The Passive Continuous

The Passive Continuous

Simple Present :

Active : Mary helps john

Passive : john is helped by Mary

Present Continuous:

Active : Mary is helping john

Passive : john is being helped by Mary

Present Perfect:

Active : Mary has helped john

Passive : john has been helped by Mary

Simple Past:

Active : Mary helped john

Passive : john was helped by Mary

Past continuous:

Active : Mary was helping john

Passive : john was being helped by Mary

Past Perfect:

Active : Mary had helped john

Passive : john had been helped by Mary

Simple Future:

Active : Mary will help john

Passive : john will be helped by Mary

Be going to:

Active : Mary is going to help john

Passive : john is going to be helped by Mary

Future Perfect:

Active : Mary will have helped john

Passive : john will have been helped Mary

Note: The continuous forms of the present perfect , past perfect , future and future perfect are very rarely used in the passive.

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Active :Etken (İşin özne tarafından yapıldığı belliyse)

Passive:Edilgen (İşin özne tarafından yapıldığı belli değilse)

Verbs that can be used in the passive :

1.Most transitive verbs can be used in the passive. A transitive verb is a verb which has an object.

The police	caught	the thief
S	V	O

The thief was caught by police

2. Intransitive verbs cannot be used in the passive . An intransitive verb is a verb which does not have an object.

Rodney fell and hurt his leg.

Passive constructions with the infinitive:

Doğru olup olmadığını bilmediğimiz bir bilgi aktar mak istediğimizde veya bu bilginin kaynağını vermek istemediğimizde passive yapıyı şu fiillerle kullanırız :

think ,believe , report , consider , know , say , expect , + infinitive.

1. Bilgi şu anki bir durumla ilgiliyse :

passive + infini tive.

örn: The queen is believed to be one of the richest people in the world.

örn: Mr Smit is thought to be staying with friends

2. Bilgi geçmişteki bir durumla ilgiliyse:

passive + the past infinitive ( to have + past particip le )

örn: Cher is said to have had a face lift.

NOT: The passive of doing = being done ,

seeing = being seen.

Örnekler:

Active: I don't like people telling me what to do

Passive: I don't like being told what to do

Active: Mr Miller hates people keeping him waiting

Passive:Mr miller hates being kept waiting

ACTIVE MODAL	PASSIVE MODAL
Bob will mail it	it will be mailed by bob
Bob can mail it	it can be mailed by bob
Bob should mail it	it should be mailed by bob
Bob ought to mail it	it ought to be mailed by bob
Bob must mail it	it must be mailed by bob
Bob has to mail it	it has to be mailed by bob
Bob may mail it	it may be mailed by bob
Bobo might mail it	it might be mailed by bob