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  My son was bitten by a snake

               Passive Voice in tenses


                        Tenses                       Active voice                      Passive voice



                    Simple present                  S + verb 1 + O                     S + to be + V 3



                   Present continuous          S + to be + verb + ing + O           S + to be [being] + V 3



                    Present perfect                S + have + verb 2                 S + was/were + V 3


                      Simple past                   S + verb 2 + O                   S + was/were + V 3



                    Past continuous            S + was/were + V ing + O           S + was/were[being] + V 3



                      Past  perfect                  S + had + V 2                   S + had been + V 3


                     Simple future              S + shall/will +verb + O              S + will be + V 3



                   Future continuous          S + shall/will + be +V ing +O        S + will be + being + V 3



                     Future perfect            S + shall/will +have verb 2        S + will +have been + V 3





                     Tenses                   Active voice                          Passive voice



                  Simple present          John paints the house              The house is painted by John


                Present continuous      John is painting the house        The house is being  painted by John



                 Present perfect        Dewi has typed the letters       The letters have been typed by Dewi



                   Simple past       John painted the house yesterday   The house was painted by John yesterday
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