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Passive Forms

Verb Form Active Passive
Simple present Mao helps Jean. Jean is helped by Mao.
Present progressive Mao is helping Jean. Jean is being helped by Mao.
Present perfect Mao has helped Jean. Jean has been helped by Mao.
Simple past Mao helped Jean. Jean was helped by Mao.
Past progressive Mao was helping Jean. Jean was being helped by Mao.
Past perfect Mao had helped Jean. Jean had been helped by Mao.
Simple future Mao will help Jean. Jean will be helped by Mao.
be going to Mao is going to help Jean. Jean is going to be helped by Mao.
Future perfect** Mao will have helped Jean. Jean will have been helped by Mao.
Modals Mao can help Jean. Jean can be helped by Mao

** The progressive forms of the present perfect, past perfect, future, and future perfect are very rarely used in the passive.

Continue to Practice: Changing Active to Passive Voice.



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