Example of Active Passive, Conditional Sentence, and Adjective Clause
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| Active | Passive |
Simple Present | Once a week, Tom cleans the house. | Once a week, the house is cleaned by Tom. |
Present Continuous | Right now, Sarah is writing the letter. | Right now, the letter is being written by Sarah. |
Simple Past | Sam repaired the car. | The car was repaired by Sam. |
Past Continuous | The salesman was helping the customer when the thief came into the store. | The customer was being helped by the salesman when the thief came into the store. |
Present Perfect | Many tourists have visited that castle. | That castle has been visited by many tourists. |
Present Perfect Continuous | Recently, John has been doing the work. | Recently, the work has been being done by John. |
Past Perfect | George had repaired many cars before he received his mechanic's license. | Many cars had been repaired by George before he received his mechanic's license. |
Past Perfect Continuous | Chef Jones had been preparing the restaurant's fantastic dinners for two years before he moved to Paris. | The restaurant's fantastic dinners had been being prepared by Chef Jones for two years before he moved to Paris. |
Simple Future will | Someone will finish the work by 5:00 PM. | The work will be finished by 5:00 PM. |
Simple Future be going to | Sally is going to make a beautiful dinner tonight. | A beautiful dinner is going to be made by Sally tonight. |
Future Continuous will | At 8:00 PM tonight, John will be washing the dishes. | At 8:00 PM tonight, the dishes will be being washed by John. |
Future Continuous be going to | At 8:00 PM tonight, John is going to be washing the dishes. | At 8:00 PM tonight, the dishes are going to be being washed by John. |
Future Perfect will | They will have completed the project before the deadline. | The project will have been completed before the deadline. |
Future Perfect be going to | They are going to have completed the project before the deadline. | The project is going to have been completed before the deadline. |
Future Perfect Continuous will | The famous artist will have been painting the mural for over six months by the time it is finished. | The mural will have been being painted by the famous artist for over six months by the time it is finished. |
Future Perfect Continuous be going to | The famous artist is going to have been painting the mural for over six months by the time it is finished. | The mural is going to have been being painted by the famous artist for over six months by the time it is finished. |
Used to | Jerry used to pay the bills. | The bills used to be paid by Jerry. |
Would Always | My mother would always make the pies. | The pies would always be made by my mother. |
Future in the Past Would | I knew John would finish the work by 5:00 PM. | I knew the work would be finished by 5:00 PM. |
Future in the Past Was Going to | I thought Sally was going to make a beautiful dinner tonight. | I thought a beautiful dinner was going to be made by Sally tonight. |
Adjective Clause
I love my new watch.
George gave me a leather wallet.
Elvis Presley was a famous singer.
She just bought a blue car.
I just bought the you recommended book.
Frank is the taught me how to cook chef.
Snowmobiles are you can ride on the snow cars.
Frank is the chef taught me how to cook.
Snowmobiles are cars you can ride on the snow.
Conditional Sentence
Examples of real conditional sentences expressing facts:
If water boils, it turns to steam.
If water boils, it will turn to steam.
Examples of real conditional sentences expressing habitual activities:
If he eats breakfast, he feels better all day.
If he eats breakfast, he will feel better all day.
If he ate breakfast, he felt better all day.
These generalizations can also be expressed by using when or whenever instead of if:
When water boils, it turns to steam.
When he eats breakfast, he feels better all day.
When he ate breakfast, he felt better all day.Sumber:
Examples of real conditional sentences expressing inferences:
If today is Wednesday, it is George’s birthday.
If I can do it, anyone can do it.
if it is raining, the streets are getting wet.
If he was at school, he saw the accident.
If today is Wednesday, it must be George’s birthday.
If I can do it, anyone must be able to do it.
if it is raining, the streets must be getting wet.
If he was at school, he must have seen the accident.
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