The Passive Voice
Present Simple Passive
Positive: Subject + (am / is / are) + V3 + Rest of the sentence.
- Books are read in the library every day.
Negative: Subject + (am not / is not / are not) + V3 + rest of the sentence.
- Books are not read in the library every day.
Present Progressive Passive
Positive: Subject + (am / is / are) + being + V3 + Rest of the sentence.
- Books are being read in the library every day.
Negative: Subject + (am not / is not / are not) + being + V3 + rest of the sentence.
- Books are not being read in the library every day.
Present Perfect Simple Passive
Positive: Subject + (has / have) + been + V3 + Rest of the sentence.
- Books have been read in the library.
Negative: Subject + (has not / have not) + been + V3 + rest of the sentence.
- Books have not been read in the library.
Past Simple Passive
Positive: Subject + (was / were) + V3 + Rest of the sentence.
- Books were read in the library yesterday.
Negative: Subject + (was / were) + V3 + rest of the sentence.
- Books were not read in the library yesterday.