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title: THE PASSIVE | ACTIVE VOICE

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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--------------------------- ]
```