PASSIVE VOICE Formation To be +Past Participle

PASSIVE VOI

Formation To be +Past Participle (Ved/V 3)

Simple Tenses Present: am/is/are + Ved/V 3 Past: was/were + Ved/V 3 Future: will be + Ved/V

Perfect Tenses Present: have/has + been + Ved/V 3 Past: had + been + Ved/V 3 Future: will have + been + Ved/V

Continuous Tenses Present: am/is/are being + Ved/V 3 Past: was/were being + Ved/V

Simple Continuous Perfect Continuous p r e s e n t usually am/is/are +Ved/V 3 My e-mail is checked every day. now am/is/are being + Ved/V 3 My e-mail is being checked now. by now have/has been + Ved/V 3 My e-mail has already been checked. for 2 hours by now — p a s t yesterday was/were +Ved/V 3 My e-mail was checked yesterday. at 7 yesterday was/were being + Ved/V 3 My e-mail was being checked yesterday. by 7 yesterday had been + Ved/V 3 My e-mail had been checked by 7 yesterday. for 2 hours by 7 yesterday — f u t u r e tomorrow will be+Ved/V 3 My e-mail will be checked tomorrow. at 7 tomorrow — by 7 tomorrow will have been + Ved/V 3 My e-mail will have been checked by 7 tomottow for 2 hours by 7 tomorrow —

Translations формой страдательного залога в соответствующем времени: Molecules are divided into atoms. — Молекулы делятся на атомы. — возвратной формой глагола (окончания -ся; -сь) в соответствующем времени: The experiments were made to confirm the hypothesis. — Опыты проводились для того, чтобы подтвердить гипотезу.

Translations — неопределенно-личной формой глагола действительного залога: The experiment was made with great care. — Опыт проводили с большой осторожностью. — личной формой глагола (если указано лицо, производящее действие или с помощью чего действие было произведено, т. е. дополнение с предлогом by или with): These papers were written by the same author. — Эти работы писал тот же автор.

Subject becomes an object В дательном падеже We were informed about the results of the last experiment. — Нам сообщили о результатах последнего опыта. в винительном падеже His theory was opposed by many scientists. — Многие ученые были против его теории.

Verb + preposition Th e s e data can be relied on. — На эти данные можно положиться.