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Active and Passive Voice Rules,

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To get triumph in Competitive Exams candidates need to score well in every section
of the exam paper. There are certain topics which are common in every
Competitive Exam. A candidate must be having a good command on such topics
to get a good rank.

English has now been an essential part of every competitive exam and grammar is
its core. In this blog, we will talk about Active and Passive Voice.

In Active Voice, a sentence emphasizes subject performing an action while in

Passive Voice sentence emphasizes the action or the object of the sentence.

To know how a sentence is converted in Passive voice from Active voice, we need to
go through certain rules with examples based on it.

 
 

Active and Passive Voice Rules for All

Tenses
 
Here, we are listing out the Active and Passive Voice Rules for all tenses. You will
come to know how an auxiliary verb is used to change a sentence from Active to
Passive voice.

Active and Passive Voice Rules for Present

Simple Tense
 
Here in this table, we are elaborating Rules of Active and Passive Voice with
examples for Present Simple.

Passive Voice
Active Voice
(Auxiliary Verb – is/am/are)

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Object+ is/am/are+ V3+ by +

Subject + V1+s/es+ object
subject

Subject + Do/does+ not + V1 + Object + is/am/are+ not + V3+ by

Object Subject

Is/am/are + Object+ V3+ by subject

Does+ Subject+ V1+Object+?
+?
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Active: He reads a novel.
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Passive: A novel is read.

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Active: He does not cook food.

Passive: Food is not cooked by him.

 
Active: Does he purchase books?

Passive: Are books purchased by him?

 
Active: They grow plants.

Passive: Plants are grown by them.

 
Active: She teaches me.

Passive: I am taught by her.

 
 

Active and Passive Voice Rules for Present

Continuous Tense
 
Below we will explain the Rules of Active and Passive Voice with examples for
Present Continuous tense.

Passive Voice

Active Voice (Auxiliary Verb- is/am/are +

being)

Subject + is/am/are+ v1+ ing + Object+ is/am/are+ being+ V3+ by

object + subject

Subject + is/am/are+ not+ v1+ ing+ Object + is/am/are+ not +

object being+V3+ by Subject

Is/am/are+ subject+v1+ing + Is/am/are + Object+ V3+ by subject

object+? +?

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Active and Passive Voice Exercises of Present Continuous Tense

 
Active: Esha is singing a song.

Passive: A song is being sung by Esha.

 
Active: Kritika is not chopping vegetables.

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Active: Is Ritika buying a table?

Passive: Is a table being bought by Ritika?

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Active: She is disturbing Dinesh.

Passive: Dinesh is being disturbed by her.

Active and Passive Voice Rules for Present

Perfect Tense
 
You can understand passive voice for present perfect tense from the list which are
given below.

Passive Voice
Active Voice
(Auxiliary Verb- has/have +been)

Object+ has/have+ been+ V3+ by +

Subject + has/have+ v3+ object
subject

Subject + has/have+ not+ v3+ Object + has/have+ not +

object been+V3+ by Subject

Has/Have + Object+ been+V3+ by

Has/have+ subject+ v3 + object+?
subject +?

 
Active and Passive Voice Example with Answers of Present Perfect Tense

 
Active: Nitesh has challenged her.

Passive: She has been challenged by Nitesh.

 
Active: Radhika has not written an article.

Passive: An article has not been written by Radhika.

 
Active: Have they left the apartment?

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Passive: Has apartment been left by them?

 
Active: She has created this masterpiece.

Passive: This masterpiece has been created by her.

 
Active: I have read the newspaper.

Passive: The newspaper has been read by me.

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Active and Passive Voice Rules for Past

Simple Tense
 
Here in the below table, you can check Active and Passive Voice Rules for past
simple tense.

Passive Voice
Active Voice
(Auxiliary Verb- was/were)

Subject + V2+ object Object+ was/were V3+ by + subject

Object + was/were+ not +V3+ by

Subject +did+ not+v1+ object
Subject

Was/were + Object+ V3+ by subject

Did+ subject+V1+ object+?
+?

 
Active and Passive Voice Exercises of Past Simple Tense

 
Active:  Reema cleaned the floor.

