passive voice

Passive voice

Active form Passive form

Simple present
They teach English in high school English is taught in high school
Is English taught in high school
English is not taught in high school

Present continuous

They are teaching English this year English is being taught this year

Present perfect

They have taught English for many years English has been taught for many years

Present perfect continuous

They have been teaching English for many years Not use.

Past tense

They taught English last year English was taught last year

Past continuous

They were teaching English when I started school English was being taught when I started school

Past perfect

They had taught English for many years when I started school English had been taught for many years when I started school

Past perfect continuous

They had been teaching English for many years when I started school Not use.

Future

They will teach English next year
They are going to teach English next year English will be taught next year
English is going to be taught next year


Future continuous

They will be teaching English next year Not used.

Future perfect

They will have taught English for three years by next September English will have been taught for three years by next September

Future perfect continuous

They will have been teaching English for three years by next September Not used.