Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Passive voice question
does anyone know anything about passive voice? i just have a quick question if anyone knows it...
I can’t figure out how to switch active voice to passive, without changing the tense.
For example, present simple tense, “paints” is active, and “is painted” is passive.
In past simple, “painted” is active, and “was painted” is passive.
In both of these cases, the tense remains the same.
What about present continuous (active) “is painting”, what would be the passive?
or for example Past continuous (active) “was painting”, what would be passive?
Present perfect (active) “has painted”, passive? and how do figure out how to do it myself? even when i'm looking at the answer, im not sure i understand this principle...
I can’t figure out how to switch active voice to passive, without changing the tense.
For example, present simple tense, “paints” is active, and “is painted” is passive.
In past simple, “painted” is active, and “was painted” is passive.
In both of these cases, the tense remains the same.
What about present continuous (active) “is painting”, what would be the passive?
or for example Past continuous (active) “was painting”, what would be passive?
Present perfect (active) “has painted”, passive? and how do figure out how to do it myself? even when i'm looking at the answer, im not sure i understand this principle...
Top answer
The passive for " is painting " would be " is being painted ". The passive for " was painting" would be " was being painted". The passive for "has painted " would be " has been painted".
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The passive for " is painting " would be " is being painted ".
The passive for " was painting" would be " was being painted".
The passive for "has painted " would be " has been painted".
The passive for " was painting" would be " was being painted".
The passive for "has painted " would be " has been painted".
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thank you))) actually with the answers, now i think i do understand. thank you for the help!!
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"is painting" to" is being painted","was painting " to "was being painted" & "has painted" to "has been painted"
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