Passive voice in present continuous and present perfect

Passive voice in present continuous and present perfect

When we focus on the result rather than the doer, we use passive voice.

Present continuous passive Subject The air / pollute c v The air am/is/are c v being c v participle is being polluted. are being damaged. City streets/ damage City streets Potholes / not repair Potholes aren´t being repaired. The World / destroy The World is being destroyed.

Present continuous passive c v Am/is/are Animals / extinguish Animals are being extinguished. The water/ pollute Water is being polluted. Subject c v being c v participle Life / not preserve Life is not being preserved. Forests / devastate Forests are being devastated. For actions in progres right now: Water is being polluted these nowadays. right now. days.

Present perfect passive Subject Many parks / lose Homeless/ displace c v have/ has Many parks have Homeless have c v been c v participle been lost. been displaced. Lakes / disappear Lakes have been disappeared. Forests / devastate Forests have been devastated.

Present perfect passive Subject Lives / lose Cities / overpopulate c v have/ has Lives have Cities have c v been c v participle lost. been overpopulated. Trees / fall Trees have been fallen. Seas / pollute Seas have been polluted. For something that started before the present: Cities have been overpopulated in since the 2009 last years

To identify what tense to use we have to pay attention to the key words: Present continuous: Present perfect: Now, right now, these days , Nowadays, etc… Lately, recently, during , in the last, since, for, etc…

Present continuous passive Sub c Am/is/a c re v v being c v participle Present perfect passive Vs Sub c v have has c v been c v participle 1 - Life The life has been destroyed since humans appeared. (destroy) 2 -Health is being threatened nowdays. in nowdays. (threaten) 3 -Many trees have been cut down recently. (cut down) 4 -The oceans seas areare being polluted right now. (pollute) 5 -Farmlands have been eaten during the last 3 years. (eat) 6 -Underground water has been contaminated since this factory began working. (contaminate) 7 -Statues and buildings are being eroded these days. (erode) 8 -The destruction of plants is being accelerated acelerated ininthe thepresent. (accelerate) (acelerate) 9 -Birds and fish have been harmed over the years. (harm) 10 - Kids are havebeing beencorruptednow. (corrupt)