ACTIVE AND PASSIVE FORM (voice)

ACTIVE AND PASSIVE FORM (voice)

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Active voice. Describes a sentence where the subject performs the action stated by the verb. In passive voice sentences the subject is acted upon by the verb.

N0	TENSE	ACTIVE	PASSIVE
1	Simple Present	Matapiko cleans the house	The house is cleaned by Matapiko
2	Present  Continuous	Hashuo is writing the letter	The letter is being written by Hashuo
3	Simple Past	Mjeuri repaired the car	The car was repaired by Mjeuri
4	Past Continuous	Kimbelembele was helping the customer when the thief came into the store	The customer was being helped by Kimbelembele when the thief came into store.
5	Present Perfect	Many tourists have visited that castle	That castle has been visited by many tourists.
6	Present Perfect Continuous	Recently, Mbeya has has been doing the work	Recently, the work has been done by Mbeya.
7	Past perfect	Maluuni had repaired many cars before he received his mechanic`s license.	Many cars had been repaired by Maluuni before he received his mechanic`s license.
8	Past perfect  Continuous	Afiriti had been preparing the restaurant`s fantastic dinners for two years before he moved to Jazar	The restaurant`s fantastic dinners had been being prepared by Afiriti for two years before he moved to Jazar.
9	Simple Future	Kijini will finish the work by 5:00 pm	The work will be finished by Kijini by 5:00 pm
10	Simple Future (be going to)	Ngegemea is going to make a beautiful dinner tonight.	A beautiful dinner is going to be made by Ngegemea.
11	Future Continuous (will)	Kijanga will be washing the dishes	The dishes will be being washed by Kijanga
12	Future Continuous (Be being to)	Kingwele is going to be washing the dishes.	The dishes are going to be being washed by Kingwele.
13	Future Perfect (will)	They will have completed the project before the deadline.	The project will have been completed before the deadline.
14	Future perfect  (Be going to)	They are going to have completed the project before the deadline.	The project is going to have been completed before the deadline.
15	Future perfect continuous (Will)	The famous artist will have been painting the mural for over six months by the time it is finished.	The mural will have been painted by the famous artist for over six months by the time it is finished.
16	Future perfect continuous (be going to)	The famous artists are going to have been painting the mural for over six months by the time it is finished.	The mural is going to have been being painted by the famous artist for over six months by the time it is finished.
17	Used to.	Ukawa used to pay the bill	The bills used to be paid by ukawa.
18	Would always	My mother would always make the pies.	The pies would always be made by my mother.
19	Future in the past  (would)	I knew Mwanaharamu would finish the work.	I knew the work would be finished by Mwanaharamu.
20	Future in past  (was going to)	Maitikuenenda was going to make a beautiful dinner tonight.	A beautiful dinner was going to be made by Maitikuenenda.
		Who taught you to sing?	By whom were you taught to sing?
		No one responded to my sales	My sales were not responded to by anyone.
		Who ate the last cookie?	The last cookie was eaten by whom?

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