Formation of Active and Passive Voice

Formation of Active and Passive Voice
Tenses Formation Of Active Voice Formation of Passive Voice

Simple Present Subject + Base form of Verb(‘s’ or ‘es’ in Subject + am/is /are + Past
third person singular) + object. Participle +by + Object.
The cat chases the rat The rat is chased by the cat.
Present Continuous Subject + am/ is / are + base form of verb + Subject + am/ is/ are + being +
‘ing’ + object. Past Participle + by +object.
The students are writing letters. The letters are being written by
the students.
Present Perfect Subject + has / have + past participle + Subject + has/ have + been +
Object. Past Participle + Object.
My father has purchased a new mobile. A new mobile has been
purchased by my father.
Present Perfect Subject + has / have + been + base form of No Passive Form
Continuous verb + ‘ing’ + object.
We have been doing our home work since
morning.
Present Tense
Past Tense

Simple Past Subject + Second Form of Verb or Base Subject + was/ were + Past
form of verb + ‘ed’ + object Participle +by + Object.
I made a statue. A statue was made by me.
Past Continuous Subject + was/ were + base form of verb + Subject + was/ were + being +
‘ing’ + object. Past Participle + by +object.
The students were writing poems The poems were being written
by the students.
Past Perfect Subject + had + past participle + Object. Subject + had + been + Past
Ryan had read the novel Participle + Object.
The novel had been read by
Ryan.
Past Perfect Subject + had + been + base form of verb + No Passive Form
Continuous ‘ing’ + object
He had been creating a new experimental
automobile.
Future Tense

Simple Future Subject + will/ shall + base form of the Subject + will/ shall + be +Past
verb+ object. Participle + object.
John will write a fantasy novel. A fantasy novel will be written
by John.
Future Perfect Subject + will/ shall + have + past participle Subject + will/ shall + have +
+ object. been +Past Participle + object.
Sean will have written the crime novel. The Crime novel will have been
written by Sean.
Future continuous Subject + will/ shall + be +Base form of verb No Passive Form.
+ ‘ing ‘+ object. + Adverb of time
He will be making a new statue in the
evening.
Voice : Voice is a form of verb which indicates whether a person or a thing does
something or something is done to the person or thing.
Active Voice: When a verb form shows that the subject has done something or the
Subject is the doer of the action, it is known as active voice.
Example: Rohan sings a song.
Passive Voice: When a verb form shows that something has been done to the subject
or subject is the receiver of the action, it is known as passive voice.
Example: A song is sung by Rohan.
Rules to Interchange from Active To Passive Voice
A sentence can be separated into Subject , Verb and Object.
Example: John Kicked the ball.

Subject Verb Object
The subject and the object interchange places and preposition ‘by ’ is placed before
the object in the passive voice. If subject is a pronoun then it chances accordingly:
Active Voice Passive Voice

Ron Becomes by Ron
I Becomes by me
We Becomes by us.
You Becomes by you.
He Becomes by him.
She Becomes by her .
They becomes By them.
Example The ball was kicked by john.
Form of the verb ‘be ’ i.e. (am, is, are, was, were, be, been, being) must be used
according to the tense of the verb, according to the person and the number of the
noun in the subject position.
Example: They wrote the letters.
The letters were written by them.
Note: Tense, number and person does not change when a sentence is interchanged
from Active to Passive Voice. Only the base form of verb changes to past participle.
For Example: ‘Write’ becomes ‘Written’, ‘Speak’ becomes ‘Spoken’
A transitive verb is sometimes followed by two objects. In such cases, the sentences
may have two passive forms.
Example: The Principal granted him the leave.
He was granted leave by the Principal.
The leave was granted to him by the Principal.
Note: There is no passive form for the following tenses:

Present Perfect Continuous Tense, Past Perfect Continuous Tense, Future Continuous
Tense and Future Perfect Continuous Tense.
Certain verbs are followed by prepositions. So a preposition after a verb must be

retained in the passive voice.
Example: The children laughed at the clown.
The clown was laughed at by the children.
Some ideas like commands, orders and requests can be expressed in passive voice in
two ways:
Example: Please post the letter.
You are requested to post the letter.
Let + Object + be + Past Participle

Example: Give the command.
Let the command be given.
All questions in active voice can be changed into passive voice.

Example: Do you speak Spanish?
Is Spanish spoken by you?
Who broke the glass?
By whom was the glass broken?
Sentences with object complement can be changed into passive voice as follows:
Example: We Elected John Prefect.
John was elected Prefect (by us).
When the verb in active voice is a modal verb, the word ‘be’ along with the past
participle is added to the verb in the passive voice.
Example: You must do your homework regularly.
Your homework must be done regularly (by you).
A few verbs in passive voice are followed by a number of prepositions. In such cases
the preposition ‘by’ may not be used in passive voice.
Example: Astonished at, annoyed at, amazed at, crowded with, disappointed with,
disgusted with, interested in, killed with, pleased with, rejoiced at and surprised at.

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Tenses Formation Of Active Voice Formation of Passive Voice

Tenses Formation Of Active Voice Formation of Passive Voice

Example: John Kicked the ball.

Active Voice Passive Voice

Note: There is no passive form for the following tenses:

Certain verbs are followed by prepositions. So a preposition after a verb must be

Let + Object + be + Past Participle

All questions in active voice can be changed into passive voice.

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