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THESE ARE THE MOST COMMON PASSIVE FORMS: 💠Present simple: [Object+am/is/are + V3] ■Active: "Somebody cleans this room every day". ■Passive: "This room is cleaned every day". ■"Many accidents are caused by dangerous driving". ■"I'm not often invited to parties". ■"How many people are injured in car accidents every day?" 💠Past simple: [Object+was/were + V3] ■Active: "Somebody cleaned this room yesterday". ■Passive: "This room was cleaned yesterday". ■"During the night we were all woken up by a loud explosion". ■"When was that castle built?" ■"The house wasn't damaged in the storm, but a tree was blown down". 💠Present continuous: [Object+am/is/are being + V3] ■Active: "Somebody is cleaning the room right now". ■Passive: "The room is being cleaned right now". ■"Look at those old houses! They are being knocked down". ■(shop assistant to customer) "Are you being helped, ma'am?" 💠Past continuous: [Object+was/were being + V3] ■Active: "Somebody was cleaning the room when I arrived". ■Passive: "The room was being cleaned when I arrived". ■"Suddenly I heard footsteps behind me. We were being followed". 💠Present perfect: [Object+have/has been + V3] ■Active: "The room looks nice. Somebody has cleaned it". ■Passive: "The room looks nice. It has been cleaned". ■"Have you heard the news? The President has been shot". ■Have you ever been bitten by a dog?" ■"I'm not going to the party. I haven't been invited". 💠Past perfect: [Object+had been + V3] ■Active: "The room looked much better. Somebody had cleaned it". ■Passive: "The room looked much better. It had been cleaned". ■"Jim didn't know about the change of plans. He hadn't been told". 💠Model verbs: (will, can, must, etc.) and some other verbs (for example: have to, be going to, want to). [Object+ model verb+ be+ V3] ■Active: "We can solve this problem. ■Passive: "This problem can be solved". ■"The new hotel will be opened next year". ■"George might be sent to Venezuela by his company in August". ■"The music at the party was very loud and could be heard from far away". ■"He was going to be killed last night". ■"This room is going to be painted next week". ■"Go away! I want to be left alone". 💠There is a past form after modal verbs:have been done / have been cleaned, etc.: ■Active: "Somebody should have cleaned the windows yesterday". ■Passive: The windows should have been cleaned yesterday". ■"My bicycle has disappeared. It must have been stolen". ■"She wouldn't have been injured if she had been wearing a seat belt". ■"The weather was terrible. The tennis match should have been canceled". #grammar ••┈┈●•❁❁✹❁❁•●┈┈┈••