HSG 9

PASSIVE VOICE

Active: S + V + O

Passive: S + BE + V3/ ED + by O

I. Tense forms of Passive Verb : ( Các dạng thì của những động từ thể thụ động )

1.Passive form of The present tense
( Dạng bị động của thì hiện tại đơn)
S + Am / Is / Are + V3
Active
Ex : The news surprises me.
Ex : The news surprises Sam.
Passive
Ex : I am surprised by the news.
Ex : Sam is surprised by the news.

2. Passive form of The past tense ( Dạng bị động của thì quá khứ đơn)
S + Was / Were + V3
Ex : They bought this house last year.
Ex : I saw them yesterday.
Ex This house was bought last year (by them)
Ex : They were seen yesterday.

3. Passive form of The past progressive tense
( Dạng bị động của thì qk tiếp diễn)
S + Was / Were + Being + V3
Ex : Mai was cooking dinner at 6 p.m yesterday.
Ex : She was talking to them when I came.
Ex : Dinner was being cooked by Mai at 6 p.m yesterday.
Ex : They were being talked (by her) to when I came.

4. Passive form of The present progressive tense
( Dạng bị động của thì ht tiếp diễn )
S + Am / Is / Are + being + V3
Ex : The secretary is copying some letters.
Ex : Someone is building a new hospital.
Ex : Some letters are being copied by the secretary.
Ex : A new hospital is being built.

5. Passive form of The present Perfect tense
(Dạng bị động của thì hiện tại ht )
S + Has / Have + Been + V3.
Ex : I have just bought a car.
Ex : Phong has done these excercises for 3 hours.
Ex : A car has just been bought.
Ex : These exercises have been done for 3 hours by Phong.

6. Passive form of The past Perfect
(Dạng bị động của thì quá khứ ht )
S + Had + Been + V3
Ex : They had phoned me before they left.
Ex : I had been phoned before they left.

7. Passive form of The Future tense
(Dạng bị động của thì tương lai đơn)
S + Will + Be + V3
Ex: Mai will visit Cuc Phuong national park next week.
Ex : Cuc Phuong national park will be visited by Mai next week.


8. Passive form of The Future continuous tense
(Dạng bị động của thì tương lai td )
S + Will + Be + Being + V3
Ex : They will be writing the lesson at 8 a.m tomorrow.
Ex : The lesson will be being written at 8 a.m tomorrow.

9. Passive form of The Future perfect tense
(Dạng bị động của thì tương lai ht )
S + Will + Have + Been + V3
Ex : We will have finished our work by the end of this month.
Ex : Our work will have been finished by the end of this month.

10. Passive form of The Future perfect continuous tense
(Dạng bị động của thì tương lai httd)
S +Will + Have Been + Being+V3
Ex : They will have been teaching English at this school by then.
Ex : English will have been being taught at this school by then.

11. Passive form of The present and past perfect continuous tense
(Dạng bị động của thì hiện tại hoàn thành td & quá khứ hoàn thành td )
S+Have/Has + Been + Being + V3
S + Had Been + Being + V3
Ex : They have been learning French for ten years.
Ex : We had been eating lunch before they called.
Ex : French has been being learned for ten years.
Ex : Lunch had been being eaten before they came.

II. PASSIVE MODAL AUXILIARIES ( Dạng bị động của trợ động từ hình thái hay khiếm khuyết )
Form : Modal + Be + pastparticiple
Active Modal Auxiliaries
Passive Modal Auxiliaries

 will
shall
Can
Could
May
Might
Have to
S + Has to + Be+ V3
Ought to
Should
Must
Used to
Be going to



Ex : I can do these exercises .
Ex : You have to clean the floor.
Ex :Ted should mail it.
Ex : They are going to build this bridge.



Ex : These exercises can be done.
Ex : The floor has to be cleaned.

Ex : It should be mailed.
Ex : This