the sample sentences

            Active: I keep the butter in the fridge.       Passive: The butter is kept in the fridge.·          Active: They stole the painting.                 Passive: The painting was stolen.·          Active: They are repairing the road.        Passive: The road is being repaired.·          Active: Shakespeare wrote Hamlet.          Passive: Hamlet was written by Shakespeare.·          Active: A dog bit him.                              Passive: He was bitten by a dog.

the rules of passive voice

subject + to be + verb3 + object

TENSE / VERB	ACTIVE VOICE	PASSIVE VOICE
Simple present	He paints the house every year.	The house is painted every year.
Simple past	He painted the house last week.	The house was painted last week.
Simple future Modals	He will paint the house next year.He can paint the house easily.	The house will be painted next year. The house can be painted easily.
Present continuous	He is painting the house now.	The house is being painted now.
Past continuous	He was painting the house yesterday.	The house was being painted yesterday.
Present perfect Past perfectFuture perfectPerfect Modals	He has painted the house recently.He had painted the house before I came.He will have painted the house by next week.He should have painted the house last year.	The house has been painted recently. The house had been painted before I came.The house will have been painted by next week.The house should have been painted last year.
present infinitive[to paint]	He has to paint the house. He wants us to paint the house right now.	The house has to be painted.He wants the house to be painted right now.
perfect infinitive [to have painted ]	He is said to have painted the house last year.	The house is said to have been painted last year.
present participle/gerund [painting]	I am used to painting the house.	The house is used to being painted.
perfect participle[having invited]	He remembers that somebody invited him to the party last month.	He remembers having been invited to the party last month.

this entry is my first blog posting

Hello and welcome to my first blog. The aim of this blog is to give information to my students about the classroom activities.