This document discusses the passive voice in different verb tenses in English. It provides examples of sentences in the active and passive voice for each tense, including simple present, present continuous, present perfect, and past tenses. It also includes a quiz with examples of transforming sentences between the active and passive voice.

1. PASSIVE
VOICE
in Several
TENSES

2. Simple Present Tense
Active = Subj + Verb1 + Obj
She writes a letter.
Passive = Subj + (is/am/are) + Verb 3
A letter is written by her.

3. Present Continuous Tense
Active = Subj + (is/am/are) + Verb(ing)
She is writting a letter.
Passive = Subj + (is/am/are) + being + Verb3
A letter is being written by her.

4. Present Perfect Tense
Active = Subj + (have/has) + Verb3
She has written a letter.
Passive = Subj + (have/has) + been + Verb3
A letter has been written by her.

5. Present Perfect Continuous
Tense
Active = Subj + (have/has) + been + Verb(ing)
She has been writting a letter.
Passive = Subj + (have/has) + been + being +
Verb3
A letter has been being written by her.

6. Simple Past Tense
Active = Subj + Verb2 + Obj
She wrote a letter.
Passive = Subj + (was/were) + Verb3
A letter was written by her.

7. Past Continuous Tense
Active = Subj + (was/were) + Verb(ing)
She was writting a letter.
Passive = Subj + (was/were) + being + Verb3
A letter was being written by her.

8. Past Perfect Tense
Active = Subj + had + Verb3
She had written a letter.
Passive = Subj + had + been + Verb3
A letter had been written by her.

9. Past Perfect Continuous Tense
Active = Subj + had + been + Verb(ing)
She had been writing a letter.
Passive = Subj + had + been + being + Verb3
A letter had been being written by her.

10. Simple Future Tense
Active = Subj + will + Verb1 + Obj
She will write a letter.
Passive = Subj + will + be + Verb3
A letter will be written by her.

11. Future Continuous Tense
Active = Subj + will + be + Verb(ing)
She will be writting a letter.
Passive = Subj + will + be + being + Verb3
A letter will be being written by her.

12. Future Perfect Tense
Active = Subj + will + have + Verb3
She will have written a letter.
Passive = Subj + will + have + been + Verb3
A letter will have been written by her.

13. Future Perfect Continuous
Tense
Active = Subj + will + have + been + Verb(ing)
She will have been writting a letter.
Passive = Subj + will + have + been + being +
Verb3
A letter will have been being written by
her.

14. Past Future Tense
Active = Subj + would + Verb1 + Obj
She would write a letter.
Passive = Subj + would + be + Verb3
A letter would be written by her.

15. Past Future Continuous Tense
Active = Subj + would + be + Verb(ing)
She would be writting a letter.
Passive = Subj + would + be + being + Verb3
A letter would be being written by her.

16. Past Future Perfect Tense
Active = Subj + would + have + Verb3
She would have written a letter.
Passive = Subj + would + have + been + Verb3
A letter would have been written by her.

17. Past Future Perfect Continuous
Tense
Active = Subj + would + have + been + Verb(ing)
She would have been writing a letter.
Passive = Subj + would + have + been + being +
Verb3
A letter would have been being written by
her.

18. QUIZ of PASSIVE
VOICE
1. The coffee ... (is/was/were) drunk by my father last
night.
2. Sorry you can not borrow my laptop. It ...
(is/was/were) being used right now.
3. Mira ... (will/are/were) be picked at 5 pm. by her
boy friend for going to the party.
4. That house ... (have/is/has) been left by its
occupant since 1989.
5. This is very difficult lesson. I ... (am/have/were)
not given clear explanation.
6. (is/were/am) ... her hand phone stolen by her own
friend?
7. You can not let the problem being bigger, it must ...
(being/be/been) solved soon.

19. Change these Sentences into Passive Voice
1. I didn’t feed the chicken this morning.
2. We are going to discuss the matter tomorrow.
3. They won’t ask all several questions to us
when we come.
4. They have made my uncle a captain.
5. Does someone recommend you to another
doctor?
6. Poverty drove him to desperation.
7. They cannot put you in prison if they haven’t
tried you.
8. Someone has locked the box and I cannot
open it.
QUIZ of PASSIVE
VOICE