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Topic Summary - Passive Voice

INTRODUCTION TO PASSIVE VOICE
When an active sentence is transformed into a passive one, the object of the active sentence becomes the subject of the passive
sentence. In an active sentence, the performer of the action is emphasized, whereas, in a passive sentence, the one affected by the
action is emphasized rather than the object. The passive voice, which is frequently used, especially in academic writings and scientific
articles, is a structure that we often encounter in YDT and similar exams.
CORE INFORMATION
1. Structure of Passive Voice

Tense Active Passive

The governor rules the city in the The city is ruled by the governor in
Present Simple
name of the king. the name of the king.
The governor is ruling the city in the The city is being ruled by the
Present Continuous
name of the king. governor in the name of the king.

The governor has ruled the city in The city has been ruled by the
Present Perfect
the name of the king. governor in the name of the king.

The governor has been ruling the
Present Perfect Continuous -
city in the name of the king.
The governor ruled the city in the The city was ruled by the governor
Past Simple
name of the king. in the name of the king.

The governor was ruling the city in The city was being ruled by the
Past Continuous
the name of the king. governor in the name of the king.

The governor had ruled the city in The city had been ruled by the
Past Perfect
the name of the king. governor in the name of the king.
The governor had been ruling the
Past Perfect Continuous -
city in the name of the king.

a) The city will be ruled by the
Future Simple a) The governor will rule the city in governor in the name of the king.
a) will the name of the king. b) The city is going to be ruled by
b) The governor is going to rule the
b) be going to the governor in the name of the
city in the name of the king.
king.

The governor will be ruling the city
Future Continuous -
in the name of the king

The governor will have ruled the The city will have been ruled by the
Future Perfect
city in the name of the king governor in the name of the king.

The governor will have been ruling
Future Perfect Continuous -
the city in the name of the king.

Modals (can, may, should, The governor should rule the city in The city should be ruled by the
could etc.) the name of the king. governor in the name of the king.

The city should have been ruled
Past Modals (could, should, The governor should have ruled the
must, might etc. Have +V ) city in the name of the king. by the governor in the name of the
3 king.

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