6.
Verb form Active voice Passive voice
Infinitive To write To be written
Perfect
infinitive
To have
written
To have been
written
Present
participle
Writing being written
Part participle Written Been written
Verb forms
7.
Active voice Passive voice
Present simple tense
- The teacher
punishes the boy.
- Do you always
laugh at him?
S + Is/am/are + v.3
- The boy is punished
by the teacher.
- Is he always
laughed at by you?
Active & Passive voice in
Tenses
8.
Active voice Passive voice
Present continuous tense
- The painters are
painting our house.
- Are the students doing
the exercises?
S + Is/am/are + being + v.3
- Our house is being
painted by the painters.
- Are the exercises being
done by the students?
Active & Passive voice in
Tenses
9.
Active voice Passive voice
Present perfect tense
- They have built a
new hotel.
- Has the boy caught
a bird?
S + has/have + been + v.3
- A new hotel has been
built by them.
- Has a bird been caught
by the bot?
Active & Passive voice in
Tenses
10.
Active voice Passive voice
Past simple tense
- My sister wrote a
letter.
- Did the servant polish
Tom’s shoes?
S + was/were + v.3
- A letter was written by
my sister.
- Were Tom’s shoed
polished by the
servant?
Active & Passive voice in
Tenses
11.
Active voice Passive voice
Past continuous tense
- While James was
introducing me, the
telephone rang.
- Were they digging the
hole when you past
yesterday?
S + was/were + being + v.3
- While I was being
introduced, the
telephone rang.
- Was this hole being dug
by them when you went
past yesterday?
Active & Passive voice in Tenses
12.
Active voice Passive voice
Past perfect tense
- The guest had eaten all
the food.
- Had he seen you
before?
S + had + been + v.3
- All the food had been
eaten by the guests.
- Had you been seen by
him before?
Active & Passive voice in
Tenses
13.
Active voice Passive voice
Future simple
- His mother will beat
him if he does that
again.
- Will Mary invite Jack
to her party?
S + will + be + v.3
- He will be beaten by
his mother if he does
that again.
- Will Jack be invited by
Mary to her party?
Active & Passive voice in
Tenses
14.
Active voice Passive voice
Future perfect
- By next March the pupils
will have taken the
examination.
- Will she have announced
the results by the end of
next month?
S + will + have + been + v.3
- By next March the
examination will have
been taken by the pupils.
- Will the results have been
announced by her by the
end of next month?
Active & Passive voice
in Tenses
15.
By people
Italian is spoken in Italy.
Mount Everest has been climbed many times.
Passive voice doesn’t need
‘by’
16.
Personal Pronouns
A new road will be built through here soon.
The dinner is being cooked now.
Passive voice doesn’t need
‘by’
17.
Everyone, everybody, no one, someone……..
The law must be obeyed.
English is learned in the school.
Money has been stolen.
Tom is never obeyed.
(No one ever obeys Tom. )
Passive voice doesn’t need
‘by’
18.
This book was written by J.K Rowling.
Joe was hit on the head by the falling rock.
She wasn’t bitten by a snack, she was stung
by a bee.
Passive voice needs ‘by’
19.
May, might, will, must … + be + v.3
- The window ought to be opened.
- German can be spoken by my teacher.
- The teacher should be obeyed.
Auxiliary verbs
20.
The Headmaster gave me a prize.
I was give a prize by the Headmaster.
A prize was given to me by the
Headmaster.
Double objects
21.
They showed us the place where the
Royal Family lived.
We were shown to the place where the Royal
Family lived.
The place where the Royal Family lived was
shown to us.
Double objects
22.
What will you give me?
What will I be given by you?
Where did you see the snack?
Where was the snack seen?
When will you finish the essay?
When will the essay be finished?
Question words
23.
Why did he punish his children?
Why were his children punished?
Who wrote Oliver Twist?
By whom was Oliver Twist written?
Which dress did you buy?
Which dress was bought by you?
Question words
24.
Let + object+ be + v.3
Open your book.
Let your book be opened.
Do it
Let it be done.
Don’t kill the tiger.
Let the tiger not be killed.
Imperative sentence