Active / Passive (mind the exceptions!)   Active: Passive: An active verb is used to express what the subject does: A passive verb is used to express what happens to the subject (form of “to be” + past participle):   Passive - Tenses with examples: Passive - Tenses with examples: Present Tense: “He opens the door”. Present Perfect Tense: “He has opened the door”. Past Tense: “He opened the door”. Past Perfect Tense: “He had opened the door”. Future Tense “will”: “He will open the door”. Future Tense “going to”: “He is going to open the door”. Present Tense: “The door is opened by him”. Present Perfect Tense: “The door has been opened by him”. Past Tense: “The door was opened by him”. Past Perfect Tense: “The door had been opened by him”. Future Tense “will”: “The door will be opened by him”. Future Tense “going to”: “The door is going to be opened by him”.   (c) www.english-tenses.com   no guarantee can be taken for the correctness of all files.                                 Learn English tenses (simple and continuous forms) for free: present, past, present perfect, past perfect, future, passives, conditionals, reported speech!