English

Active and Passive Form

Sentences can be active or passive. Therefore, tenses also have “active” and passive. You must recognize the difference to successfully spesk English.

Active Form

In active sentence, the thing doing the action is the subject of the sentence and thing receiving  the action is the object. Most sentences are active

Passive Form

In passive sentence, the thing receiving the action is the subject of the sentence and the thing doing the action is optionally included near  the end of the sentence.  You can use the passiveform if you think that the thing receiving the action is more important or should be emphasized. You can also use the passive form if you do not know who is doing the action or if you do not want to mention who is doing the action.

Tense		Subject	Verb	Object
Simple Present	Active:	Rita	writes	a letter
	Passive:	A letter	is written	by Rita
Present Continous	Active:	Sarah	is writing	a letter
	Passive:	The letter	is being written	by letter
Present Perfect	Active:	Rita	has written	A letter
	Passive:	A letter	has been written	by rita
Past	Active:	Rita	wrote	a  leteer
	Passive:	A letter	was written	by Rita
Past Perfect	Active:	Rita	had written	a letter
	Passive:	A letter	had been written	by rita
Past Continous	Active:	Rita	was writing	a letter
	Passive:	A letter	was being written	by rita