Module 3: Verbs

 

3.4        Passive voice

Day 2    Present tenses, Past tenses & Future tenses

 

 

1. Let’s have a revision of the present tenses, past tenses, and future tenses. 讓我們來作一個不同時態的複習吧!

Simple present tense:

He _____ (draw) a picture.

 

àHe draws a picture.

Present continuous tense:

He _____ (draw) a picture.

 

àHe is drawing a picture..

Present perfect tense:

He _____ (draw) a picture.

 

àHe has drawn a picture.

Simple past tense:

He _____ (draw) a picture.

 

àHe drew a picture.

Past continuous tense:

He _____ (draw) a picture.

 

àHe was drawing a picture.

Past perfect tense:

He _____ (draw) a picture.

 

àHe had drawn a picture.

Simple future tense:

He _____ (draw) a picture tomorrow.

 

àHe will draw a picture tomorrow.

Future continuous tense:

He _____ (draw) a picture at 8pm tomorrow.

 

àHe will be drawing a picture at 8pm tomorrow.

Past perfect tense:

He _____ (draw) a picture before I come back.

 

àHe will have drawn a picture before I come back.

 

2. The form of passive voice 被動句的形式

  

    The passive sentence is formed by 被動句可由以下的步驟組成

 

        i. changing the positions of the two nouns; 改變兩個名詞的位置

   

 

        ii. adding part of the verb “to be” and changing the main verb to the past participle (p.p.). 加上verb “to be”, 並把主要動詞改

            為其過去分詞形式

     

 

3. Active sentences of different tenses can also be changed into passive sentences in the same way: 不同時態的主動句均可按

    以上步驟轉換成被動句:

Simple present tense:

He draws a picture.

 

A picture is drawn by him.

Present continuous tense:

He is drawing a picture.

 

A picture is being drawn by him.

Present perfect tense:

He has drawn a picture.

 

A picture has been drawn by him.

Simple past tense:

He draws a picture.

 

A picture was drawn by him.

Past continuous tense:

He was drawing a picture.

 

A picture was being drawn by him.

Past perfect tense:

He had drawn a picture.

 

A picture had been drawn by him.

Simple future tense I:

He will draw a picture.

 

A picture will be drawn by him.

Simple future tense II:

He is going to draw a picture.

 

A picture is going to be drawn by him.

Future continuous tense:

He will be drawing a picture at 8pm tonight.

 

A picture will be being drawn by him at 8pm tonight.

Future perfect tense:

He will have drawn a picture before I come back.

 

A picture will have been drawn by him before I come back