The document discusses active and passive voice in the past tense. It explains that active voice has the subject performing the action, while passive voice has the subject receiving the action. It then provides examples of sentences in the active and passive voice in three past tenses: past indefinite tense, past progressive tense, and past perfect tense. For each tense, it shows affirmative, negative, and interrogative examples in both active and passive voice, and provides additional examples to illustrate the differences.

1. ACTIVE VOICE AND
PASSIVE VOICE
(PAST TENSE)
By
Laiba Azhar
Roll#
22011516-066

2. INTRODUCTION
Voice refers to the form of a verb that indicates when a
grammatical subject performs the action or is the
receiver of the action
In active voice the subject performs the action
In passive voice the subject receives the action

3. Examples
Active
 He loves me
 We took our children to the
circus
 Thief stole my money
Passive
 I am loved
 The children were taken to the
circus
 My money was stolen

4. Active Voice and Passive Voice
Past Tense
1. Past Indefinite Tense
2. Past Progressive Tense
3. Past Perfect Tense

5. Past Indefinite Tense
Active
Affirmatives:
S+V2+Object
He played football
Negatives:
S+did+not+V1+object
He did not play football
Passive
S+ was/were+ V3+prep+object
Football was played by him
S+was/were+not+V3+prep+object
Football was not played by him

6. Active
Interrogatives:
Did+S+V1+object
Did he play football?
Information Questions:
WH+did+S+V1+object
Where did he play football?
Passive
Was/were+S+V3+prep+Object
Was football played by him?
WH+was/were+S+V3+prep+object
Where was football played by him?

7. EXAMPLES
Active: She slapped me in front of
everyone.
Passive: I was slapped in front of everyone
(by her).
Active: They did not cook our favorite food.
Passive: Our favorite food was not cooked
(by them).
Active: Did she call you last night?
Passive: Were you called last night?

8. Past Progressive Tense
Active
Affirmatives:
S+was/were+V1+ing+Object
He was playing football
Negatives:
S+was/were+not+V1+ing+ object
He was not playing football
Passive
S+ was/were+being+ V3+prep+object
Football was being played by him
S+was/were+not+being+V3+prep+
object
Football was not being played by him

9. Active
Interrogatives:
Was/were+S+V1ing+object
Was he playing football?
Information Questions:
WH+was/were+S+V1ing+object
Where was he playing football?
Passive
Was/were+S+being+V3+prep+Object
Was football being played by him?
WH+was/were+S+being+V3+prep+
object
Where was football being played by
him?

10. EXAMPLES
Active: She was writing a novel.
Passive: A novel was being written by her.
Active: They were saying their prayers.
Passive: Their prayers were being said by
them.
Active: He was giving a lecture.
Passive: A lecture was being given by him.

11. Past Perfect Tense
Active
Affirmatives:
S+ had+V3+Object
He had played football
Negatives:
S+ had +not+V3+ object
He had not played football
Passive
S+ had+been+V3+prep+object
Football had been played by him
S+ had +not+been+V3+prep+ object
Football had not been played by him

12. Active
Interrogatives:
Had+S+V3+object
Had he played football?
Information Questions:
WH+had+S+V3+object
Where had he played football?
Passive
Had+S+been+V3+prep+Object
Had football been played by him?
WH+had+S+been+V3+prep+ object
Where had football been played by
him?

13. EXAMPLES
Active: I had never experienced such
difficulty.
Passive: Such difficulty had never been
experienced by me.
Active: I had not listened to him.
Passive: He had not been listened to by
me.
Active: I had finished my work.
Passive: My work had been finished by me.
Active: I had written a letter.
Passive: A letter had been written by me.

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