Passive are n't tense?

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hi every body i just want to know that aren't passive voice tense. b/c its structure is totally different than tense plz reply quickly

Clive · Accepted Answer

Hi,

The term 'voice' refers to different ways of using a verb to show how the subject relates to the action.
eg
Active Voice - Mary cooked dinner.
Passive voice - Dinner was cooked (by Mary).

Clive

Nadiabadar · Answer

Hi I'm still confuse in this question b/c my teacher told me that Passive voice is no tense while Active voice is tense. what is this mean?

BillJ · Answer

nadiabadarHi I'm still confuse in this question b/c my teacher told me that Passive voice is no tense while Active voice is tense. what is this mean?

I think your teacher may be confusing you. Tense and voice are different grammatical systems. Tense is a system used to locate the situation in time: "I liked it" (past tense, past time), "I like it" (present tense, present time).

Voice, on the other hand, is a sytem contrasting active and passive clauses: "Ed broke it" (active voice), "It was broken by Ed" (passive voice).

BillJ

Awesomelyawesome · Answer

nadiabadarmy teacher told me that Passive voice is no tense while Active voice is tense. what is this mean?

Your teacher is right to some extent, but the tense is kept in mind before changing a sentence in passive so as to preserve the tense.

It's just a different way of expression emphasizing on the object rather than the subject.
In most cases, the quesion who did the job is less important than what the job is. So, using passive voice is useful where we talk about the object and not the subject or even if the subject is of any importance,it is added later in the sentence. (as seen in formal/written english)

This line highlighted in green is an example of passive voice.

I hope this was useful.

Clive · Answer

Hi,
Pergaps your teacher is thinking of the past participle as an adjective.

eg The window is broken. This can simply describe the window.
eg The window is broken every time the children play cricket. This describes an ongoing, repeated process.

My advice is this.
First, make sure you can form the passive correctly, and that you understand its meanings when it is used.
After that, consider what your teacher meant, possibly by asking him/her for an explanation.

Clive

CalifJim · Answer

nadiabadari just want to know that aren't passive voice tense.
b/c its structure is totally different than tense

I'm not sure what you are asking, but maybe this little chart will help:

Active voice | Passive voice

Present tense | Present tense

Joe takes the money. | The money is taken by Joe.
_______________ ______________

Past tense | Past tense

Joe took the money. | The money was taken by Joe.
________________ _______________

You see that both active voice and passive voice can occur in different tenses. Each tense can occur in each voice. Changing the voice of a sentence is different from changing the tense.

CJ

Inbozz · Answer

Every tense has active and passive voices. I hope the table below will clarify that (If it comes through).

ACTIVE
Infinitive to do	Simple (Indefinite)	Continious (Progressive)	Perfect	Perfect Continious (Perfect Progressive)
Present	He does.	He is doing.	He has done.	He has been doing.
Past	He did.	He was doing.	He had done.	He had been doing.
Future	He will do.	He will be doing.	He will have done.	He will have been doing.
Future in the Past	He would do.	He would be doing.	He would have done.	He would have been doing.
PASSIVE
Infinitive: to be done	Simple Passive (Indefinite Passive)	Continious Passive (Progressive Passive)	Perfect Passive	Perfect Continious Passive (Perfect Progressive Passive)
Present	It is done.	It is being done.	It has been done.	(It has been being done.)
Past	It was done.	It was being done.	It had been done.	(It had been being done.)
Future	It will be done.	(It will be being done.)	It will have been done.	(It will have been being done.)
Future in the Past	It would be done.	(It would be being done.)	It would have been done.	(It would have been being done.)

Unused forms highlighted by the grey background (or seldom used)

Inbozz · Answer

The grey background didn't come through, sorry

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