We use the passive form to say what happens to people and things, to say what is done to them.
We use the passive form when what was done is more important than who did it.
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TENSE
/ VERB FORM
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ACTIVE
VOICE
|
PASSIVE
VOICE
|
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Simple
present
|
keeps
|
is kept
|
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Present
continuous
|
is keeping
|
is being
kept
|
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Simple
past
|
kept
|
was kept
|
|
Past continuous
|
was keeping
|
was being
kept
|
|
Present
perfect
|
have kept
|
have been
kept
|
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Past perfect
|
had kept
|
had been
kept
|
|
future
|
will keep
|
will be kept
|
|
Conditional
present
|
would keep
|
would be
kept
|
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Conditional
past
|
would have
kept
|
would have
been kept
|
|
present
infinitive
|
to keep
|
to be kept
|
|
perfect
infinitive
|
to have kept
|
to have been
kept
|
|
present
participle/gerund
|
keeping
|
being kept
|
|
perfect
participle
|
having kept
|
having been
kept
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