
• We don’t know who / what performed the action or we don’t want to say it.
The window was broken (Han roto la ventana; we don’t know who broke
the window)
• In formal speech.
It has been decided that no cell phones should be used (Se ha decidido
que no se podrán usar teléfonos móviles).
SPECIAL CASES
• Passive infinitive modal verb + BE + past participle
The job must be finished