Passive Voice

Passive voice is a form of sentence where the subject of the sentence

receives the action, not taking action. Unlike active voice that focuses on doer
of action, this form is more focused on the party or object that receives the
results of the action (receiver of action).

Passive Voice in Tenses

Tenses Active Voice Passive Voice
Present Perfect S + have/has + past S (direct object) +
participle + direct object have/has + been + past
participle +/- by …
(agent)
Ex : My Ex : Some
father has just given some money has just been
money to me. given to me
S + Have/ Has + Been +
Present Perfect S + have/has + Been +
Continuous Ving Being + V3
Ex : They have been doing Ex : The TOEFL Test has
the TOEFL Test for two been being done by them
hours.
for two hours.
Past Perfect S + had + past participle + S (direct object) + had +
direct object been + past participle +/-
by … (agent)

Ex : Sally had read two Ex : Two hundred

hundred books books had been read by
before graduating from Sally before graduating
the college. from the college.
S + Had Been Being + V3
Past Perfect S + Had + Been + Ving
Continuous
Ex : They had been Ex : English had been
learning English since being learned by them
2011 since 2011
Past Future S + Would/should + V1 S + Would Be + V3
Ex : English would be
Ex : They would learn
learned by them.
English

S + Would Have Been +

Past Future Perfect S + Would/Should + have
V3
+ V3

Ex : I would have married

Ex : She would have been
her if i had become an married by me if i had
engineer three years ago. become an engineer three
years ago.