welcome to part two of the passive
series so how do we use the passive for
different times tenses in English we
need all the pieces of grammar to make
the sentence correct in this lesson
we’ll be using this example first we
need to remember how to make a passive
sentence remember we need the verb be
and the verb needs to be in the past
participle or verb 3 form
so let’s start with past simple that’s
easy enough we’ve got the subject I the
action is a rest but remember this is
passive so we need to include that
grammar the verb be in this case if it’s
past it follows the subject I so I was
the verb becomes the past participle
arrested but how about present perfect
that’s more difficult because we need
have and the past participle to form
present perfect and for passive we need
be and the past participle what the help
to past participles that’s confusing
just remember it’s the passive B which
changes with the tense so for present
perfect what do you think would be
it’s this so I have being be took the
past participle that forms the present
perfect the be and the past participial
arrests dead that covers the passive so
you see we use all the pieces of the
grammar so there next one
imagine this action is happening right
now for an action happening now which
form do we use that’s right present
continuous now present continuous we
need B and ing so apply the same logic
to this present continuous passive
sentence the action is arrest we need to
show it’s happening now so I’m in that
covers present continuous B and past
participle arrest ed that shows it’s
passive so it becomes I am being
arrested
how about past perfect you try this one
I believe in you
past perfect we need had and a past
participle passive we need B and a past
participle I had been arrested had in
that’s past perfect we’ve still got B
and arrested for the passive what about
past perfect continuous passive
I’ve been being arrested that doesn’t
sound right
to be honest in this tense it’s much
more common to change being for getting
I’d been getting arrested for example
it’s not often you’d say that sentence
or just leaving it as past perfect
simple passive that’s the end of today’s
class I’ll see you next time
series so how do we use the passive for
different times tenses in English we
need all the pieces of grammar to make
the sentence correct in this lesson
we’ll be using this example first we
need to remember how to make a passive
sentence remember we need the verb be
and the verb needs to be in the past
participle or verb 3 form
so let’s start with past simple that’s
easy enough we’ve got the subject I the
action is a rest but remember this is
passive so we need to include that
grammar the verb be in this case if it’s
past it follows the subject I so I was
the verb becomes the past participle
arrested but how about present perfect
that’s more difficult because we need
have and the past participle to form
present perfect and for passive we need
be and the past participle what the help
to past participles that’s confusing
just remember it’s the passive B which
changes with the tense so for present
perfect what do you think would be
it’s this so I have being be took the
past participle that forms the present
perfect the be and the past participial
arrests dead that covers the passive so
you see we use all the pieces of the
grammar so there next one
imagine this action is happening right
now for an action happening now which
form do we use that’s right present
continuous now present continuous we
need B and ing so apply the same logic
to this present continuous passive
sentence the action is arrest we need to
show it’s happening now so I’m in that
covers present continuous B and past
participle arrest ed that shows it’s
passive so it becomes I am being
arrested
how about past perfect you try this one
I believe in you
past perfect we need had and a past
participle passive we need B and a past
participle I had been arrested had in
that’s past perfect we’ve still got B
and arrested for the passive what about
past perfect continuous passive
I’ve been being arrested that doesn’t
sound right
to be honest in this tense it’s much
more common to change being for getting
I’d been getting arrested for example
it’s not often you’d say that sentence
or just leaving it as past perfect
simple passive that’s the end of today’s
class I’ll see you next time
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