Passive voice: a table of education in different aspects and times

Usually the subject is the performer of the action described by the predicate. However, sometimes we talk about something that happens over the main character. In this case, he ceases to be an actor and passively takes action.

Passive voice (grammar): education table

In Russian, such a construction is called a passive voice. In English it's passive voice. The table below shows how it is formed in different aspects. The general formula for making a pledge contains the corresponding form of the verb-bundle to be, which requires the participation of past tense.

The main difference in the structure of education is associated with the diversity of the verb to be. This, in turn, depends on the specific aspect and time of the sentence in the passive voice (the table below, in the left column indicates the aspects, and in the top line - the times). The last column is entitled Future In The Past, which means "the future in the past." However, this time is often not taken into account as a proper temporary construction and is called conditional sentences, since it reports hypothetical actions that are translated into Russian normally using the particle "would". The past participle was shortened to the letter "p".

As we see, in all four aspects: an indefinite, lasting, completed and completed lasting - the passive voice can take place.

The table also gives two possible forms of the verb to be in the past, the future and the future in the past tense, which are used in accordance with the person. Was - the only number of the first and third person, were - the plural and the only number of the second person; Shall - the singular and plural of the first person, will - the singular and plural of the second and third person; Should - similarly shall, would - similarly will.

Notice that in the future tense for the first person singular is the shall. Nevertheless, in modern English, instead of shall, there is almost always a will, and there is also a tendency to replace should with.

The continuing aspect

Let us consider in more detail the continuing aspect. Here the passive voice (the table, examples above and below in the text) is formed by the form of the auxiliary verb to be, followed by the being and past participle of the main verb.

Jobs are still being lost. / The works were still moving with the schedule.

It was being done without his knowledge. / This was done without using his skills.

With modal verbs

In the position directly behind the modal verb, the verb-bundle to be is used in the basic form, accompanied by the participle of the past tense.

What can be done? / What can be done?

We wont be beaten. / We do not want to be beaten.

In the past time

In the case of past tense, the modal verbs are used in conjunction with have been.

He may have been given the car. / They could give him a car.

He could not have been told by Jimmy. / He could not be revealed by Jimmy's words.

Passive-infinitive

To form the passive voice, the infinitive uses the verb to be or to have been, followed by the main verb in the past participle.

He wanted to be forgiven. He wanted to be forgiven.

The report states that the car was stolen.

Informal passive

In informal English, in passive voice, it is sometimes more natural to get instead of to be.

Our car gets cleaned every weekend. / Our car goes to the sink every weekend.

He got killed in a plane crash. / He crashed in a plane crash.

Thus, with passive voice, modal verbs can also be used in the infinitive. The table shows that in the temporal aspect constructs the verb to be can have different forms, depending on the subject. However, the passive infinitive and similar structures with modal verbs do not carry signs of a person.