Active and Passive voice
The voice is broadly classified into two categories:
1. Active Voice
2. Passive Voice
Voice to Passive Voice
The sentences can be changed from Active Voice to passive voice. The rules to change a
sentence from active voice to passive voice are given below:
1. Subject in active voice takes the position of Object in passive voice and vice versa.
2. In passive voice, ‘by’ is used before the object.
3. The word ‘be’ is used accordingly depending on the tense of the verb in the sentence.
Passive Voice to Active Voice
The sentences can be changed from Passive Voice to active voice. The rules to change a
sentence from passive voice to active voice are given below:
1. Subject in passive voice takes the position of Object in active voice and vice versa.
2. In active voice, ‘by’ is removed.
3. First Form of verb is used.
Simple Present Tense
Sentence Active Voice Passive Voice
Positive Subject+V1+Object Object+is/am/are+V3+by+Subject
Negative Subject+do/does+Not+V1+Object Object+is/am/are+not+V3+by+Subject
Interrogative Do/Does+Subject+V1+Object+? Is/am/are+Object+V3+by+Subject+?
Present Continuous Tense
Sentence Active Voice Passive Voice
Positive Subject+is/am/are+V1+ing+Object Object+is/am/
are+being+V3+by+Subje
ct
Negative Subject+is/am/are+Not+V1+ing+Object Object+is/am/
are+not+being+V3+by+S
ubject
Interrogative Is/am/are+Subject+V1+ing+Object+? Is/am/
are+Object+being+V3+b
y+Subject+?
Present Perfect Tense
Sentence Active Voice Passive Voice
Positive Subject+has/have+V3+Object Object+has/
have+been+V3+by+Subj
ect
Negative Subject+has/have+Not+V3+Object Object+has/
have+not+been+V3+by+
Subject
Interrogative Has/have+Subject+V3+Object+? Has/
have+Object+been+V3+
by+Subject+?
Present Perfect Continuous Tense
Sentence Active Voice Passive Voice
Positive Subject+has/have+been+V1+ing+Object Object+has/
have+been+being+V3+
by+Subject
Negative Subject+has/have+Not+been+V1+ing+Object Object+has/
have+not+been+being+
V3+by+Subject
Interrogative Has/have+Subject+been+V1+ing+Object+? Has/
have+Object+been+bein
g+V3+by+Subject+?
Present Perfect Continuous Tense
Sentence Active Voice Passive Voice
Positive Subject+has/have+been+V1+ing+Object Object+has/
have+been+being+V3+
by+Subject
Negative Subject+has/have+Not+been+V1+ing+Object Object+has/
have+not+been+being+
V3+by+Subject
Interrogative Has/have+Subject+been+V1+ing+Object+? Has/
have+Object+been+bein
g+V3+by+Subject+?
Simple Past Tense
Sentence Active Voice Passive Voice
Positive Subject+V2+Object Object+was/were+V3+by+Subject
Negative Subject+did+Not+V1+Object Object+was/were+not+V3+by+Subject
Interrogative Did+Subject+V1+Object+? Was/were+Object+V3+by+Subject+?
Past Continuous Tense
Sentence Active Voice Passive Voice
Positive Subject+was/were+V1+ing+Object Object+was/
were+being+V3+by+Sub
ject
Negative Subject+ was/were +Not+V1+ing+Object Object+was/
were+not+being+V3+by
+Subject
Interrogative Was/were+Subject+V1+ing+Object+? Was/
were+Object+being+V3+
by+Subject+?
Past Perfect Tense
Sentence Active Voice Passive Voice
Positive Subject+had+V3+Object Object+had+been+V3+b
y+Subject
Negative Subject+had+Not+V3+Object Object+had+not+been+V
3+by+Subject
Interrogative Had+Subject+V3+Object+? Had+Object+been+V3+b
y+Subject+?
Past Perfect Continuous Tense
Sentence Active Voice Passive Voice
Positive Subject+had+been+V1+ing+Object Object+had+been+being+
V3+by+Subject
Negative Subject+had+Not+been+V1+ing+Object Object+had+not+been+bei
ng+V3+by+Subject
Interrogative Had+Subject+been+V1+ing+Object+? Had+Object+been+being+
V3+by+Subject+?
Simple future Tense
Sentence Active Voice Passive Voice
Positive Subject+will/Shall+V1+Object Object+will/
Shall+be+V3+by+Subject
Negative Subject+Will/Shall+Not+V1+Object Object+will/
shall+not+be+V3+by+Subject
Interrogative Will/Shall+Subject+V1+Object+? Will/
Shall+Object+be+V3+Subject
+?
Future Continuous Tense
Sentence Active Voice Passive Voice
Positive Subject+will/ Object + will be + being +v3+
Shall+be+V1+ing+Object Subject
Negative Subject+will/ Object + will be + being +
Shall+not+be+V1+ing+Object v3+Subject
Interrogative will/ Object + will be + being +
Shall+Subject+be+V1+ing+O V3+Subject?
bject+?
Future Perfect Tense
Sentence Active Voice Passive Voice
Positive Subject+will/ Object+will/
shall+have+V3+object. shall+have+been+V3+Subject.
Negative Subject+will/ Object+will/
shall+not+have+V3+object. shall+not+have+V3+Subject.
Interrogative will/ will/
shall+Subject+have+V3+obje shall+Subject+have+been+V3+object.
ct.
Future Perfect Continuous Tense
Sentence Active Voice Passive Voice
Positive Subject+Will+have+been+V Object+Will+have+been+being+V
1+ing+object 3+Subject
Negative Subject+Will+have+not+bee Object+Will+have+not+been+
n+V1+ing+object +being +V3+Subject
Interrogative Will+Subject+have+been+V Will+Object+have+been+being
1+ing+object+? +V3+subject+?
[Link] Active and Passive Voice.
1. His wife made dinner.
2. The garden was planted by her.
3. The postman delivered the letter to me.
4. His name was added to the list by me.
5. John is studying for his exam.
6. The party is being hosted by the Smith family.
7. The gift was given to me by my sister.
8. The child is being noisy.
Q2. Rewrite each sentence in the passive voice:
1. The team won the championship.
2. The teacher is explaining the assignment.
3. They are conducting the experiment in the laboratory.
4. My sister makes delicious cookies.
5. The gardener planted colorful flowers in the garden.
6. The company is launching a new product next month.
7. The chef is cooking a special dinner tonight.
8. The storm damaged the old building.
9. The committee selected a candidate for the position.
[Link] speak Spanish in many countries.
[Link] mechanic fixed the broken car.
[Link] artist is creating a beautiful sculpture.
[Link] children are watching a thrilling movie.
[Link] government will announce the new policy tomorrow.
[Link] scientist discovered a new species of plant.
