Active and Passive Voice: Tense-wise Rules - Simple Present tense
Active and Passive Voice:
Tense-wise Rules
Simple
Present tense
An Active sentence in
the simple present tense has the following structure:
Subject + first form of the verb + object
Subject + first form of the verb + object
A passive sentence in
the simple present tense has the following structure:
Object of the active sentence + is/am/are + past participle form of the verb + by + subject of the active sentence
Object of the active sentence + is/am/are + past participle form of the verb + by + subject of the active sentence
Changing
an assertive sentence into the passive
Active: I write a
letter.
Passive: A letter is written by me.
Active: I help you.
Passive: You are helped by me.
Active: I love my parents.
Passive: My parents are loved by me.
Active: We love our country.
Passive: Our country is loved by us.
Passive: A letter is written by me.
Active: I help you.
Passive: You are helped by me.
Active: I love my parents.
Passive: My parents are loved by me.
Active: We love our country.
Passive: Our country is loved by us.
Changing
a negative sentence into the passive
Active: I do not
write a letter.
Passive: A letter is not written by me.
Active: I do not abuse my servants.
Passive: My servants are not abused by me.
Active: I do not write novels.
Passive: Novels are not written by me.
Active: He does not tease her.
Passive: She is not teased by him.
Passive: A letter is not written by me.
Active: I do not abuse my servants.
Passive: My servants are not abused by me.
Active: I do not write novels.
Passive: Novels are not written by me.
Active: He does not tease her.
Passive: She is not teased by him.
Changing
an interrogative sentence into the passive
Structure: Is/are/am +
object of the active verb + past participle form of the verb + by + subject of
the passive verb
Active: Do you write a
letter?
Passive: Is a letter written by you?
Active: Do you write stories?
Passive: Are stories written by you?
Active: Does she make candles?
Passive: Are candles made by her?
Active: Who does not obey you?
Passive: By whom are you not obeyed?
Active: Which newspaper do you read?
Passive: Which newspaper is read by you?
Active: Does she do her duty?
Passive: Is her duty done by her?
Passive: Is a letter written by you?
Active: Do you write stories?
Passive: Are stories written by you?
Active: Does she make candles?
Passive: Are candles made by her?
Active: Who does not obey you?
Passive: By whom are you not obeyed?
Active: Which newspaper do you read?
Passive: Which newspaper is read by you?
Active: Does she do her duty?
Passive: Is her duty done by her?
Notes:
The object of the active
verb becomes the subject of the passive verb. Therefore, sentences which do not
have an object cannot be changed into the passive. The following sentences, for
instance, cannot be changed into the passive because they do not have objects.
The old man sat in a
corner.
The child sleeps.
The wind blows.
The dog barks.
The fire burns.
He laughed aloud.
General rules for active voice and passive voice
What Is Voice? What are the Types of Voice?
What Is the Active Voice and Passive Voice?
Active and passive voice Rule with tenses,
Active and passive voice with Imperative Sentences
Active and passive voice Rule with modals
Active and Passive Voice rules - Simple Present tense
Active and Passive Voice – Present Continuous Tense
Active and Passive Voice rules – Present Perfect Tense
Active and Passive Voice rules – Past Indefinite Tense
Active and Passive Voice rules – Past continuous tense
Active and Passive Voice rules – Past perfect tense
Active and Passive Voice rules - Simple future tense
Active and Passive Voice rules Future perfect Tense
How to convert active voice sentence
How to form passive forms of verbs?
Rules for changing Active Voice into Passive Voice:
Changing Passive Voice to Active Voice.
The child sleeps.
The wind blows.
The dog barks.
The fire burns.
He laughed aloud.
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