Active-Passive voice rule chart for all tenses with examples

1. By: SHALINI DIXIT

2. Sentence Structure
Subject+ Verb+ Object (SVO)
Rahul Play Cricket.
Subject: the one doing the action
Object: the thing receiving the action

3. “Voice” is a characteristic of verbs which indicates the relation of
the verb’s action to its subject.
The voice of a verb may be either
“ACTIVE” or “PASSIVE”
Active voice: A verb in this tense expresses an action performed
by its subject
Passive voice: A verb in this tense express an action done to its
subject

4. Example:
ACTIVE VOICE:
The attendant found the file
PASSIVE VOICE:
The file was found by the attendant

5. When to use active voice
Active voice generally leads to more concise writing
 It clarifies who is performing the action
Because it is simpler and more direct. It is usually more effective
in academic and business writing
Remember: Staying active is a healthy practice, especially in your
writing!

6. When to use passive voice
When you do not wish to emphasize the subject of the
sentence.
Example: Smoking is prohibited.
When you wish to emphasize what happened and the
person or thing acting is unknown or unimportant.
Example : Poisonous gases were found in six factories..

8. Rules for Present Simple Tense
Active Voice
Passive Voice
(Auxiliary Verb – is/am/are)
Subject + V1+s/es+ object Object+ is/am/are+ V3+ by + subject
Subject + Do/does+ not + V1 + Object Object + is/am/are+ not + V3+ by Subject
Does+ Subject+ V1+Object+? Is/am/are + Object+ V3+ by subject +?

9. Simple Present Tense
ACTIVE VOICE
1. He reads a novel
2. Does he purchase books?
3. He does not cook food
4. They grow plants
5. She teaches me
PASSIVE VOICE
1. Novel is read by him
2. Are books purchased by him?
3. Food is not cooked by him
4. Plants are grown by them
5. I am taught by her

10. Rules for Present Continuous Tense
Active Voice
Passive Voice
(Auxiliary Verb- is/am/are +
being)
Subject + is/am/are+ v1+ ing + object Object+ is/am/are+ being+ V3+ by + subject
Subject + is/am/are+ not+ v1+ ing+ object
Object + is/am/are+ not + being+V3+ by
Subject
Is/am/are+ subject+v1+ing + object+? Is/am/are + Object+ V3+ by subject +?

11. Exercises of Present Continuous Tense
ACTIVE VOICE
1. Esha is singing a song
2. Kritika is not chopping
vegetables.
3. Is Ritika buying a table?
4. They are serving poor people.
5. She is disturbing Dinesh.
PASSIVE VOICE
1. A song is being sung by Esha
2. Vegetables are not being chopped
by Kritika.
3. Is a table bought by Ritika?
4. Poor people are being served by
them
5. Dinesh is being disturbed by her.

12. Rules for Present Perfect Tense
Active Voice
Passive Voice
(Auxiliary Verb- has/have +been)
Subject + has/have+ v3+ object
Object+ has/have+ been+ V3+ by
+ subject
Subject + has/have+ not+ v3+
object
Object + has/have+ not +
been+V3+ by Subject
Has/have+ subject+ v3 + object+?
Has/Have + Object+ been+V3+ by
subject +?

13. Exercises of Present Perfect Tense
ACTIVE VOICE
1. Nitesh has challenged her
2. Radhika has not written an article
3. Have they left the apartment?
4. She has created this masterpiece
5. I have read the newspaper
PASSIVE VOICE
1. She has been challenged by Nitesh
2. An article has not been written by
Radhika
3. Has the apartment been left by them?
4. This masterpiece has been created by
her
5. The newspaper have been read by me

14. Rules for Past Simple Tense
Active Voice
Passive Voice
(Auxiliary Verb- was/were)
Subject + V2+ object Object+ was/were V3+ by + subject
Subject +did+ not+v1+ object
Object + was/were+ not +V3+ by
Subject
Did+ subject+V1+ object+? Was/were + Object+ V3+ by subject +?

