被动语态与主动语态的转换
用主动语态写的句子会比被动语态的句子还要容易理解。将被动语态转为主动语态很简单,但需要练习才能彻底掌握。在以下的对应表中,请注意被动句的 Be 动词时态一律和主动句的主要动词时态相同。为了要用主动语态,您必须明确表示做动作的主词为何。
主动语态和被动语态,以 to keep 为例
时态 | 主动语态 | 被动语态 | 主动句 | 对应的被动句 |
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一般现在时 | keep | is kept | I keep the butter in the fridge. | The butter is kept in the fridge. |
现在进行时 | is keeping | is being kept | John is keeping my house tidy. | My house is being kept tidy. |
一般过去时 | kept | was kept | Mary kept her schedule meticulously. | Mary's schedule was kept meticulously. |
过去进行时 | was keeping | was being kept | The theater was keeping a seat for you. | A seat was being kept for you. |
现在完成时 | have kept | have been kept | I have kept all your old letters. | All your old letters have been kept. |
过去完成时 | had kept | had been kept | He had kept up his training regimen for a month. | His training regimen had been kept up for a month. |
一般将来时 | will keep | will be kept | Mark will keep the ficus. | The ficus will be kept. |
条件式现在时 | would keep | would be kept | If you told me, I would keep your secret. | If you told me, your secret would be kept. |
条件式过去时 | would have kept | would have been kept | I would have kept your bicycle here if you had left it with me. | Your bicycle would have been kept here if you had left it with me. |
不定式现在时 | to keep | to be kept | She wants to keep the book. | The book wants to be kept. |
不定式完成时 | to have kept | to have been kept | Judy was happy to have kept the puppy. | The puppy was happy to have been kept. |
现在分词和动名词 | keeping | being kept | I have a feeling that you may be keeping a secret. | I have a feeling that a secret may be being kept. |
完成式分词 | having kept | having been kept | Having kept the bird in a cage for so long, Jade wasn't sure it could survive in the wild. | The bird, having been kept in a cage for so long, might not survive in the wild. |