Tenses

Is formed using the auxiliary verbs "am/is/are" followed by the past participle (3rd form of the verb)

Structure

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How to use it

Used to emphasize the action rather than the subject performing the action

Used to describe an action that is happening to the subject of the sentence.

Use: An action or situation that started in the past and continues in the present

Subject + have/has + v3 + object
Subject + have/has + not + v3 + object
Have/has + subject + v3 + object +?

She has worked in the bank for five years.

Structure

Subject + wasn't/were n't+ past participle verb
Subject + was/were + past participle verb
Was/Were + subject + past participle verb

Subtopic

How to use it

Present passive is a grammatical construction used to describe an action that is happening to the subject of the sentence. In the present simple, the passive is formed using the auxiliary verbs "am/is/are" followed by the past participle (3rd form of the verb)

The object of the active sentence becomes the subject of the passive sentence