Forming Passive Sentences?

Question

What can you tell me about forming passive sentences? And can you give me examples like this:

he is said to have been a hardworking one
he is said to be a hardworking one

Answer 1

My explanation is about passive used in the past tense, I think this is easy to understand:

Passive sentences are usually of the form...
noun1 was verb+en by noun2
which is equivalent to the active sentence
noun2 verb+ed noun1

the +ed inflection is also called 'past' tense
the +en inflection is also called 'past perfect' tense

examples of verb+en are be->been, take->taken, show->shown, swim->swum, try->tried, wash->washed, etc...

examples of verb+ed are be->was, take->took, show->showed, swim->swam, try->tried, wash->washed, etc...

like this:
passive: The path was taken by Tom.
active: Tom took the path

passive: The truck was hit by the car
active: The car hit the truck

active: She bought a new blouse.
passive: A new blouse was bought by her

'Past perfect' and its role in passive sentences is certainly one of the more unusual features of english.

Answer 2

Passive Sentences

Avoid Passive Sentences when possible.

Active sentences:

Bob broke the window.
will break, breaks, has broken
Ron made mistakes. Active and personal
◄any tense/ time
◄focus on actor + action

Passive sentences:

The window was broken by Bob.
will be broken, is broken, has been broken
Mistakes were made (by Ron, by someone). Official/ impersonal
◄any tense/ time
◄focus on the thing

Is passive always bad? No. Often it's useful.
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The test will be completed by me.
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?? Why not write “I completed the test”??
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Or Why not write "The test was completed." This is passive but that's ok if you don't care who completed the test.

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On the line, the bolts are adjusted to the correct tightness.
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Who cares who “tightens the bolts"? Does it matter? No.
So passive is ok here.

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Cars will be made from plastic in the future.
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Here the focus is on cars -- not who makes them and that is appropriate here.

How can you tell if a sentence is passive?
To have a passive sentence, you need 3 elements:

1 BE (is/ are/ was/ were/ been/ be) + 2 VERB + 3 Past Form

was
will be
has been
is shocked
found determined
requested

Are these sentences passive?
1. He was electrocuted. Yes: 1+2+3
2. She had received the award. No: no past form (3)
3. They are tabulating the results. No: No Be verb(1)
4. The results are being tabulated. Yes: 1+2+3
5. Ralph completed the test. No: Be verb (1)
6. The test has been completed. Yes: 1+2+3

Most of the time, passive sentences are avoided because they tend to be longer. However, passive sentences have also their own uses. Check this site: http://www.sfu.ca/~whitmore/style/order_05.htm

Answer 3

verbs can be transitive or intransitive
transitive verbs take objects and answer the question what and whom
intransitive verbs do not ake objects
when the subject and the doer of the action is the same in a sentence it is said to be in the active voice
examples
he kicked the ball
i killed the rat
he flew the kite
all the above sentences employ a transitive verb
only sentences wit the transitive verb can be put in the passive form
when the sentence is put Ibo the passive form the object becomes the subject and the doer and the subject are no longer the same
to put the above sentences in the passive voice
the ball was kicked by me
the rat was killed by me
the kite was flown by him
now to go to your sentence
he is said to have been a hard working one
they say he has been a hard working one

Answer 4

Your question is answered below. <--passive sentence

How can you tell if a sentence is passive?
To have a passive sentence, you need 3 elements:

1 BE (is/ are/ was/ were/ been/ be) + 2 VERB + 3 Past Form



ACTIVE: They speak English.
PASSIVE: English is spoken.

ACTIVE: They spoke English.
PASSIVE: English was spoken.

ACTIVE: They will speak English.
PASSIVE: English will be spoken.

ACTIVE: They are going to speak English.
PASSIVE: English is going to be spoken.

ACTIVE: They are speaking English.
PASSIVE: English is being spoken.

ACTIVE: They were speaking English.
PASSIVE: English was being spoken.

Answer 5

S is said to be....(1)
or S is said to have been....(2)
We use the first one if the 2 clauses are the same tenses.and the second one if they are different tenses