15. Exercises of Past Simple Tense
ACTIVE VOICE
1. Reema cleaned the floor
2. Aisha bought a bicycle
3. Naman called my friends
4. I saved him
5. Meera paid the bills
PASSIVE VOICE
1. The floor was cleaned by Reema
2. A bicycle was bought by Aisha
3. My friends were called by Naman
4. He was saved by me
5. The bills was paid by Meera

16. Rules for Past Continuous Tense
Active Voice
Passive Voice
(Auxiliary Verb- was/were + being)
Subject + was/were + v1+ing+
object.
Object+ was/were +being+V3+ by +
subject
Subject +was/were+ not+v1+ing +
object
Object + was/were+ not +being+V3+
by Subject
Was/were+ Subject + V1+ing +
object+?
Was/were + Object+ being+v3+ by+
subject+?

17. Exercise for Past Continuous Tense
ACTIVE VOICE
1. Nitika was painting the wall
2. Manish was repairing the car
3. Were you reciting the poem
4. She was baking the cake
5. She was watching me
PASSIVE VOICE
1. The wall was being painted by Nitika
2. The car was being repaired by Manish
3. Was the poem being recited (by her)
4. The cake was being baked by her.
5. I was being watched by her.

18. Rules for Past Perfect Tense
Active Voice
Passive Voice
(Auxiliary Verb- had +been)
Subject + had + v3+
object.
Object+ had+been +V3+ by + subject
Subject +had+ not+v3+
object
Object + had+ not +been+V3+ by Subject
Had+ Subject + V3+
object+?
Had + Object+ been+v3+ by+ subject+?

19. Exercises of Past Perfect Tense
ACTIVE VOICE PASSIVE VOICE
1. The floor had been cleaned by
Misha
2. The parcel had not been received
by Vidhi
3. The doubt had been solved by
Vishal
4. Had the thief been caught by them
5. Fifty thousand had been paid by
me.
1. Misha had cleaned the floor.
2. Vidhi had not received the
parcel.
3. Vishal had solved the doubt.
4. Had they caught the thief?
5. I had paid fifty thousand.

20. Rules for Future Simple Tense
Active Voice
Passive Voice
(Auxiliary Verb- will+ be)
Subject + will+ v1+ object.
Object+ will+ be +V3+ by +
subject
Subject +will + not+ V1+object
Object + will+ not +be+V3+ by
Subject
Will+ Subject + V1+ object+?
Will + Object+ be +v3+ by+
subject+?

21. Exercise of Future Simple Tense
ACTIVE VOICE
1. Kriya will sew the bag
2. Disha will not arrange the things
3. Will you mop the floor?
4. They will post the letter
5. Reena will save money
PASSIVE VOICE
1. The bag will be sewed by Kriya
2. The things will not be arranged by
Disha
3. Will the floor be mopped by you?
4. The letter will be post by them
5. Money will be saved by Reena

22. Rules for Future Perfect Tense
Active Voice Passive Voice
Subject + will+ have +v3+ object.
Object+ will+ have+ been +V3+ by +
subject
Subject + will+ have +not+v3+
object.
Object + will+ have +not+been+v3+
subject
Will+ Subject+have+v3+ object+?
Will + object+have+been+v3+by
+subject+?

23. ACTIVE VOICE
1. They will have brought the toy
2. Nimesh will not have changed the
table cover
3. Will she have written the notes?
4. They will have won the match
5. Vijay will have washed a shirt
PASSIVE VOICE
1. The toy will have been bought by
them
2. The table cover will not have been
changed by Nimesh
3. Will the notes have been written by
her
4. The match will have been won by
them
5. A shirt will have been washed by
Vijay
Exercises of Future Perfect Tense

24. IMPORTANT
There is no Passive Voice formation for these
tenses-
1.) Present Perfect Continuous Tense
2.) Past Perfect Continuous Tense
3.) Future Perfect Continuous Tense
4.) Future Continuous Tense