ACTIVE PASSIVE VOICE
Active Passive Voice
What is Voice?
The voice of a verb tells whether the subject of
the sentence performs or receives the action.
i) Birds build nests.
ii) Nests are built by birds.
Types of Voice:
1.Active Voice: the subject performs the action
expressed by the verb.
Usage: when more clarity and straightforward relation
is required between verb and subject.
2.Passive Voice: the subject receives the action
expressed by the verb.
Usage: when the action is the focus, not the subject or
when the doer is unknown.
Active Passive Voice
Rules of Conversion from Active to Passive Voice:
1. Identify the subject, the verb and the object: S+V+O
2. Change the object into subject
3. Put the suitable helping verb or auxiliary verb
4. Change the verb into past participle of the verb
5. Add the preposition "by“
6. Change the subject into object
Active Passive Voice
• Subject
• I
• We
• You
• She/He/It
• They
• Who
• Object
• me
• us
• you
• Her/ him/ it
• them
• whom
Active Passive Voice
Active Passive Voice Present Simple
• Active
• Subject + V1+s/es+
object
• He reads a novel
• We build our house.
• You wash the car every
week.
• They eat apples at
breakfast.
• Passive
• (Auxiliary Verb
-is/am/are
• Object+ is/am/are+ V3+
by + subject
• A novel is read by him.
• Our house is built by us.
• The car is washed every
week by you.
• Apples are eaten by
them at breakfast.
Present Continuous Tense
• Active
• Subject + is/am/are+ v1+
ing + object
• Esha is singing a song
• The postman is delivering
the mail.
• Harish is measuring the
room.
• The coach is congratulating
the team at the moment.
• Ritika is buying a table.
• Passive
• (Auxiliary Verb- is/am/are +
being)
• Object+ is/am/are+ being+
V3+ by + subject
• A song is being sung by Esha
• The mail is being delivered
by the postman.
• The room is being measured
by Harish
• The team is being
congratulated by the coach
• A table is being bought by
Ritika.
Present Perfect Tense
• Active Voice
• Subject + has/have+ v3+
object
• Nitesh has challenged her.
• They have cleaned the
clinic.
• Thomas has written
many books.
• The postman has
delivered the letters.
• Passive Voice
• (Auxiliary Verb- has/have
+been)
• Object+ has/have+ been+
V3+ by + subject
• She has been challenged
by Nitesh.
• The clinic has been
cleaned by them.
• Many books have been
written by Thomas.
• The letters have been
delivered by the postman
Past Simple
Past Simple Tense
Active Voice
• Subject + V2+ object
• Reema cleaned the floor.
• The teacher corrected the
mistakes.
• He did not give the books.
• The children rang the bell a
few minutes ago.
• The kids forgot the story
very soon.
Passive Voice (Auxiliary Verb-
was/were)
• Object+ was/were V3+ by +
subject
The floor was cleaned by
Reema.
The mistakes were corrected by
the teacher.
The books were not given by
him.
The bell was rung by the
children a few minutes ago
The story was forgotten by the
kids very soon.
Past Continuous Tense
• Active Voice
• Subject + was/were +
v1+ing+ object.
• Nitika was painting the
wall.
• We were talking about
Francis
• She was watching a film.
• I was repairing their bikes
• Passive Voice
• (Auxiliary Verb- was/were
+ being)
• Object+ was/were
+being+V3+ by + subject
• The wall was being painted
by Nitika.
• Francis was being talked
about by us.
• A film was being watched
by her.
• Their bikes were being
repaired by me
Past Perfect Tense
• Active Voice
• Subject + had + v3+ object.
Misha had washed the
clothes.
• I had worn blue shoes.
• Joe had cleaned the tables.
• We had lost the key.
• Passive Voice
• (Auxiliary Verb- had +been)
• Object+ had + been +V3+
by + subject
• The clothes had been
washed by Misha.
• Blue shoes had been worn
by me.
• The tables had been
cleaned by Joe
• The key had been lost by us
Future Simple Tense
• Active Voice
• Subject + will+ v1+ object.
• Trisha will sew the bag.
• Amit will play football.
• Jane will buy a new
computer.
• Our boss will sign the
contract.
• They will not show the new
film
• Passive Voice
• (Auxiliary Verb- will+ be)
• Object+ will+ be +V3+ by +
subject
• The bag will be sewed/sewn
by Trisha.
• Football will be played by
Amit.
• A new computer will be
bought by Jane.
• The contract will be signed by
our boss.
• The new film will not be
shown by them.
Future Perfect Tense
Active Voice
• Subject + will+ have
+v3+ object.
• They will have cooked the
food.
• The children will have seen
the show.
• I shall have learnt the
lesson.
• She will have sold her
house.
• Passive Voice
• Object + will+ have
+been+v3+ subject.
• The food will have been
cooked by them.
• The show will have been
seen by the children.
• The lesson will have been
learnt by me.
• The house will have been
sold by her.
