Monday, June 25, 2018

Active and passive voice Rule with tenses


Simple Present Tense
is,am,are+3rd verb
Active Voice
Passive Voice
He lights the candle.
The candle is lighted by him.
He does not light the candle.
The candle is not lighted by him.
Do you eat meat?
Is meat eaten by you?
Present Continuous Tense
 is,am,are+being+3rd verb
Active Voice
Passive Voice
am driving a car.
A car is being driven by me.
am not driving a car.
A car is not being driven by me.
Am I driving a car?
Is a car being driven by me?
Present Perfect Tense
 has,have+been+3rd verb
Active Voice
Passive Voice
She has stolen my book.
My book has been stolen by her.
She has not stolen my book.
My book has been stolen by her.
Has she stolen my book?
Has my book been stolen by her?
Simple Past Tense
was,were+3rd verb
Active Voice
Passive Voice
She finished work.
Work was finished by her.
She did not finish work.
Work was not finished by her.
Did she finish work?
Was work finished by her?
Past Continuous Tense
was,were+being+3rd verb
Active Voice
Passive Voice
He was revising his books.
His books were being revised by him.
He was not revising his books.
His books were not revising by him.
Was he revising his books?
Were his books revising by him?
Past Perfect Tense
 had+been+3rd verb
Active Voice
Passive Voice
had completed the assignment.
The assignment had been completed by me.
had not completed the assignment.
The assignment had not been completed by me.
Had I completed the assignment?
Had the assignment been completed by me?
Simple Future Tense
will,shall+be+3rd verb
Active Voice
Passive Voice
My uncle will pay my tuition fee.
My tuition fee will be paid by my uncle.
My uncle will not pay my tuition fee.
My tuition fee will not be paid by my uncle.
Will my uncle pay my tuition fee?
Will my tuition fee be paid by my uncle?
Future Perfect Tense
will, shall+ have been+3rd verb
Active Voice
Passive Voice
We shall have done our home-work.
Our home -work shall have been done by us.
We shall not have done our home-work.
Our home -work shall not have been done by us.
Shall We have done our home –work?
Shall our home -work have been done by us?

 Note: In Present perfect continuous tense, Past perfect continuous tense, Future perfect continuous tense, Future perfect tense, we use the same sentence in passive voice. It means these tense cannot be changed in passive form.

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