Active and Passive Voice Rules for All Tenses
Active and Passive Voice Rules for Present Simple Tense
Here in this table, we are elaborating Rules of Active and Passive Voice with examples for Present Simple.
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Active Voice |
Passive Voice (Auxiliary Verb – is/am/are) |
|
Subject + V1+s/es+ object |
Object+ is/am/are+ V3+ by + subject |
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Subject + Do/does+ not + V1 + Object |
Object + is/am/are+ not + V3+ by Subject |
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Does+ Subject+ V1+Object+? |
Is/am/are + Object+ V3+ by subject +? |
Active and Passive Voice Rules some Example with Answers of Present Simple Tense
Active: Ram reads a novel.
Passive: A novel is read by ram
Active: He does not cook food.
Passive: Food is not cooked by him.
Active: Does he purchase books?
Passive: Are books purchased by him?
Active: They grow plants.
Passive: Plants are grown by them.
Active: She teaches me.
Passive: I am taught by her.
Present Continuous Tense
Below we will explain the Active and Passive Voice Rules with examples for Present Continuous tense.
|
Active Voice |
Passive Voice
|
|
Subject + is/am/are+ v1+ ing + object |
Object+ is/am/are+ being+ V3+ by + subject |
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Subject + is/am/are+ not+ v1+ ing+ object |
Object + is/am/are+ not + being+V3+ by Subject |
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Is/am/are+ subject+v1+ing + object+? |
Is/am/are + Object+ V3+ by subject +? |
Example of Present Continuous Tense
Active: Esha is singing a song.
Passive: A song is being sung by Esha.
Active: Kritika is not chopping vegetables.
Passive: Vegetables are not being chopped by Kritika.
Active: Is Ritika buying a table?
Passive: Is a table being bought by Ritika?
Active: They are serving poor people.
Passive: Poor people are being served by them.
Active: She is disturbing Dinesh.
Passive: Dinesh is being disturbed by her.
Present Perfect Tense
You can understand passive voice for present perfect tense from the list which are given below.
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Active Voice |
Passive Voice (Auxiliary Verb- has/have +been) |
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Subject + has/have+ v3+ object |
Object+ has/have+ been+ V3+ by + subject |
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Subject + has/have+ not+ v3+ object |
Object + has/have+ not + been+V3+ by Subject |
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Has/have+ subject+ v3 + object+? |
Has/Have + Object+ been+V3+ by subject +? |
Example of Present Perfect Tense
Active: Nitesh has challenged her.
Passive: She has been challenged by Nitesh.
Active: Radhika has not written an article.
Passive: An article has not been written by Radhika.
Active: Have they left the apartment?
Passive: Has apartment been left by them?
Active: She has created this masterpiece.
Passive: This masterpiece has been created by her.
Active: I have read the newspaper.
Passive: The newspaper has been read by me.
Past Simple Tense
Here in the below table, you can check Active and Passive Voice 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 +? |
Example of Past Simple Tense
Active: Reema cleaned the floor.
Passive: The floor was cleaned by Reema.
Active: Aisha bought a bicycle.
Passive: A bicycle was bought by Aisha.
Active: Naman called my friends.
Passive: My friends were called by Naman.
Active: I saved him.
Passive: He was saved by me.
Active: Miraya paid the bills.
Passive: The bills were paid by Miraya.
Past Continuous Tense
We can easily convert sentences from Active to Passive Voice according to given rules below.
| 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+? |
Past Continuous Tense
Active: Nitika was painting the wall.
Passive: The wall was being painted by Nitika.
Active: Manish was repairing the car.
Passive: The car was being repaired by Manish.
Active: Were you reciting the poem?
Passive: Was the poem being recited?
Active: She was baking the cake.
Passive: The cake was being baked by her.
Active: She was watching me.
Passive: I was being watched by her.
Past Perfect Tense
There are certain Active and Passive Voice Rules for Past perfect tense, with these only you can convert any sentence in Passive Voice.
| 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+? |
Example of Past Perfect Tense
Active: Misha had cleaned the floor.
Passive: The floor had been cleaned by Misha.
Active: Vidhi had not received the parcel.
Passive: The parcel had not been received by Vidhi.
Active: Vishal had solved the doubt.
Passive: The doubt had been solved.
Active: Had they caught the thief?
Passive: Had the thief been caught by them?
Active: I had paid fifty thousand.
Passive: Fifty thousand had been paid by me.
Future Simple Tense
You can check Active Voice and Passive Voice Rules chart 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+? |
We can better understand Rules of Active and Passive Voice with examples for future simple tense.
Example of Future Simple Tense
Active: Kriya will sew the bag.
Passive: The bag will be sewed by Kriya.
Active: Disha will not arrange the things.
Passive: The things will not be arranged by Disha.
Active: Will you mop the floor?
Passive: Will the floor be mopped by you?
Active: They will post the letter.
Passive: The letter will be posted.
Active: Reena will save money.
Passive: Money will be saved by Reena.
Future Perfect Tense
Here, we are sharing the Active Voice and Passive Voice Rules chart 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+? |
example of Future Perfect Tense
Active: They will have brought the toy.
Passive: The toy will have been brought by them.
Active: Nimesh will not have changed the table cover.
Passive: The table cover will not have been changed by Nimesh.
Active: Will she have written the notes.
Passive: Will the notes have been written by her?
Active: They will have won the match.
Passive: The match will have been won by them.
Active: Vijay will have washed a shirt.
Passive: A shirt will have been washed by Vijay.