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# THE PASSIVE | ACTIVE VOICE

### ACTIVE VOICE: [subject + verb + object]
> [ I write a letter ] **I**(subject) **write**(verb) a **letter**(object)
### PASSIVE VOICE: [subject + verb + object]
> [ A letter is written by me ] A **letter**(subject) is **written**(verb) by **me**(object)

| TENSE | ACTIVE | PASSIVE |
| ------------------ | ---------------------------------- | ------------------------------------- |
| PRESENT SIMPLE | I **write** a letter | A letter **is** written |
| PRESENT CONTINUOUS | I **am writing** a letter | A letter **is being** written |
| PAST SIMPLE | I **wrote** a letter | A letter **was** written |
| PAST CONTINUOUS | I **was writing** a letter | A letter **was being** written |
| PRESENT PERFECT | I **have written** a letter | A letter **has been** written |
| PAST PERFECT | I **had written** a letter | A letter **had been** written |
| FUTURE SIMPLE | I **will write** a letter | A letter **will be** written |
| FUTURE BE GOING TO | I am **going to write** a letter | A letter **is going to be** written |
| MODAL | I **must write** a letter | A letter **must be** written |
| MODAL PERFECT | I **should have written** a letter | A letter **should have been** written |

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[ ------------------ACTIVE VOICE----------------------- ]
[ ----------------------------------------------------- ]
[ ----Wild penguins --attacked-----my sister.---------- ]
[ -----------------------|-------------|--------------- ]
[ ---------------------action-------subject------------ ]



[ ----------------PASSIVE VOICE------------------------ ]
[ ----------------------------------------------------- ]
[ ----My sister----was attacked-------by wild penguins. ]
[ --------|-------------|------------------------------ ]
[ ------subject-------action--------------------------- ]