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Active To Passive Rules

The document discusses rules for changing sentences from active voice to passive voice. It provides the structures for various tenses in both active and passive voice, including present, past, future, perfect and continuous tenses. For each tense, it gives examples of how the subject, verb, and object change between active and passive sentences. Pronouns also shift based on identified rules. The summary provides the key information about active and passive voice structures and examples across tenses in 3 sentences.

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Active To Passive Rules

The document discusses rules for changing sentences from active voice to passive voice. It provides the structures for various tenses in both active and passive voice, including present, past, future, perfect and continuous tenses. For each tense, it gives examples of how the subject, verb, and object change between active and passive sentences. Pronouns also shift based on identified rules. The summary provides the key information about active and passive voice structures and examples across tenses in 3 sentences.

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Active Voice to Passive Voice Changing Rules

Pronoun Changes:

I me

We us

You you

He him

She her

They them

Active Voice Helping Verb Passive Voice

General Structure: O + H.V + V3 + by + S

Present Indefinite Tense

Structure: S + V1 (s,es) + O is
am
She likes apples. are Apples are liked by her.

Present Continuous
is being
S + is/am/are + Ving + O am being
are being
The boy is climbing the wall. The wall is being climbed by the boy.

Present Perfect Tense

S + has/have + V3 + O has been


have been
They have bought a horse. A horse has been bought by them.
Active Voice Helping Passive Voice
Verb
General Structure: O + H.V + V3 + by + S

Past Indefinite

Structure: S + V2 + O was
were
A car ran over an old man. An old man was run over by a car.

Past Continuous

S + was/were + Ving + O was being


were being
The teacher was helping the student. The student was being taught by the teacher.

Past Perfect

S + Had + V3 + O

They had done their home task. had been Their home task had been done by them.

Active Voice Helping Verb Passive Voice

General Structure: O + H.V + V3 + by + S

Future Indefinite

S + will/shall + V1 + O will be
shall be
He will give you a box of A box of chocolates will be given to you by him.
chocolates.

Future Perfect

S + will have/shall have + V3 + O will have been


shall have been
We shall have finished our work by Our work will have been finished by us by March
March next. next.

Imperative Sentences:

Open the door. Let + O + be + V3 Let the window be opened

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