Passive voice tenses
Passive voice can be created in all tenses. The tables below show the way how we build passive voice in English in all tenses.
Simple Forms
| Active | Passive | |
|---|---|---|
| Simple Present: | I write a letter | A letter is written |
| Simple Past: | I wrote a letter | A letter was 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 |
| Simple Future: | I will write a letter | A letter will be written. |
| Future Perfect: | I will have written a letter | A letter will have been written |
| Conditional II | I would write a letter | A letter would be written |
| Conditional III | I would have written a letter | A letter would have been written |
| Modals | I may write a letter | A letter may be written |
Progressive / Continuous Forms
| Active | Passive | |
|---|---|---|
| Present Progressive: | I am writing a letter | A letter is being written |
| Past Progressive: | I was writing a letter | A letter was being written |
| Present Perfect Progressive: | I have been writing a letter | A letter has been being written |
| Past Perfect Progressive: | I had been writing a letter | A letter had been being written |
| Future Progressive: | I will be writing a letter | A letter will be being written. |
| Future Perfect Progressive: | I will have been writing a letter | A letter will have been being written |
| Conditional II | I would be writing a letter | A letter would be being written |
| Conditional III | I would have been writing a letter | A letter would have been being written |