Active/Passive

Tense Active Passive
Present Simple Once a week, Tom cleans the house. Once a week, the house is cleaned by Tom.
Present Continuous Right now, Sarah is writing the letter. Right now, the letter is being written by Sarah.
Past Simple Sam repaired the car. The car was repaired by Sam.
Past Continuous The salesman was helping the customer when the thief came into the store. The customer was being helped by the salesman when the thief cam into the store.
Present Perfect Many tourists have visited that castle. That castle has been visited by the tourists.
Present Perfect Continuous Recently, John has been doing the wiork. Recently, the work has been being done by John.
Past Perfect George had repaired many cars before he received his mechanic's licence. Many cars had been repaired by George before he reveived his mechanic's license.
Past Perfect Continuous Chef Jones had been preparing the restaurant's fantastic donners for two years before he moved to Paris. The restaurant's fantastic dinners had been being prepared by Chef Jones for two years before he moved To Paris.
Future Simple will Someone will finish the work by 5:00 PM. The work will be finished by 5:00 PM.
Future Simple be going to Sally is going to make a beautiful dinner tonight. A beautiful dinner is going to be made by Sally tonight.
Future Continuous will At 8:00 PM tonight, John will be washing the dishes. At 8:00 PM tonight, the dishes will be being washed by John.
Future Continuous be going to At 8:00 PM tonight, John is going to be washing the dishes. At 8:00 PM tonight, the dishes are going to be being washed by John.
Future Perfect will They will have completed the project before the deadline. The project will have been completed before the deadline.
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.
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 being painted by the famous artist for over six months by the time it is finished.
Future Perfect Continuous be going to The famous artist is going to have been painting the mural for over six months by the time is 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.
Used to Jerry used to pay the bills. The bills used to be paid by Jerry.
Would Always My mother would always make the pies. The pies would always be made by my mother.
Future in the Past Would I knew John would finish the work by 5:00 PM. I knew the work would be finished by 5:00 PM.
Future in the Past Was Going to I thought Sally was going to make a beautiful dinner tonight. I thought a beautiful dinner was going to be made by Sally tonight.

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