ACTIVE AND PASSIVE TENSES CHART 1

SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE and SIMPLE PAST TENSE

The active object becomes the passive subject.

am/is/are + past participle

was/were + past participle

ACTIVE PASSIVE

Simple Present Tense

Simple Present Tense
I am fascinated by the movie.
The movie fascinates me.
(Sinemadan etkilenirim.)
(Sinema beni etkiler.)
Jack is bored by the movie.
The movie bores Jack.
(Jack sinemadan sklr.)
(Sinema Jack'i skar.)
They are surprised by the movie.
The movie surprises them.
(Onlar sinemadan hayrete
(Sinema onlar artr.)
drler..)

Simple Past Tense

Simple Past Tense
The movie bored me.
(Sinema beni skt.)
The movie fascinated Jack.
(Sinema Jack'i etkiledi.)
The movie surprised them.
(Sinama onlar artt.) movie.
I was bored by the movie.
(Sinemadan skldm.)
Jack was fascinated by the
movie.
(Jack sinemadan etkilendi.)
They were surprised by the
(Onlar sinemadan hayrete
dtler.)

ACTIVE AND PASSIVE TENSES CHART 2

PRESENT and PAST CONTINUOUS (PROGRESSIVE)

Passive form:
am/is/are + being + past participle
was/were + being + past participle
 ACTIVE PASSIVE

Present Continuous Tense

Present Continuous Tense

Shannon is being helped by me.

I am helping Shannon.
(Shannon'a yardm ediyorum.)
June is helping Su and Ling.
(June, Su ve Ling'e yardm
ediyor.)
(Shannon benim tarafmdan
yardm ediliyor.)
Su and Ling are being helped by
June.
(Su ve Ling, June tarafndan
yardm ediliyorlar.)

Past Continuous Tense

Past Continuous Tense

The bathroom was being cleaned

I was cleaning the bathroom.
by me.
(Bonyayu temizliyordum.)
(Banyo benim tarafmdan
They were cleaning the
temizleniyordu.)
bedroom.
The bedroom was being cleaned
(Onlar yatakodasn
by them.
temizliyorlard.)
(Yatak odas onlarn tarafndan
Susan was cleaning the kitchen
temizleniyordu.)
and bathroom.
The kitchen and bathroom were
(Suzan mutfa ve banyo
being cleaned by Susan.
temizliyordu.)
(Mutfak ve banyo Suzan
tarafndan temizleniyordu.)

ACTIVE AND PASSIVE TENSES CHART 3

PRESENT PERFECT, PAST PERFECT and FUTURE PERFECT

Passive form:
have/has been + past participle
had been + past participle
 ACTIVE PASSIVE

Present Perfect Tense

Present Perfect Tense
The gift has been mailed by me.
(Hediye benim tarafmdan
I have mailed the gift.
postaland.)
(hediyeyi postaladm.)
The gifts have been mailed by
Jack has mailed the gifts.
Jack.
(Jack hediyeleri postalad.)
(Hediyeler Jack tarafndan
postaland.)

Past Perfect Tense

Past Perfect Tense

Steven Spielberg had directed

The film had been directed by
the film.
Steven Spielberg
(Filmi Steven Psielberd
(Film Steven Spielberg tarafnda
ynetmiti.)
ynetilmiti.)
Penny Marshall had directed
The movies had been directed by
those films.
Penny Marshall.
(O filmleri Penny Marshall
(Filmler Penny Marshall
ynetmiti.)
tarafndan ynetilmiti.)

Future Perfect Tense

Future Perfect Tense

John will have finished the

project next month.
(John projeyi gelecek ay bitirmi
olacak.)
They will have finished the
projects before then.
(Onlar projeleri o zamandan
nce bitirmi olacaklar.)
The project will have been
finished by next month.
(Proje gelecek ay bitmi olacak.)
The projects will have been
finished before then.
(Projeler o zamandan nce
bitmi olacak.)

ACTIVE AND PASSIVE TENSES CHART 4

FUTURE TENSES (will, be going to)

Passive form:
will + be + past participle
is/are going to be + past participle
 ACTIVE
Future with 'will'
I will mail the gift.
(Hediyeyi postalayacam.)
Jack will mail the gifts.
(Jack hediyeleri postalayacak.)
Future with 'Be Going To'
I am going to make the cake.
(Kek yapacam.)
Sue is going to make two cakes.
(Sue iki kek yapacak.)
PASSIVE
Future with 'will'
The gift will be mailed by me.
(Hediye benim tarafmdan
postalanacak.)
The gifts will be mailed by Jack.
(Hediyeler Jack tarafndan
postalanacak.)
Future with 'Be Going To'
The cake is going to be made by
me.
(Kek benim tarafmdan
yaplacak.)
Two cakes are going to be made
by Sue.
(Sue tarafndan iki kek
yaplacak.)