English Verb Tenses: Active and Passive Voice Forms

English Verb Tenses: Active vs. Passive

Present Simple

• Active: cleans
• Passive: is cleaned

Present Continuous

• Active: is writing
• Passive: is being written

Simple Past

• Active: repaired
• Passive: was repaired

Past Continuous

• Active: was helping
• Passive: was being helped

Present Perfect

• Active: have visited
• Passive: has been visited

Present Perfect Continuous

• Active: have been doing
• Passive: has been being done

Past Perfect

• Active: had repaired
• Passive: had been repaired

Past Perfect Continuous

• Active: had been preparing
• Passive: had been being prepared

Simple Future (Will)

• Active: will finish
• Passive: will be finished

Simple Future (Be Going To)

• Active: is going to make
• Passive: is going to be made

Future Continuous (Will)

• Active: will be washing
• Passive: will be being washed

Future Continuous (Be Going To)

• Active: is going to be washing
• Passive: is going to be being washed

Future Perfect (Will)

• Active: will have completed
• Passive: will have been completed

Future Perfect (Be Going To)

• Active: are going to have completed
• Passive: is going to have been completed

Future Perfect Continuous (Will)

• Active: will have been painting
• Passive: will have been being painted

Future Perfect Continuous (Be Going To)

• Active: is going to have been painting
• Passive: is going to have been being painted

Other Structures: Active vs. Passive

Used To

• Active: used to pay
• Passive: used to be paid

Would Always

• Active: would always make
• Passive: would always be made

Future in the Past (Would)

• Active: would finish
• Passive: would be finished

Future in the Past (Was Going To)

• Active: was going to make
• Passive: was going to be made

Conditional Sentences

First Conditional

Structure: If + Present Simple, ... will/won't + base verb

Second Conditional

Structure: If + Past Simple, ... would/wouldn't + base verb

Third Conditional

Structure: If + Past Perfect (had + past participle), ... would/wouldn't + have + past participle

Example: You wouldn't have failed if you had studied more.