PASSIVE

VOICE
 REGULAR IRREGULAR
VERBS VERBS

VI V II V III
VI V II V III
do did done

listen listened listened drive drove driven

observe observed observed write wrote written

use used used feed fed fed

bandage bandaged feel felt felt

bandaged

explain explained explained keep kept kept

guide guided guided take took taken

clean cleaned cleaned have had had

distribute distributed distributed learn learnt learnt

check checked checked wear wore worn

 FROM ACTIVE TO PASSIVE
AND
FROM PASSIVE TO ACTIVE

ACTIVE PASSIVE

Was/ were
drive
driven

The man drives an ambulance. The ambulance was driven by the man.

V V
S O S O
A P
1. ACTIVE (PRESENT TENSE)
PASSIVE (IS, AM, ARE + V III)
Active (A) The doctor writes a prescription to the man.

Passive (P) A prescription is written by the doctor to the man.

Active (A) The scientists and I observe some virus from China.

Passive (P) Some virus from China are observed by us.

2. ACTIVE (PRESENT CONTINUOUS)
PASSIVE (IS, AM, ARE + BEING + V III)

Active (A) Doctor and nurse are using mask in surgery room.

Passive (P) The mask is being used by doctor and nurse in surgery room.

Active (A) The young mother is feeding her babies now.

Passive (P) Her babies are being fed by the young mother now.
3. ACTIVE (PAST TENSE)
PASSIVE (WAS / WERE + V III)

Active (A) An old lady felt the pain yesterday.

Passive (P) The pain was felt by an old lady yesterday.

Active (A) The nurse bandaged his injuries last night.

Passive (P) His injuries were bandaged by the nurse last night.
4. ACTIVE (FUTURE TENSE)
PASSIVE (WILL BE + V III)

Active (A) The administration will keep the documents tomorrow.

Passive (P) The documents will be kept by the administration tomorrow.

Active (A) Medic team will explain about Rubella injection to others.

Passive (P) Rubella injection will be explained by Medic team to others.

5. ACTIVE (PRESENT PERFECT TENSE)
PASSIVE (HAS BEEN / HAVE BEEN + V III)

Active (A) The psychiatrist has listened the sadness from his patient

Passive (P) The sadness from the patient has been listened by the
psychiatrist.

Active (A) As a nurse, we have guided old people to the bathroom.

Passive (P) Old people have been guided by us as a nurse to the

bathroom.
 EXERCISE
CHANGE THESE SENTENCES INTO
PASSIVE FORM OR ACTIVE FORM
1. She takes care the baby in incubatory room.

2. The dentist cleaned the plague in her teeth last night.

3. The Red Cross is taking the blood bag from freezer.

4. Pharmacist will distribute some drugs to the drugstore.

5. Some students have learned radiology since 2018.

6. The children are being checked by the Pediatrician at hospital.

7. Paramedics always wear white coat.

8. They do the examination at night.

9. The injection was thrown away by the nurse.