e-Anglais.com The Passive Voice: la voix passive

Forme

INFINITIF
infinitif actif to clean (nettoyer)
infinitif passif to be cleaned (être nettoyé)
passé de l'infinitif to have cleaned (avoir nettoyé)
passé de l'infinitif passif to have been cleaned (avoir été nettoyé)

  Simple Continu
présent is cleaned is being cleaned
prétérit was cleaned was being cleaned
futur will be cleaned will be being cleaned
Present Perfect has been cleaned Ne s'emploie pas
Past Perfect had been cleaned

EXEMPLES
Actif Passif
A sees B B is seen by A
A is seeing B B is being seen by A
A saw B B was seen by A
A was seeing B B was being seen by A
A has seen B B has been seen by A
A will see B B will be seen by A
Notes

Emploi

Le passif en général

En général, on emploie la forme passive lorsqu'on ne s'intéresse pas à, ou ne connaît pas, l'agent:

Exemples

Voici quelques exemples:

Pratique

Pour tester si vous avez bien compris, essayez ces deux exercices: exercice 1, exercice 2