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Simple and continuous tenses

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Simple forms

At a simple tense, the passive is:

be (conjugated in the right tense) + past participle

For example: The car was cleaned yesterday. The past tense is carried by was; cleaned remains the past participle.

Tense	Active	Passive
Simple present	Once a week, Tom cleans the house.	Once a week, the house is cleaned by Tom.
Simple past	Sam repaired the car.	The car was repaired by Sam.
Simple future (`will`)	Someone will finish the work by 5:00 PM.	The work will be finished by 5:00 PM.

Continuous forms

At a continuous tense, insert being after the conjugated form of be:

be (conjugated) + being + past participle

Tense	Active	Passive
Present continuous	Right now, Sarah is writing the letter.	Right now, the letter is being written by Sarah.
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.
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.

The long form will be being + past participle is grammatically possible, although speakers often choose a simpler sentence when the context allows it.