Tenses Active Passive

Present Tense Our proposal discusses the plan for our Christmas The plan for our Christmas party are discussed in our
party. proposal.
Present Perfect The majority have decided that everyone should join It has been decided by the majority that everyone
Tense the exchange gift. should join the exchange gift.
Past Tense The class officers estimated the budget for the party. The budget for the party was estimated by the class
officers.
Past Perfect We had reached an agreement about the party when The agreement about the party had been reached (by
Tense they presented the plan. us) when the plan was presented.
Future Tense We will execute the plan next week. Our plan will be executed next week.

Tenses Active Passive

Our proposal discusses the plan for our
Christmas party. The majority have decided that
everyone should join the exchange gift. The class
officers estimated the budget for the party. We had
reached an agreement about the party when they
presented the plan. We will execute the plan next week.
The plan for our Christmas party is discussed in
our proposal. It has been decided by the majority that
everyone should join the exchange gift. The budget for
the party was estimated by the class officers. The
agreement about the party had been reached (by us)
when the plan was presented. Our plan will be executed
next week.