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    Active Voice – In sentences written in the active voice, the subject takes part in the action.

    Passive Voice– in passive voice sentences, the subject is the recipient of the action.

    Active and Passive Voice Rules for All Tenses

    Here, we are listing out the Active and Passive Voice Rules for all tenses.
    You will come to know how an auxiliary verb is used to change a sentence
    from Active to Passive voice.

    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.

    Passive Voice
    Active Voice
    (Auxiliary Verb – is/am/are)

    Subject + V1+s/es+ object Object+ is/am/are+ V3+ by + subject

    Object + is/am/are+ not + V3+ by


    Subject + Do/does+ not + V1 + Object
    Subject

    Does+ Subject+ V1+Object+? Is/am/are + Object+ V3+ by subject +?

    Active and Passive Voice Example with Answers of Present Simple


    Tense
    Active: He reads a novel.
    Passive: A novel is read./ a novel is read by him.
    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 and Passive Voice Rules for Present Continuous Tense

    Below we will explain the Rules of Active and Passive Voice with examples
    for Present Continuous tense.

    Passive Voice
    Active Voice
    (Auxiliary Verb- is/am/are + being)

    Object+ is/am/are+ being+ V3+ by +


    Subject + is/am/are+ v1+ ing + object
    subject

    Subject + is/am/are+ not+ v1+ ing+ Object + is/am/are+ not + being+V3+ by


    object Subject

    Is/am/are+ subject+v1+ing + object+? Is/am/are + Object+ V3+ by subject +?

    Active and Passive Voice Exercises 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 and Passive Voice Rules for Present Perfect Tense

    You can understand passive voice for present perfect tense from the list
    which are given below.

    Passive Voice
    Active Voice
    (Auxiliary Verb- has/have +been)

    Subject + has/have+ v3+ object Object+ has/have+ been+ V3+ by +


    subject

    Object + has/have+ not + been+V3+ by


    Subject + has/have+ not+ v3+ object
    Subject

    Has/Have + Object+ been+V3+ by


    Has/have+ subject+ v3 + object+?
    subject +?

    Active and Passive Voice Example with Answers 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 and Passive Voice Rules for Past Simple Tense

    Here in the below table, you can check Active and Passive Voice Rules for
    past simple tense.

    Passive Voice
    Active 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 +?


    Active and Passive Voice Exercises 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 and Passive Voice Rules for Past Continuous Tense

    We can easily convert sentences from Active to Passive Voice according to


    given rules below.

    Passive Voice
    Active Voice
    (Auxiliary Verb- was/were + being)

    Object+ was/were +being+V3+ by +


    Subject + was/were + v1+ing+ object.
    subject

    Object + was/were+ not +being+V3+ by


    Subject +was/were+ not+v1+ing + object
    Subject

    Was/were + Object+ being+v3+ by+


    Was/were+ Subject + V1+ing + object+?
    subject+?

    Active and Passive Voice Examples with Answers of 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 and Passive Voice Rules for 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.

    Passive Voice
    Active Voice
    (Auxiliary Verb- had +been)

    Subject + had + v3+ object. Object+ had+been +V3+ by + subject

    Object + had+ not +been+V3+ by


    Subject +had+ not+v3+ object
    Subject

    Had+ Subject + V3+ object+? Had + Object+ been+v3+ by+ subject+?

    Active and Passive Voice Exercises 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 and Passive Voice Rules for Future Simple Tense

    You can check Active Voice and Passive Voice Rules chart for future simple
    tense.
    Passive Voice
    Active 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.

    Active and Passive Voice Examples with Answers 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 and Passive Voice Rules for Future Perfect Tense

    Here, we are sharing the Active Voice and Passive Voice Rules chart for
    future perfect tense.

    Active Voice Passive Voice

    Object+ will+ have+ been +V3+ by +


    Subject + will+ have +v3+ object.
    subject

    Subject + will+ have +not+v3+ object. Object + will+ have +not+been+v3+


    subject

    Will + object+have+been+v3+by
    Will+ Subject+have+v3+ object+?
    +subject+?

    Active and Passive Voice Exercises 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: Vijay will have washed a shirt.
    Passive: A shirt will have been washed by Vijay.

    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

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