perfect j’ai été, tu as été, il a été, nous avons été, vous avez été, ils ont été imperfect j’étais, tu étais, il était, nous étions, vous étiez, ils étaient near future je v ...

1. The voice of the verb is distinct from its tense. Don't confuse the passive voice with the past tense. (Sentence 2 happens to be in the past tense, but 3 is not; both 2 and 3 are in the passive ...

There is a small class of transitive verbs that cannot be marked in the passive voice. 4. The potato was eaten by John. 5. *Be flying some birds. 6. *Hank's father is resembled by Henry. In the ...