Present perfect “Passive Voice” | Structure and Examples
Using the Present Perfect in the Passive Form In the above examples we looked at the present perfect in the active form, meaning that the subject was the person or thing doing the action. When we use the passive form, we focus attention on what or who receives an action (the object). We use the passive in almost all the tenses in English and create it by using the verb ‘to be’. For example, in the present simple: ACTIVE: People collect the goods.. PASSIVE: The goods are collected. In the past simple the sentence becomes, ACTIVE: People collected the goods yesterday. PASSIVE: The goods were collected yesterday. And when necessary we can express the same idea with the present perfect. For example, ACTIVE: People have collected the goods. PASSIVE: The goods have been collected. We use the present perfect in the passive form for all the same reasons we use it in the active form – to talk about recent actions, experiences, and ongoing actions/situations. In the present perfect form with the passive, we always use ‘has/have been’ + the past participle form. Here are some more examples:
Using the Present Perfect in the Passive Form In the above examples we looked at the present perfect in the active form, meaning that the subject was the person or thing doing the action. When we use the passive form, we focus attention on what or who receives an action (the object). We use the passive in almost all the tenses in English and create it by using the verb ‘to be’. For example, in the present simple: ACTIVE: People collect the goods.. PASSIVE: The goods are collected. In the past simple the sentence becomes, ACTIVE: People collected the goods yesterday. PASSIVE: The goods were collected yesterday. And when necessary we can express the same idea with the present perfect. For example, ACTIVE: People have collected the goods. PASSIVE: The goods have been collected. We use the present perfect in the passive form for all the same reasons we use it in the active form – to talk about recent actions, experiences, and ongoing actions/situations. In the present perfect form with the passive, we always use ‘has/have been’ + the past participle form. Here are some more examples: