This document discusses the active and passive voice in English grammar. It defines active voice as when the subject of the sentence performs the action of the verb, and passive voice as when the subject receives the action. It provides examples of sentences in the active and passive voice in different tenses. It also explains how to change sentences from active to passive voice by modifying the verb form and adding helping verbs like "be", "being", or "been". Finally, it lists some advantages of active voice like being shorter and clearer, and reasons for using passive voice like focusing on the action rather than the doer.

1. Presentation
English I
Topic
ACTIVE And PASSIVE VOICE
Prepared By:
Ummara Jabbar Khan
Sajjad Khurshid
Tazeen Ayub
Mudassar Nawaz
Abdullah

2. There are two special forms for verbs called voice:
• Active voice
• Passive voice
Active Voice Form:
When we want to say that the subject of a sentence is doing the action,
we use the verb of that sentence in its Active form.
For Example:
A man is cutting down a tree.
A man‟ = subject
Doing the action -- Cutting

3. Passive Voice Form:
When we want to say that the subject of a sentence is not doing
anything but is allowing something to be done to it by somebody else, we use the
Passive Voice form.
For Example:
A tree is being cut down by a man.
A tree‟ = Subject = Not doing anything, but allowing „a man‟ to cut it

4. How To Make Active To Passive
Simple Present:
If tens is “Simple Present” then change in to “Present Continuous” and
using the helping verb of “Present Continuous” the helping verbs are Is, Am,
Are.
For Example:
The movie fascinates me. (Active Voice)
I am fascinated by the movie. (Passive Voice)

5. Present Continuous:
If tens is “Present Continuous” then change in to Passive Voice never
change the tens only after helping verb using “being”
For Example:
I am helping Ali. (Active Voice)
Ali is being helped by me. (Passive Voice)

6. Present Perfect:
If tens is “Present Perfect” then change in to Passive Voice never
change the tens only after helping verb using “been”
For Example:
I have mailed the gift. (Active Voice)
The gift has been mailed by me. (Passive Voice)

7. Simple Past:
If tens is “Simple Past” then change in to “Past Continuous” and using
the helping verb of “Past Continuous” the helping verbs are Was and Were.
For Example:
The movie bored me. (Active Voice)
I was bored by the movie. (Passive Voice)

8. Past Continuous:
If tens is “Past Continuous” then change in to Passive Voice never
change the tens only after helping verb using “being”
For Example:
I was cleaning the bedroom. (Active Voice)
The bedroom was being cleaned by me. (Passive Voice)

9. Past Perfect:
If tens is “Past Perfect” then change in to Passive Voice never change
the tens only after helping verb using “been”.
For Example:
Steven had directed the movie. (Active Voice)
The movie had been directed by Steven. (Passive Voice)

10. Simple Future:
If tens is “Simple Future” then change in to Passive Voice never change
the tens only after helping verb using “be”.
For Example:
I will mail the gift. (Active Voice)
The gift will be mailed by me. (Passive Voice)

11. Future Perfect:
If tens is “Simple Future” then change in to Passive Voice never change
the tens only after helping verb using “been”.
For Example:
John will have finished the project next month. (Active Voice)
The project will have been finished by next month. (Passive Voice)

12. Advantages of Active Voice
• Shorter, more direct
• More forceful
• Greater clarity (The reader knows immediately who is doing what.)
• Sharper imagery

13. Why Use Passive Voice?
• Passive Voice, however, uses longer sentences and is used frequently in
formal writing.
• Passive voice is used when the focus is on the action. It is not important or
not known, however, who or what is performing the action.
For Example:
My bike was stolen
In the example above, the focus is on the fact that my bike was stolen. I do
not know, however, who did it.

14. Thank You