Passive voice

Passive Voice
to be + Ved
Pr.Simple
am, is, are + Ved/V3
Pr. Continuous
am, is, are + being + V3
Past Simple
was/were + V3 / Ved
Pr.Perfect
have / has + been + V3

The floor___________ every
day. (wash). 2. This dress ____
________ last Friday. (buy).
3. The book_____________
(read). 4. The car___________
last week. (steal). 5. Look! The
coffee __________________
(bring).
is washed
was
bought
has been read
was stolen
is being brought

A Active or passive? Choose the correct verb form.
1. The book (wrote/was written) by Hardy.
2. Four people (have killed/have been killed) in a train crash.
3. A famous architect (was built/built) the bridge.
4. The house (bought/was bought) by pop star.
5. Local police (have been arrested/have arrested) the bank robber.
6. I (arrived/was arrived) last Friday.
7. The room (will clean/will be cleaned) later.
8. “Did you go to the party?” “No, I (didn’t invite/wasn’t invited).”
9. It’s a big company. It (is employed/employs) two hundred people.
10. Tom (has lost/has been lost) his key.
11. A cinema is a place where films (show/are shown).
12. People (aren’t used/don’t use) this road very often.
13. This house (built/was built) in 1930.
14. My car (has disappeared/has been disappeared).
15. This situation is serious. Something must (do/be done) before it’s too late.

Present Perfect Continuous
Действие когда-то началось,
какое-то время продолжалось,
и либо закончилось, либо
до сих пор продолжается
have / has + been + Ving

Example:
Я учу английский 5 лет.
= я начала учить его 5 лет
назад и до сих пор
продолжаю.
I have been studying English
for 7 years.

Показатели времени PPC
For (на протяжение)
Since (с какого-то времени)
How long (в вопросах = как долго)
All day (весь день)
Quite a while (довольно долго)

I/to read/this book/for three days.
We/to play volleyball/ for twenty minutes.
She/to clean/the flat/for more than an hour.
Peter/to swim/for half an hour.
Anna/to speak/on the phone/for an hour now.
You/to wait/for a bus/for ten minutes only.
Nelly and Mary/to do the shopping/since early morning.
It/to snow/since last night.
Jack and his friend/ to ride bikes/for three hours now.
The teacher/to explain/ a grammar rule/since the beginning of the lesson.