Академический Документы
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Культура Документы
Example.
Active voice: I write a letter.
Passive voice: A letter is written by me.
PASSIVE VOICE FOR ALL TENSES RULES
The places of subject and object in sentence
are inter-changed in passive voice.
3rd form of verb (past participle) will be used
only (as main verb) in passive voice.
Passive voice:
Active voice: A snake was killed by
me.
I killed a snake A snake was not killed by
I did not kill a snake. me.
Did I kill a snake? Was a snake killed by
me?
Past Continuous Tense (Passive Voice)
Auxiliary verb in passive voice: was
being/were being
Passive voice:
Active voice:
A car was being
He was driving a
driven by him.
car.
A car was not being
He was not driving a
driven by him.
car.
Was a car being
Was he driving a
driven by him?
car?
Past Perfect Tense (Passive Voice)
Auxiliary verb in passive voice: had been
Passive voice:
Active voice: The assignment had
They had completed the been completed by
assignment. them.
They had not completed The assignment had
the assignment. not been complete by
Had they completed the them.
assignment? Had the assignment
been completed by
them?
Future Simple Tense (Passive Voice)
Auxiliary verb in passive voice: will be
Passive voice:
Active voice: A car will be bought by
She will buy a car. her.
She will not buy a car. A car will not be
Will she buy a car? bought by her.
Will a car be bought by
her?
Future Perfect Tense (passive Voice)
Auxiliary verb in passive voice: will have been
Passive voice:
Active voice:
The job will have
You will have started
been started by you.
the job.
The job will not have
You will have not
been started by you.
started the job.
Will the job have been
Will you have started
started by you?
the job?
Passive voice of “Imperative Sentences”
Active Voice Passive Voice
Open the door. Let the door be opened.
Let the worked be
Complete the work.
completed.
Let the television be
Turn off the television.
tuned off.
Let your lesson be
Learn your lesson.
learnt.
.
Kill the snake. Let the snake be killed.
Punish him. Let him be punished.
Intransitive Verb.
He laughs.
(Laugh is an intransitive verb and it does not need
object for expressing full meaning.)
e.g. Sleep, go, reach, sit, die, are examples of
intransitive verbs.
For example
Cloth is sold in yards.