Passive Across Tenses

The passive exists in all major tenses. Present simple passive: "is/are + past participle". Past simple: "was/were + pp". Present perfect: "has/have been + pp". Past perfect: "had been + pp". Future: "will be + pp". Modal passives: "can/should/must + be + pp". The pattern is always some form of "be" + past participle.

Passive Across Tenses

Practice

All entries must ___ by midnight on Friday.

By the time the inspectors arrived, all the evidencedestroyed.

Put the words in the correct order:

Click words from the bank to place them here

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