GRAMMAR BANK (II)

Compare the active and passive forms of the main tenses in the following chart.

 

Tense  

Active   

Passive

Present

They discover new machines.

New machines are discovered.

 

Present Continuous

They are discovering new machines.

New machines are being discovered.

Present Perfect

They have discovered new machines.

New machines have been discovered.

Past

They discovered new machines.

New machines were discovered.

 

Past continuous

They were discovering new machines.

New machines were being discovered

Past Perfect

They had discovered new machines.

 

New machines had been discovered.

Future

They will discover new machines.

 

New machines will be discovered.

Modals

They can discover new machines.

New machines can be discovered.

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