Active and Passive Voice Rules – Past Indefinite Tense
Active and Passive Voice: Tense-wise Rules
Simple Past Tense
Normal structure of sentence in active voice for simple past tense is
Subject + V-2 + object. (Active Voice)
Ex: She cooked the food. (Active Voice)
(Here ‘she’ is subject, ‘cooked’ is V-2 of cook and ‘the food’ is object.)
While changing the sentence into passive, this structure becomes
Subject + was + V-3 + by + agent. (Passive Voice)
Ex: The food was cooked by her. (Passive Voice)
(Here ‘The food’ becomes subject in passive voice, ‘cooked’ is V-3 (past participle) of cook, and ‘her’ is agent (doer))
See some more examples to clarify this.
- Shubham wrote homework. (Active Voice)
Home was written by Shubham. (Passive Voice)
- Simran learned English. (Active Voice)
English was learnt by Simran. (Passive Voice)
- Sachin played cricket. (Active Voice)
Cricket was played by Sachin. (Passive Voice)
(Here ‘she’ is subject, ‘cooked’ is V-2 of cook and ‘the food’ is object.)
(Here ‘The food’ becomes subject in passive voice, ‘cooked’ is V-3 (past participle) of cook, and ‘her’ is agent (doer))
Home was written by Shubham. (Passive Voice)
English was learnt by Simran. (Passive Voice)
Cricket was played by Sachin. (Passive Voice)
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