ACTIVE AND PASSIVE

No Names of Tenses Active for instance Active Structure Passive for instance Passive Structure
1. Simple Present Tense He writes a letter Infinitive (He/She/It+s/es) a letter is written by him Is/am/are + V3
2. Simple Past Tense He wrote a letter Past tense a letter was written by him Was/were + V3
3. Present Continuous Tense He is writing a letter Is,am,are + ing-form a letter is being written by him Is/am/are + being + V3
4. Past Continuous Tense He was writing a letter Was,were + ing-form a letter was being written by Was/were + being + V3
him
5. Present Future Tense He will write a letter Will, shall + infinitive a letter will be written by him Will/shall + be + V3
6. Past Future Tense He would write a letter Would, should + infinitive a letter would be written by him Would/should + be +
V3
7. Present Perfect Tense He has written a letter Has, have + past tense a letter has been written by him Has/have + been + V3
a letter had been written by
8. Past Perfect Tense He had written a letter Had + past participle him Had + been+V3
9. Present Future Continuous a letter will be written by him
Tense He will be writing a letter Will be, shall be + ing-form Will/shall + be + V3
a letter would be written by him
10. Past Future Continuous He would be writing a letter Would be, should be + ing form Would / should + be +
Tense V3
a letter will be written by him
11. Present Future Perfect He will have written a letter Will have, shall have + past Will/shall + be + V3
Tense participle
a letter would be written by him
12. Past Future Perfect Tense He would have written a Would have, should have + past Would / should + be +
letter participle V3
a letter has been being written
13. Present Perfect Continuous He has been writing a letter Has been, have been + ing – by him Has/have + been +
Tense form being + V3
a letter had been being written
14. Past Perfect Continuous He had been writing a letter Had been +ing-form by him Had + been + being +
Tense V3
a letter will have been being
15. Present Future Perfect He will have been writing a Will have been,shall have written by him Will/shall + have +
Continuous Tense letter been+ing form been + being +V3
a letter would have been being
16. Past Future Perfect He would have been writing Would have been, should have written by him Would/shall + have +
Continuous Tense a letter been+ing form been +being +V3

17. Present Future “going to” a letter is going to be written by

Tense He is going to write a letter Is,am,are+going to+infinitive him Is/am/are + going to +
be + V3
a letter was going to be written
18. Past Future “going to” Tense He was going to write a Was/were+going to+infinitive by him Was/were + going to +
letter be + V3