1. Passive Endings Flow Chart
START
Does it end with: -r
-ris
-tur
-mur
-mini
-ntur
Yes No
Is there a verb after the word which is the present tense of the verb ‘to be’?
Does it contain a ‘b’ close to the end of the word?
Yes No
Yes No
PERFECT PASSIVE
(He has been killed)
Is there an a, e, ia, or ie before the endings?
Does an ‘a’ follow the ‘b’?
Is the verb after the word in the imperfect tense of the verb ‘to be’?
Yes No
Yes No
Yes No
IMPERFECT PASSIVE
(He was being killed)
PRESENT PASSIVE
(He is being killed)
FUTURE PASSIVE
(He will be killed)
PLUPERFECT PASSIVE
(He had been killed)
FUTURE PERFECT
(ACTIVE)
(He will have been killed)
“dimidium facti qui coepit habet”
He who has begun has the work half done. (Horace)