Active Passive Voice
There is no Passive Voice formation for these tenses-
1.) Present Perfect Continuous Tense
2.) Past Perfect Continuous Tense
3.) Future Continuous Tense
4.) Future Perfect Continuous Tense

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    Active Passive Voice Whatis Voice? The voice of a verb tells whether the subject of the sentence performs or receives the action. i) Birds build nests. ii) Nests are built by birds.
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    Types of Voice: 1.ActiveVoice: the subject performs the action expressed by the verb. Usage: when more clarity and straightforward relation is required between verb and subject. 2.Passive Voice: the subject receives the action expressed by the verb. Usage: when the action is the focus, not the subject or when the doer is unknown.
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    Active Passive Voice Rulesof Conversion from Active to Passive Voice: 1. Identify the subject, the verb and the object: S+V+O 2. Change the object into subject 3. Put the suitable helping verb or auxiliary verb 4. Change the verb into past participle of the verb 5. Add the preposition "by“ 6. Change the subject into object
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    Active Passive Voice •Subject • I • We • You • She/He/It • They • Who • Object • me • us • you • Her/ him/ it • them • whom
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    Active Passive VoicePresent Simple • Active • Subject + V1+s/es+ object • He reads a novel • We build our house. • You wash the car every week. • They eat apples at breakfast. • Passive • (Auxiliary Verb -is/am/are • Object+ is/am/are+ V3+ by + subject • A novel is read by him. • Our house is built by us. • The car is washed every week by you. • Apples are eaten by them at breakfast.
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    Present Continuous Tense •Active • Subject + is/am/are+ v1+ ing + object • Esha is singing a song • The postman is delivering the mail. • Harish is measuring the room. • The coach is congratulating the team at the moment. • Ritika is buying a table. • Passive • (Auxiliary Verb- is/am/are + being) • Object+ is/am/are+ being+ V3+ by + subject • A song is being sung by Esha • The mail is being delivered by the postman. • The room is being measured by Harish • The team is being congratulated by the coach • A table is being bought by Ritika.
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    Present Perfect Tense •Active Voice • Subject + has/have+ v3+ object • Nitesh has challenged her. • They have cleaned the clinic. • Thomas has written many books. • The postman has delivered the letters. • Passive Voice • (Auxiliary Verb- has/have +been) • Object+ has/have+ been+ V3+ by + subject • She has been challenged by Nitesh. • The clinic has been cleaned by them. • Many books have been written by Thomas. • The letters have been delivered by the postman
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    Past Simple Tense ActiveVoice • Subject + V2+ object • Reema cleaned the floor. • The teacher corrected the mistakes. • He did not give the books. • The children rang the bell a few minutes ago. • The kids forgot the story very soon. Passive Voice (Auxiliary Verb- was/were) • Object+ was/were V3+ by + subject The floor was cleaned by Reema. The mistakes were corrected by the teacher. The books were not given by him. The bell was rung by the children a few minutes ago The story was forgotten by the kids very soon.
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    Past Continuous Tense •Active Voice • Subject + was/were + v1+ing+ object. • Nitika was painting the wall. • We were talking about Francis • She was watching a film. • I was repairing their bikes • Passive Voice • (Auxiliary Verb- was/were + being) • Object+ was/were +being+V3+ by + subject • The wall was being painted by Nitika. • Francis was being talked about by us. • A film was being watched by her. • Their bikes were being repaired by me
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    Past Perfect Tense •Active Voice • Subject + had + v3+ object. Misha had washed the clothes. • I had worn blue shoes. • Joe had cleaned the tables. • We had lost the key. • Passive Voice • (Auxiliary Verb- had +been) • Object+ had + been +V3+ by + subject • The clothes had been washed by Misha. • Blue shoes had been worn by me. • The tables had been cleaned by Joe • The key had been lost by us
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    Future Simple Tense •Active Voice • Subject + will+ v1+ object. • Trisha will sew the bag. • Amit will play football. • Jane will buy a new computer. • Our boss will sign the contract. • They will not show the new film • Passive Voice • (Auxiliary Verb- will+ be) • Object+ will+ be +V3+ by + subject • The bag will be sewed/sewn by Trisha. • Football will be played by Amit. • A new computer will be bought by Jane. • The contract will be signed by our boss. • The new film will not be shown by them.
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    Future Perfect Tense ActiveVoice • Subject + will+ have +v3+ object. • They will have cooked the food. • The children will have seen the show. • I shall have learnt the lesson. • She will have sold her house. • Passive Voice • Object + will+ have +been+v3+ subject. • The food will have been cooked by them. • The show will have been seen by the children. • The lesson will have been learnt by me. • The house will have been sold by her.
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    Active Passive Voice Thereis no Passive Voice formation for these tenses- 1.) Present Perfect Continuous Tense 2.) Past Perfect Continuous Tense 3.) Future Continuous Tense 4.) Future Perfect Continuous Tense