Scribd
Upload
197 views2 pages

Passive Voice For All Tenses Rules

The document discusses the rules for forming sentences in the passive voice for all tenses in English. It states that in the passive voice, the subject and object of a sentence are switched and the past participle form of the verb is used. It provides examples of sentences in the active and passive voice for each tense (present simple, present continuous, present perfect, past simple, past continuous, past perfect, future simple, future perfect) and lists the auxiliary verbs used to form the passive voice for each tense. Some tenses, like the present perfect continuous, cannot be changed to the passive voice.

Uploaded by

UmmahUnity
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
197 views2 pages

Passive Voice For All Tenses Rules

The document discusses the rules for forming sentences in the passive voice for all tenses in English. It states that in the passive voice, the subject and object of a sentence are switched and the past participle form of the verb is used. It provides examples of sentences in the active and passive voice for each tense (present simple, present continuous, present perfect, past simple, past continuous, past perfect, future simple, future perfect) and lists the auxiliary verbs used to form the passive voice for each tense. Some tenses, like the present perfect continuous, cannot be changed to the passive voice.

Uploaded by

UmmahUnity
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 2

PASSIVE VOICE FOR ALL TENSES RULES

The places of subject and object in sentence are inter-changed in passive voice.

3rd form of verb (past participle) will be used only (as main verb) in passive voice.

Auxiliary verbs for each tense are given below in the table.

Present Simple Tense (passive Voice)


Auxiliary verb in passive voice: am/is/are
Passive voice:

Active voice:

A song is sung by him.

He sings a song.
He does not sing a song.Does he sing a song?

A song is not sung by him.


Is a song sung by him?

Present Continuous Tense (passive Voice)


Auxiliary verb in passive voice: am being/is being/are being
Active voice:

Passive voice:

I am writing a letter

A letter is being written by me.

I am not writing a letter.

A letter is not being written by me.

Am I writing a letter?

Is a letter being written by me?

Present Perfect Tense (passive Voice)


Auxiliary verb in passive voice: has been/have been
Active voice:

Passive voice:

She has finished his work

Her work has been finished by her.

She has not finished her work.

Her work has not been finished by her.

Has she finished her work?

Has her work been finished by her?

Past Simple Tense (passive Voice)


Auxiliary verb in passive voice: was/were
Active voice:

Passive voice:

I killed a snake

A snake was killed by me.

I did not kill a snake.

A snake was not killed by me.

Did I kill a snake?

Was a snake killed by me?

Past Continuous Tense (Passive Voice)


Auxiliary verb in passive voice: was being/were being
Active voice:

Passive voice:

He was driving a car.

A car was being driven by him.

He was not driving a car.

A car was not being driven by him.

Was he driving a car?

Was a car being driven by him?

Past Perfect Tense (Passive Voice)


Auxiliary verb in passive voice: had been
Active voice:

Passive voice:

They had completed the assignment.

The assignment had been completed by them.

They had not completed the assignment.

The assignment had not been complete by them.

Had they completed the assignment?

Had the assignment been completed by them?

Future Simple Tense (Passive Voice)


Auxiliary verb in passive voice: will be
Active voice:

Passive voice:

She will buy a car.

A car will be bought by her.

She will not buy a car.

A car will not be bought by her.

Will she buy a car?

Will a car be bought by her?

Future Perfect Tense (passive Voice)


Auxiliary verb in passive voice: will have been
Active voice:

Passive voice:

You will have started the job.

The job will have been started by you.

You will have not started the job.

The job will not have been started by you.

Will you have started the job?

Will the job have been started by you?

Note: The following tenses cannot be changed into passive voice.


1.

Present perfect continuous tense

2.

Past perfect continuous tense

3.

Future continuous tense

4.

Future perfect continuous tense

5.

Sentence having Intransitive verbs

Fundamental Rules

The places of subject and object in sentence are inter-changed in passive voice.

3rd form of verb (past participle) will be used only (as main verb) in passive voice.

Auxiliary verbs for each tense are given below in the table.

You might also like