Active-Passive Voice

 

                                ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE

TABLE OF TENSES IN ACTIVE AND PASSIVE:

Tenses	Active Voice	Passive Voice
Simple Present	Buys	is/are bought
Simple Past	Bought	was/were Bought
Present Continuous	Is/are buying	was/were buying
Past Continuous	Was/were buying	was/ were being bought
Present Perfect	Has/have bought	Has/ have been bought
Past Perfect	had bought	Had been bought
Simple Future	shall/will buy	Will be bought
Conditional	would buy	Would be bought
Perfect Conditional	Would have bought	Would have been bought

 

Objective forms of Pronouns:

Subject Form	Object form
I	We
We	Us
You	You
He	Him
She	Her
They	Them

 

Active to Passive voice for Assertive Sentences:

Active Voice	Passive Voice
I do this work.	This work is done by me.
She is singing a song.	A song is being sung by her.
She was writing a letter.	A letter was being written by her.
He has called me.	I have been called by him.
They had seen the picture.	The picture had been seen by them.
You will play football.	Football will be played by you.

 

Active to Passive voice for Imperative Sentences:

Active Voice	Passive Voice
Do this work.	Let this work be done.
Keep your word.	Your word should be kept.
Prepare for the worst.	Be prepared for the worst.
Please do this work.	You are requested to do this work.
Please do not smoke.	You are advised not to smoke.
Do it at once.	You are ordered to do it at once.

 

Active to Passive voice for Interrogative Sentences:

Active Voice	Passive Voice
Do you see the bird?	Is the bird seen by you?
Did you see the man?	Was the man seen by you?
Has he done it?	Has it been done by him?
Who gave you the ice-cream?	By whom were you given the ice-cream?
Whom did you call?	Who was called by you?
What do you want?	What is wanted by you?
How did you do it?	How was it done by you?

 

Active to Passive voice for Negative Sentences:

Active Voice	Passive Voice
I do not like rice.	Rice is not liked by me.
Reba will not call you.	You will not be called by Reba.
Has he not seen the pictures?	Has not the pictures been seen by him?