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How the passive voice is formed
You cannot express an idea in the passive voice without using the
auxiliary verb. The verb to be is the auxiliaty verb
that is used to help form the 6 tenses of the passive voice.
The passive voice is formed by combining the verb to be
with the past participal of the principal
verb. The principal verb is the verb that names the action.
The 6 tenses of the verb call and the verb know
Present tense
| First person |
I am called, I am known
We are called, We are known |
| Second person |
You are called, You are known |
| Third person |
He is called, He is known
They are called, They are known |
Past tense
| First person |
I was called, I was known
We were called, We were known |
| Second person |
You were called, You were known |
| Third person |
He was called, He was known
They were called, They were known |
Future tense
| First person |
I shall be called, I shall be known
We shall be called, We shall be known |
| Second person |
You will be called, You will be known |
| Third person |
He will be called, He will be known
They will be called, They will be known |
Present perfect tense
| First person |
I have been called, I have been known
We have been called, We have been known |
| Second person |
You have been called, You have been known |
| Third person |
He has been called, He has been known
They have been called, They have been known |
Past perfect tense
| First person |
I had been called, I had been known
We had been called, We had been known |
| Second person |
You had been called, You had been known |
| Third person |
He had been called, He had been known
They had been called, They had been known |
Past perfect tense
| First person |
I shall have been called, I shall have been known
We shall have been called, We shall have been known |
| Second person |
You will have been called, You will have been known |
| Third person |
He will have been called, He will have been known
They will have been called, They will have been known |
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