PASSIVE VOICE

TENSES ACTIVE PASSIVE

SIMPLE PRESENT S + Verb 1 (s /es) + O O + Is/am/are +V3 + by ...
TENSE
Ex: My sister writes a letter Ex: A letter is written by My
sister

SIMPLE PAST TENSE S + V2 + O O + was/were + V3 + by ...

Ex: He returned the money Ex: The money was

last night returned by Him last night

PRESENT CONTINOUS S + is/am/are + V-ing + O O + is/am/are + being + V3 +

TENSE by …

Ex: She is typing the letter Ex: The letter is typed by her

SIMPLE FUTURE WILL

TENSE S + modal + V1 + O O + modal + be + V3 + by…

Ex: We will sell the house next Ex: The house will be sold by
month us
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SIMPLE FUTURE TENSE BE GOING TO

S + is/am/are + going to + O + is/am/are + going to +
V1 + O be + V3 + by ….

Ex: He is going to buy a Ex: A new tv is going to be

new tv bought by him

PRESENT PERFECT TENSE S + have/has + V3 + O O + have/has + been + V3 +

by …

Ex: The students have Ex: The lesson has been

copied the lesson copied by the students

PRESENT PERFECT S + Have/has + been V-ing O + have/has + been +

CONTINOUS TENSE +O being + V3 + by ….

Ex: He has been cleaning Ex: The room has been

the room for two hours being cleaned by Him
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PAST PERFECT TENSE S + had + V3 + O O + had been + V3 + by

Ex: He had locked the Ex: The door had been

door locked by HIm

PAST CONTINOUS TENSE S + was/were + v-ing + O O + was/were being + V3 +

by …

Ex: They were repairing the Ex: The computer was

computer being repaired by them

PAST PERFECT CONTINOUS S + had + been + V-ing + O O + had + been + being +

TENSE V3 + by ….

Ex: We had been repairing Ex: The radio had been

the radio being repaired by us