ENGLISH TENSES IN PASSIVE VOICE

SIMPLE

CONTINUOUS

PERFECT

PRESENT

+ Coffee is drunk.

- Coffee is not (isn’t) drunk.

? Is coffee drunk?

AM/IS/ARE + III pf

+ Coffee is being drunk.

- Coffee is not (isn’t) being

drunk.

? Is coffee being drunk?

AM/IS/ARE + BEING + III pf

+ Coffee has been drunk.

- Coffee has not (hasn’t) been

drunk.

? Has coffee been drunk?

HAVE/HAS + BEEN + III pf

PAST

+ Coffee was drunk.

- Coffee was not (wasn’t)

drunk.

? Was coffee drunk?

WAS/WERE + III pf

+ Coffee was being drunk.

- Coffee was not (wasn’t) being

drunk.

? Was coffee being drunk?

WAS/WERE + BEING + III pf

+ Coffee had been drunk.

- Coffee had not (hadn’t) been

drunk.

? Had coffee been drunk?

HAD + BEEN + III pf

FUTURE

+ Coffee will be drunk.

- Coffee will not (won’t) be

drunk.

? Will coffee be drunk?

WILL + BE + III pf

+ Coffee will have been drunk.

- Coffee will not (won’t) have been

drunk.

? Will coffee have been drunk?

WILL + HAVE BEEN + III pf