Passiv - Simpel nutid og datid

Nogle udsagnsord har både en aktiv og en passiv form. I nutid dannes passiv af am/is/are + kort tillægsform. På dansk ender kort tillægsform på –t, for eksempel sparket. For engelske verber ender den korte tillægsform på –ed, for eksempel kicked.

Person og tal	Grundled	Nutid aktiv	Nutid passiv
1. pers.ent.	I	kick	am kicked
2. pers.ent.	you	kick	are kicked
3. pers.ent.	he, she, it	kicks	is kicked
1. pers.flt.	we	kick	are kicked
2. pers.flt.	you	kick	are kicked
3. pers.flt.	they	kick	are kicked

I datid dannes passiv af was/were + kort tillægsform.

Person og tal	Grundled	Datid aktiv	Datid passiv
1. pers.ent.	I	kicked	was kicked
2. pers.ent.	you	kicked	were kicked
3. pers.ent.	he, she, it	kicked	was kicked
1. pers.flt.	we	kicked	were kicked
2. pers.flt.	you	kicked	were kicked
3. pers.flt.	they	kicked	were kicked

Den typiske fejl

Der er to typiske fejl. Den ene typiske fejl er, at man ikke har brugt am/is/are/was/were som hjælpeverbum, men måske brugt et andet:

The cat became kicked by Peter. (ikke korrrekt)

The cat was kicked by Peter. (korrekt)

Den anden typiske fejl er, at man ikke har valgt kort tillægsform af hovedverbet:

The money was took from the table. (ikke korrekt)

The money was take from the table. (ikke korrekt)

The money was taken from the table. (korrekt)