Active form, passive meaning.
Which one of each set of examples would you find yourself commonly using?
There are dishes to do.
There are dishes to be done.
These apples are ready to eat.
These apples are ready for eating.
These apples are ready to be eaten.
All these examples are good examples of English. The differences between the examples are very fine, and probably are to do with personal preference. There are slight differences in meaning.
There are dishes to do.
Good
There are dishes to be done.
Good
These apples are ready to eat.
Good
These apples are ready for eating.
Good
These apples are ready to be eaten.
Good
Dere be dem dere dishes far a doin'.
Dese here apples be aready far a eatin'.
Robin, the question was:
Which one of each set of examples would you find yourself commonly using?
I'd commonly use the first one in each group, Pos.