The form of a sentence in Active Voice is
Subject+Verb+object
The same in Passive Voice is
Object+Verb+Subject
There is no change in the meaning of the sentence in Passive Voice. Here importance is given to the object. When changing a sentence from Active Voice to Passive Voice "by" is added before the Subject(Not always necessary)
We have studied tenses and their uses. Let us see how we can transform a sentence in Active Voice to its Passive Voice.
A sentence can not be written in its Passive Voice if there is no object or the verb in that sentence is an Intransitive Verb.
What is an Intransitive Verb? If there is no answer to the questions by whom or by what the verb is an Intransitive Verb.
For example, we cannot make Passive Voice to the sentence
"She sleeps" or "They laugh"
PRESENT TENSE.
1. Active Voice and Passive Voice in Simple Present Tense.
Form-:Object+is/am/are+past participle form of the verb+by+subject
Example-:
He writes a story(A.V)
A story is written by him. (P.V)
Rajesh Touch River directs a Hollywood movie. (A.V)
A Hollywood movie is directed by Rajesh Touch River. (P.V)
I eat a banana. (A.V)
A banana is eaten by me. (P.V)
They build a culvert(A.V)
A culvert is built by them. (P.V)
She helps me. (A.V)
I am helped by her. (P.V)
Students do projects. (A.V)
Projects are done by students. (P.V)
2..Active Voice and Passive Voice in Present Continuous Tense.
Form-:Object+is/am/are+being+past participle form of the verb+subject.(P.V)
He is writing a story.
A story is being written by him.
Rajesh Touch River is directing a Hollywood movie.
A Hollywood movie is being directed by Rajesh Touch River.
I am eating a banana.
A banana is being eaten by me.
They are building a culvert.
A culvert is being built by them.
She is helping me.
I am being helped by her.
Students are doing projects.
Projects are being done by students.
3..Active Voice and Passive Voice in Present Perfect Tense.
Form-:Object+have/has+been+past participle form of the verb+by+subject.
Examples-:
He has written a story.
A story has been written by him.
Rajesh Touch River has directed a Hollywood movie.
A Hollywood movie has been directed by Rajesh Touch River.
I have eaten a banana.
A banana has been eaten by me.
They have built a culvert.
A culvert has been built by them.
She has helped me.
I have been helped by her.
Students have done projects.
Projects have been done by students
Active Voice and Passive Voice in Present Perfect Continuous Tense.
Form-:Object+have/has+been+being+past participle form of the verb+by+subject.(There was a mistake earlier. Now it is corrected. -ing form of the verb is corrected as the past participle form of the verb. Those who had written the notes may kindly be rectified the mistake)
Examples-:
He has been writing a story.
A story has been being written by him.
Rajesh Touch River has been directing a Hollywood movie.
A Hollywood movie has been being directed by Rajesh Touch River.
I have been eating a banana.
A banana has been being eaten by me.
She has been helping me.
I have been being helped by her.
Students have been doing projects.
Projects have been being done by students.
PAST TENSE.
1. Active Voice and Passive Voice in Simple Past Tense.
Form-:Object+was/were+past participle form of the verb+by+subject.(P.V)
Examples-:
He wrote a story.
A story was written by him.
Rajesh Touch River directed a Hollywood Movie.
A Hollywood movie was directed by Rajesh Touch River.
I ate a banana.
A banana was eaten by me.
They built a culvert.
A culvert was built by them.
She helped me.
I was helped(by her)
Students did projects.
Projects were done by students.
2.Active Voice and Passive
Voice in Past Continuous Tense.
Form-:
Object +was/ were +being +past participle form of the verb +by+ subject.
Examples-:
He was
writing a story.
A story was being written by him.
Rajesh
Touch River was directing a Hollywood Movie.
A
Hollywood Movie was being directed by Rajesh Touch River.
I was
eating a banana.
A
banana was being eaten by me.
They
were building a culvert.
A culvert was being built by them.
She
was helping me.
I was
being helped by her.
Students
were doing projects.
Projects
were being done by students.
3.Active Voice and Passive
Voice in Past Perfect Tense.
Form-:(P.V)Object + had+ been + past participle form of the verb + subject.
Example-:
He had written a story. (A.V)
A story had been written by him.
Rajesh touch River had directed a Hollywood Movie.
A Hollywood Movie had been directed by Rajesh Touch River.
I had eaten a banana.
A banana had been eaten by me.
They had built a culvert.
A culvert had been built by them.
She had helped me.
I had been helped by her.
Students had done projects.
Projects had been done by students.
(iv) Active Voice and Passive Voice in Past Perfect Continuous Tense.
Form-:Object+had+been+being+past participle form of the verb+by+subject.(P.V)
Examples-:
He had been writing a story.
A story had been being written by him.
Rajesh Touch River had been directing a Hollywood movie
A Hollywood movie had been being directed by Rajesh Touch River.
I had been eating a banana.
A banana had been being eaten by me.
They had been building a culvert.
A culvert had been being built by them.
She had been helping me.
I had been being helped by her.
Students had been doing projects.
Projects had been being done by students.
For the time being, we are going to the next topic. Active Voice and Passive Voice in FUTURE TENSE will be discussed and inserted here later.
We use Passive Voice rarely in speaking. In certain conditions where we have to provide much more importance to an object than the subject, we use Passive Voice. In other words, the usage of Passive Voice is very rare in the English Language. We study it mainly for examination purposes.
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