Passive verb building, rule
Regular verbs, overview
Conjugation: | passive verb building |
Example verb: | to ask |
Indicative (simple forms)
Present | Past | Future I |
I am asked | I was asked | I will be asked |
you are asked | you were asked | you will be asked |
he is asked | he was asked | he will be asked |
we are asked | we were asked | we will be asked |
you are asked | you were asked | you will be asked |
they are asked | they were asked | they will be asked |
Present Perfect | Past Perfect | Future II |
I have been asked | I had been asked | I will have been asked |
you have been asked | you had been asked | you will have been asked |
he has been asked | he had been asked | he will have been asked |
we have been asked | we had been asked | we will have been asked |
you have been asked | you had been asked | you will have been asked |
they have been asked | they had been asked | they will have been asked |
Indicative (continuous forms)
Present | Past | Future I |
I am being asked | I was being asked | I will be being asked |
you are being asked | you were being asked | you will be being asked |
he is being asked | he was being asked | he will be being asked |
we are being asked | we were being asked | we will be being asked |
you are being asked | you were being asked | you will be being asked |
they are being asked | they were being asked | they will be being asked |
Present Perfect | Past Perfect | Future II |
I have been being asked | I had been being asked | I will have been being asked |
you have been being asked | you had been being asked | you will have been being asked |
he has been being asked | he had been being asked | he will have been being asked |
we have been being asked | we had been being asked | we will have been being asked |
you have been being asked | you had been being asked | you will have been being asked |
they have been being asked | they had been being asked | they will have been being asked |
Conditional (simple forms)
Conditional I | Conditional II | |
I would be asked | I would have been asked |
you would be asked | you would have been asked |
he would be asked | he would have been asked |
we would be asked | we would have been asked |
you would be asked | you would have been asked |
they would be asked | they would have been asked |
Conditional (continuous forms)
Conditional I | Conditional II | |
I would be being asked | I would have been being asked |
you would be being asked | you would have been being asked |
he would be being asked | he would have been being asked |
we would be being asked | we would have been being asked |
you would be being asked | you would have been being asked |
they would be being asked | they would have been being asked |
Imperative
be asked
Participle
Present / Gerund | Past | |
being asked | asked |
also see:
English verb table, overview
Passive verb building, rules