การเปลี่ยน passive voice ให้เป็น active voice
ประโยคที่เขียนในรูป active voice จะเข้าใจง่ายกว่าการเขียนประโยคนั้น ๆ ให้อยู่ในรูปของ passive voice การเปลี่ยน passive voice ให้เป็น active voice สามารถทำได้ไม่ยากนัก แต่ต้องอาศัยการฝึกฝนเล็กน้อย ในตารางด้านล่าง คำกริยา to be ที่ใน passive voice จะมีรูปเดียวกันกับ tense ที่ใช้ในคำกริยาหลักใน active voice หากคุณต้องการใช้ active voice คุณต้องให้ประธานเป็นผู้กระทำกริยานั้น ๆ อย่างชัดเจน
การใช้ To Keep ใน active และ passive voices
Tense | Active voice | Passive voice | ประโยคที่ประธานเป็นผู้กระทำ (Active sentence) | ประโยคที่ประธานเป็นผู้ถูกกระทำ (Passive) |
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Simple present | keep | is kept | I keep the butter in the fridge. | The butter is kept in the fridge. |
Present continuous | is keeping | is being kept | John is keeping my house tidy. | My house is being kept tidy. |
Simple past | kept | was kept | Mary kept her schedule meticulously. | Mary's schedule was kept meticulously. |
Past continuous | was keeping | was being kept | The theater was keeping a seat for you. | A seat was being kept for you. |
Present perfect | have kept | have been kept | I have kept all your old letters. | All your old letters have been kept. |
Past perfect | 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. |
Simple Future | will keep | will be kept | Mark will keep the ficus. | The ficus will be kept. |
Conditional Present | would keep | would be kept | If you told me, I would keep your secret. | If you told me, your secret would be kept. |
Conditional Past | 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. |
Present Infinitive | to keep | to be kept | She wants to keep the book. | The book wants to be kept. |
Perfect Infinitive | to have kept | to have been kept | Judy was happy to have kept the puppy. | The puppy was happy to have been kept. |
Present Participle & Gerund | 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. |
Perfect Participle | 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. |