🛠 Passive Voice Structure - Passive Voice = Subject + form of "to be" + past participle (V3) + (by + agent, optional), Tense matters! - The verb “to be” changes according to the tense., The object of the active sentence becomes... - the subject of the passive sentence., The doer of the action is optional and introduced with - "by.", Use “being” to show continuous tenses in the passive: - CONTINOUS : BEING, Present Continuous → - is/are being + past participle, 🡪 The cake is being baked. - The cake was being baked., He steals a million every year. (Present Simple) - A million is stolen every year. (Present Simple), He stole a million last night. (Past Simple) - A million was stolen last night. (Past Simple), He will steal a million tomorrow. (Future Simple) - A million will be stolen tomorrow. (Future Simple), He is stealing a million right now. (Present Continuous) - A million is being stolen right now. (Present Continuous), He was stealing a million at 3 p.m. yesterday. (Past Continuous) - A million was being stolen at 3 p.m. yesterday. (Past Continuous), He will be stealing a million this time next week. (Future Continuous) - A million will be being stolen this time next week. (Future Continuous – formal/rare), He has stolen a million recently. (Present Perfect) - A million has been stolen recently. (Present Perfect),

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