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Passive Voice (Advanced)

Advanced passive forms: perfect/continuous, get-passives, causatives

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When to Use Passive Voice (Advanced)

  • •Perfect passive: have/has/had been + V3 for completed actions: The work has been finished.
  • •Continuous passive: be + being + V3 for ongoing actions: The house is being painted.
  • •Get-passive for informal focus on change: He got promoted.
  • •Causative have/get something done: I had my car repaired.
  • •Formal/academic contexts needing passive variety.

How to Form Passive Voice (Advanced)

Affirmative (+)

Perfect passive: have/has/had been + V3; Continuous passive: be + being + V3; Get-passive: get + V3; Causative: have/get + object + V3

Negative (-)

Add not after auxiliary (isn't being, hasn't been, didn't get)

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Invert auxiliary (Is it being repaired? Has it been done?)

💡 Keep V3 in all passives; get-passives are informal; causatives show arranging, not doing.

Examples of Passive Voice (Advanced)

✓The report has been submitted.

✗The report has submitted.

Perfect passive uses has been + V3.

✓The room is being cleaned.

✗The room is cleaning.

Continuous passive uses is being + V3.

✓He got promoted last year.

✗He was got promoted last year.

Get-passive uses get + V3 without extra be.

✓I had my car repaired.

✗I repaired my car (if someone else did it).

Causative shows arrangement, not personal action.

Common Mistakes with Passive Voice (Advanced)

💡 Practice Tips for Passive Voice (Advanced)

  • • Choose perfect passive for completed, continuous passive for ongoing.
  • • Get-passive is informal; use be-passive in formal contexts.
  • • Causative: have/get + object + V3 to show arrangement.
  • • All passive forms keep the main verb in past participle (V3).
Quick Quiz
  1. 1.Which is the correct present perfect passive? 
  2. Question 2: Don't come in — the office blank (clean) at the moment. (continuous passive)
    2.Don't come in — the office (clean) at the moment. (continuous passive)
  3. Question 3: By the time we arrived, the cake blank (eat). (past perfect passive)
    3.By the time we arrived, the cake (eat). (past perfect passive)
  4. Question 4: He blank (promote) last month — finally! (get-passive, past)
    4.He (promote) last month — finally! (get-passive, past)
  5. Question 5: We're having the bathroom blank (renovate) next month. (causative)
    5.We're having the bathroom (renovate) next month. (causative)
  6. Question 6: The new bridge blank (build) since last spring. (present perfect continuous passive)
    6.The new bridge (build) since last spring. (present perfect continuous passive)
  7. Question 7: The problem blank (discuss) when I joined the meeting. (past continuous passive)
    7.The problem (discuss) when I joined the meeting. (past continuous passive)
  8. Question 8: My phone blank (steal) on the train yesterday. (get-passive)
    8.My phone (steal) on the train yesterday. (get-passive)
  9. Question 9: She blank (have) her laptop repaired by a professional. (causative, past)
    9.She (have) her laptop repaired by a professional. (causative, past)
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