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Lesson Nineteen
Continuous Forms: Passive and Active
What's the difference between these two sentences?
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She has been given flowers.
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She has been giving flowers.
The first sentence is in the passive voice and in the
present perfect tense. The second sentence is in the present
perfect continuous tense. The "ing" ending makes it continuous. |
Look at the difference:
1. She has been
given flowers. (passive & present perfect) |
someone
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gives
flowers
to
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2. She has been
giving flowers. (active & present perfect continuous) |
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gives flowers to
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someone
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What a big difference!
If you are confused, you should review the
yellow and green levels
before you continue in the purple and orange levels.
In the pictures below, notice the words with
the "ing" endings. Those are the main verbs in continuous forms.
He's sitting on the ground. |
The Present Continuous |
The baby was crying until his mother picked him up. |
The Past Continuous |
We will be having a birthday party tomorrow for our
daughter who turns three. |
The Future Continuous |
They have been working for about two hours this morning. |
The Present Perfect Continuous |
This little penguin had been living in Antarctica
before he was moved to the zoo where he now lives. |
The Past Perfect Continuous |
The house is being cleaned.
(or....The man is cleaning the house in the active voice.) |
Present Continuous - Passive Voice |
The man in the chair was being given a haircut yesterday
when he got a call on his cellphone. |
Past Continuous - Passive Voice |
In the next lesson, you will review the verb "be"
Next: Lesson
Twenty |
