Passive voice summary

 

Present Simple Active: Tell Passive: am/is/are told	John Tells me that you are crazy I’m told (by John) that you are crazy
Past simple Active: told Passive: was/were	John told me that you were crazy I was told that you are crazy
Present Perfect Active: has/have + participle (told) Passive: has/have been told	John has told me the truth I have been told the truth
Past Perfect Active: had told Passive: had been told	John had already told me the truth I had already been told the truth
Present continuous Active: am/is/are telling Passive: am/is/are being told	John is always telling me the truth. I am always being told the truth (by John)
Past continuous Active: was/ were telling Passive: was/werer being told	John was always telling the truth I was always being told the truth.
Future simple Active: will tell Passive: will be told	John will tell me the truth I will be told the truth
Future perfect Active: will have told Passive: will have been told	By tomorrow, John will have told me the truth By tomorrow, I will have been told the truth.
Present perfect continuous Active: has/ have been telling Passive: has/have been being told	John has been telling me the truth for ages I have been being told the truth for ages.