Passive Voice and Reported Speech Verb Tense Changes

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Passive Voice and Reported Speech

Active Voice and Reported Speech

  • Present Simple: make → recycle (he said)
  • Present Continuous: are making → am volunteering (he said)
  • Present Perfect Simple: have made → have given (she said)
  • Past Simple: made
  • Present Perfect Continuous: have been cooking (he said)
  • Past Continuous: were making
  • Past Perfect Simple: had made → planted (he said)
  • Will: will make → were swimming (past continuous)
  • Be Going To: are going to make
  • Modal Verbs: can, must, should (can make) → Future Simple: will join

Passive Voice and Reported Speech

  • Are made: Past Simple: he recycled
  • Are being made: Past Continuous: he was recycling
  • Have been made: Past Perfect Simple: she had given
  • Were made: Past Perfect Continuous: he had been cooking
  • Were being made: Past Perfect Simple: had planted (the day before)
  • Had been made: Past Perfect Continuous: they had been swimming
  • Will be made: would + verb (infinitive): he would join (the week after)
  • Can be made: are going to be

Time Expressions

  • Direct Speech: now, today, tonight
  • Reported Speech: then, at that time, that day

Verb Tense Structures

  • Present Simple: subject + verb
  • Present Continuous: subject + to be + -ing
  • Present Perfect Simple: subject + have/has + past participle
  • Present Perfect Continuous: subject + has/have + been + -ing
  • Past Simple: subject + -ed / subject + didn't + verb (infinitive)
  • Past Continuous: subject + were/was + -ing
  • Future Simple: subject + will + verb (infinitive)
  • Past Perfect Simple: subject + had + past participle
  • Past Perfect Continuous: subject + had been + -ing

Used To Structures

  • Used to + infinitive: didn't use to
  • Be used to + -ing: I am used to + -ing
  • Get used to + -ing: get used to + -ing

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