Fra passiv til aktiv
Sætninger skrevet i aktiv er nemmere at forstå end sætninger, der er skrevet i passiv. Det er nemt at skifte fra passiv til aktiv, men det kræver lidt øvelse. Bemærk, at tiden af udsagnsordet to be
To Keep, aktiv og passiv
Tid | Aktiv | Passiv | Aktiv sætning | Tilsvarende passiv |
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Almindelig nutid | keep | is kept | I keep the butter in the fridge. | The butter is kept in the fridge. |
Udvidet præsens | is keeping | is being kept | John is keeping my house tidy. | My house is being kept tidy. |
Præteritum | kept | was kept | Mary kept her schedule meticulously. | Mary's schedule was kept meticulously. |
Udvidet præteritum | was keeping | was being kept | The theater was keeping a seat for you. | A seat was being kept for you. |
Førnutid | have kept | have been kept | I have kept all your old letters. | All your old letters have been kept. |
Førdatid | 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. |
Almindelig fremtid | will keep | will be kept | Mark will keep the ficus. | The ficus will be kept. |
Præsens konditionalis | would keep | would be kept | If you told me, I would keep your secret. | If you told me, your secret would be kept. |
Præteritum konditionalis | 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. |
Præsens navnemåde | to keep | to be kept | She wants to keep the book. | The book wants to be kept. |
Perfektum navnemåde | to have kept | to have been kept | Judy was happy to have kept the puppy. | The puppy was happy to have been kept. |
Lang tillægsform & Gerundium | 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. |
Kort tillægsform | 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. |