Passive

Active:
Bob's car hit Sue.

Passive:
Sue was hit by Bob's car.






Is that what you mean?

And it can be made to appear and feel even more passive as in:

The window was broken.

Note: who done it?

Yes,is that the only tense for passive?

No, there's present passive, past passive, present perfect passive...

There are many, but they all involve the same principle.

Present Perfect passive

Sue has been hited by Bob's car.

???? Right?

Sue has been hit.

Hit is an irregular verb.

I don't know -- my instruction in grammar was poor, and I never learned my tenses.

Craven has taught English as a second language, so I am sure he knows. CdK?

past: Mistakes were made.
present: Mistakes are made.
future: Mistakes will be made.
past perfect: Mistakes had been made.
present perfect: Mistakes have been made.
future perfect: Mistakes will have been made.
past progressive: Mistakes were being made.
present progressive: Mistakes are being made.
future progressive: Mistakes will be being made.
past perfect progressive: Mistakes had been being made.
present perfect progressive: Mistakes have been being made.
future perfect progressive: Mistakes will have been being made.

(From: "The Complete Conjugation of the Bush Administration," vol. 2)

Note that many ESL students know the "progressive" tense as the "continuous" tense. Soem also call it the gerund tense for some odd reason.

Thok,

Where in Europe are you? We may be able to help in your own language.

KP

Craven: I've heard it called the continuous tense and the gerundive tense. I suppose it is a testament to my progressive education that I learned to call it the progressive tense.

I guess that you were, at least, partly prophetic, Joe.

Score one for me!