Samstag, 28. Mai 2016


Tenses – Passive
Written by Rainer: rainer.lehrer@yahoo.com
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The book
is
written
 
 
 
The book
is
being
written
 
 
The book
was
written
 
 
 
The book
was
being
written
 
 
The book
has
been
written
 
 
The book
has
been
being
written
 
The book
had
been
written
 
 
The book
had
been
being
written
 
The book
will
be
written
 
 
The book
will
be
being
written
 
The book
will
have
been
written
 
The book
will
have
been
being
written
 
 
 
 
 
 
verb
continuous
past
future
is never used
 
Examples
ready
The house is built.
now
The house is being built.
Someone is building a house.
ready when
The food was cooked when you arrived.
The food was ready when you arrived.
when
The food was being cooked when you arrived. Someone was cooking.
till now and on
The house has been built for ten years.
It still isn’t ready.
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until and on
The house had been built for ten years when you arrived. It still wasn’t ready.
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next year
The house will be built.
when
The house will be being built when you (will) arrive. Someone will be working.
until
The house will have been built for ten years when you (will) arrive. It will not be ready.
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He is said to work hard.
Many people say he works hard.
 
They promised him a good job.
A good job was promised to him.
He was promised a good job.
 
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