Passive: The floor was cleaned by Reema.

 
Active: Aisha bought a bicycle.

Passive: A bicycle was bought by Aisha.

 
Active: Naman called my friends.

Passive: My friends were called by Naman.

 
Active: I saved him.

Passive: He was saved by me.

 
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Active: Miraya paid the bills.

Passive: The bills were paid by Miraya.

 
Active and Passive Voice Rules for Past
Continuous Tense
 
We can easily convert sentences from Active to Passive Voice according to given
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object. subject

Subject +was/were+ not+v1+ing + Object + was/were+ not

object +being+V3+ by Subject

Was/were+ Subject + V1+ing + Was/were + Object+ being+v3+ by+

object+? subject+?

 
Active and Passive Voice Examples with Answers of Past Continuous Tense

 
Active: Nitika was painting the wall.

Passive: The wall was being painted by Nitika.

 
Active: Manish was repairing the car.

Passive: The car was being repaired by Manish.

 
Active: Were you reciting the poem?

Passive: Was the poem being recited?

 
Active: She was baking the cake.

Passive: The cake was being baked by her.

 
Active: She was watching me.

Passive: I was being watched by her.

 
Active and Passive Voice Rules for Past
Perfect Tense
 
There are certain Active and Passive Voice Rules for Past perfect tense, with these
only you can convert any sentence in Passive Voice.

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Passive Voice
Active Voice
(Auxiliary Verb- had +been)

Object+ had+been +V3+ by +

Subject + had + v3+ object.
subject

Object + had+ not +been+V3+ by

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Active: Misha had cleaned the floor.

Passive: The floor had been cleaned by Misha.

 
Active: Vidhi had not received the parcel.

Passive: The parcel had not been received by Vidhi.

 
Active: Vishal had solved the doubt.

Passive: The doubt had been solved.

 
Active: Had they caught the thief?

Passive: Had the thief been caught by them?

 
Active: I had paid fifty thousand.

Passive: Fifty thousand had been paid by me.

 
Active and Passive Voice Rules for Future
Simple Tense
 
You can check Active Voice and Passive Voice Rules chart for future simple tense.

Passive Voice
Active Voice
(Auxiliary Verb- will+ be)

Subject + will+ v1+ object. Object+ will+ be +V3+ by + subject

Object + will+ not +be+V3+ by

Subject +will + not+ V1+object
Subject

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Will + Object+ be +v3+ by+

Will+ Subject + V1+ object+?
subject+?

 
We can better understand Rules of Active and Passive Voice with examples for
future simple tense.

 
Active and Passive Voice Examples with Answers of Future Simple Tense
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Passive: The things will not be arranged by Disha.

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Active: Will you mop the floor?

Passive: Will the floor be mopped by you?

 
Active: They will post the letter.

Passive: The letter will be posted.

 
Active: Reena will save money.

Passive: Money will be saved by Reena.

Active and Passive Voice Rules for Future

Perfect Tense
 
Here, we are sharing the Active Voice and Passive Voice Rules chart for future
perfect tense.

Active Voice Passive Voice

Object+ will+ have+ been +V3+ by +

Subject + will+ have +v3+ object.
subject

Subject + will+ have +not+v3+ Object + will+ have +not+been+v3+

object. subject

Will + object+have+been+v3+by
Will+ Subject+have+v3+ object+?
+subject+?

 
Active and Passive Voice Exercises of Future Perfect Tense

 
Active: They will have brought the toy.

Passive: The toy will have been brought by them.

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Active: Nimesh will not have changed the table cover.

Passive: The table cover will not have been changed by Nimesh.

 
Active: Will she have written the notes.

Passive: Will the notes have been written by her?

 
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Passive: The match will have been won by them.

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1.) Present Perfect Continuous Tense

2.) Past Perfect Continuous Tense

3.) Future Perfect Continuous Tense

4.) Future Continuous Tense

 
So, Candidates, now you must have got all the information for making changes in a
sentence with Active and Passive Voice Rules of all tenses. Practice set and
examples of Active and Passive Voice will help you to clear the fundamentals and
score well in competitive exams.

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