Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Examples of Passive
Tense
Simple Present
Simple Past
Present Perfect
Subject
Active:
Passive:
Active:
Passive:
Active:
Passive:
Active:
Future I
Passive:
Verb
Rita
Object
writes
a letter.
is written
by Rita.
wrote
a letter.
A letter
was written
by Rita.
Rita
has written
a letter.
by Rita.
will write
a letter.
will be written
by Rita.
A letter
Rita
A letter
Rita
A letter
Examples of Passive
Tense
Subject
Active:
Rita
A letter
Active:
Rita
Past Continuous
Past Perfect
Passive
:
Active:
A letter
Rita
Verb
Object
is writing
a letter.
is being written
by Rita.
was writing
a letter.
by Rita.
had written
a letter.
Future II
Conditional I
Conditional II
Passive
:
A letter
by Rita.
Active:
Rita
a letter.
Passive
:
A letter
Active:
Rita
Passive
:
A letter
Active:
Rita
Passive
:
a letter.
would be written
by Rita.
a letter.
Rita
Verb
Object 1
Object 2
wrote
a letter
to me.
Passive:
A letter
was written
to me
by Rita.
Passive:
was written
a letter
by Rita.
As you can see in the examples, adding by Rita does not sound very elegant.
Thats why it is usually dropped.