Active and Passive Voice
✅ 1. Simple Present Tense
Active: Subject + Verb (V1) + Object
Passive: Object + is/are + V3 + by Subject
๐ Example:
Active: The teacher teaches the students.
Passive: The students are taught by the teacher.
✅ 2. Present Continuous Tense
Active: Subject + is/am/are + V1 + ing + Object
Passive: Object + is/am/are + being + V3 + by Subject
๐ Example:
Active: She is reading a book.
Passive: A book is being read by her.
✅ 3. Present Perfect Tense
Active: Subject + has/have + V3 + Object
Passive: Object + has/have + been + V3 + by Subject
๐ Example:
Active: They have completed the project.
Passive: The project has been completed by them.
✅ 4. Simple Past Tense
Active: Subject + V2 + Object
Passive: Object + was/were + V3 + by Subject
๐ Example:
Active: The boy ate an apple.
Passive: An apple was eaten by the boy.
✅ 5. Past Continuous Tense
Active: Subject + was/were + V1 + ing + Object
Passive: Object + was/were + being + V3 + by Subject
๐ Example:
Active: She was writing a letter.
Passive: A letter was being written by her.
✅ 6. Past Perfect Tense
Active: Subject + had + V3 + Object
Passive: Object + had + been + V3 + by Subject
๐ Example:
Active: They had finished the work.
Passive: The work had been finished by them.
✅ 7. Simple Future Tense
Active: Subject + will + V1 + Object
Passive: Object + will be + V3 + by Subject
๐ Example:
Active: She will write a letter.
Passive: A letter will be written by her.
✅ 8. Future Continuous Tense
Active: Subject + will be + V1 + ing + Object
Passive: Object + will be + being + V3 + by Subject
๐ Example:
Active: They will be building a house.
Passive: A house will be being built by them.
⚡ (Note: Rarely used in passive)
✅ 9. Future Perfect Tense
Active: Subject + will have + V3 + Object
Passive: Object + will have been + V3 + by Subject
๐ Example:
Active: She will have completed the task.
Passive: The task will have been completed by her.
✅ 10. Present Perfect Continuous Tense
Active: Subject + has/have been + V1 + ing + Object
Passive: (Not commonly used in passive voice)
⚡ Usually avoided, but can be expressed in special cases.
✅ 11. Past Perfect Continuous Tense
Active: Subject + had been + V1 + ing + Object
Passive: (Not commonly used in passive voice)
⚡ Generally avoided.
✅ 12. Future Perfect Continuous Tense
Active: Subject + will have been + V1 + ing + Object
Passive: (Not commonly used in passive voice)
⚡ Generally avoided.
✅ Summary Table
Tense
Active Formula
Passive Formula
Example (Passive)
Simple Present
S + V1 + O
O + is/are + V3 + by S
The students are taught by the teacher.
Present Conti.
S + is/am/are + V1+ing + O
O + is/am/are + being + V3 + by S
A book is being read by her.
Present Perfect
S + has/have + V3 + O
O + has/have been + V3 + by S
The project has been completed by them.
Simple Past
S + V2 + O
O + was/were + V3 + by S
An apple was eaten by the boy.
Past Conti.
S + was/were + V1+ing + O
O + was/were + being + V3 + by S
A letter was being written by her.
Past Perfect
S + had + V3 + O
O + had been + V3 + by S
The work had been finished by them.
Simple Future
S + will + V1 + O
O + will be + V3 + by S
A letter will be written by her.
Future Conti.
S + will be + V1+ing + O
O + will be + being + V3 + by S
A house will be being built by them.
Future Perfect
S + will have + V3 + O
O + will have been + V3 + by S
The task will have been completed by her.
Present Perfect Conti.
(Not usually in Passive)
(Not used)
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Pas
t Perfect Conti.
(Not usually in Passive)
(Not used)
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Future Perfect Conti.
(Not usually in Passive)
(Not used)
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