ACTIVE AND PASSIVE

VOICE

THE DEFINITION
Active Voice
A feature of sentences in which the subject
performs the action of the verb and the direct
object is the goal or the recipient: The mechanic
fixed the car.

Passive Voice
A feature of sentences in which the object or
goal of the action functions as the sentence
subject and the main verb phrase includes the
verb to be and the past participle: The car was
fixed by the mechanic.

Active Passive Voice In

Tenses
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

Simple
Simple
Simple
Simple
Simple
Simple
Simple

Present Tense
Present Continuous Tense
Present Future Tense
Present Perfect Tense
Past Tense
Past Perfect Tense
Past Future Perfect Tense

1. Simple Present Tense

Active :
(+) We study english
(-) I dont study english
(?) Do you study english?

Passive :
(+) Math is studied by us
(-) Math are not studied by you
(?) Is Math studied by us ?

2. Simple Present Continuous Tense

Active :
(+) He is listening to the music
now
(-) My friend is not paying
attention to the teacher now
(?) Is she running after you ?

Passive :
(+) The music is being listened by him
now
(-) The girl is not being chased by the
murder
(?) Is the music being listened by him
now ?

3. Simple Present Future

Tense

Active :
(+) I will wash the dishes.
(-) I will not buy the book.
(?) Will you close the door?

Passive :
(+) The door will be closed by
me
(-) The dishes will not be
washed by me
(?) Will the book be bought by
me ?

4. Simple Present Perfect

Tense

Active :
(+) We have verified your
phone number.
(-) My father has not taken
any photos.
(?) Have you done the
homework ?

Passive :
(+) The phone number has
been verified by us.
(-) The photos has not been
taken by my father
(?) Have the homework been
done by you ?

5. Simple Past Tense

Active :
(+) I whispered a secret to
him
(-) He broke all of the
glasses
(?) Could you make some
drinks ?

Passive :
(+) A secret was whispered to
him by me
(-) The glasses were broke by
him
(?) Could any drinks made by
you ?

6. Simple Past Perfect Tense

Active :
(+) My friend had jumped
over the highest hill
(-) He had not punched his
rival anymore
(?) Had he given a lecture ?

Passive :
(+) The highest hill had been
jumped by my friend
(-) His rival had not punched
anymore by him
(?) Had a lecture been given by
him ?

7. Simple Past Future Perfect Tense

Active

Passive

S+would/Should+have+V3+Object

S+would/should+have+been+verb3

Active :
(+) Polices would have shot
down many terrorists
(-) My teacher would not
have given us an advice to
us
(?) Would you have married
her ?

Passive :
(+) Many terrorists would have
been shot down by the polices
(-) An advice would not have
been given by my teacher to us
(?) Would she have been
married by you ?

How to change from active to

passive voice
How to change from active to passive sentence is
not difficult. Staying put any object in active
sentences are usually there at the end of a
sentence be at the beginning of the sentence. In
addition, the first thing you must remember is the
main verb in the active sentence should be
changed to the third and preceded by to be, which
must be in accordance with the objects that
preceded it. VERB FORM OF THREE (past participle)
is in the passive voice will not change, no matter in
what tense of the passive voice.

How to change from passive to

active voice
Step One: Identify the subject of the sentence

- who is doing an action? The training is not

doing an action, so it can't be the subject. The
only person or thing doing an action here is
the maintenance staff. They are attending
training. So, the maintenance staff is the
subject of the sentence.
Step Two: Rewrite the sentence so the subject

is performing the action. This sentence could

be rewritten to active voice as follows: