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Voice

Active Voice Passive Voice

Active voice: in active voice, subject does the action.

e.g: Ali bought a new a car.

e.g: We are listening to the news.

Passive voice:

In passive voice, subject is the reciever of the action\ something is done to the subject.

e.g: A new car was bought by Ali.

Note: we can only change transitive verbs to passive.

 A verb which can be followed by an object is called transitive verb.

e.g: Sarah washes her clothes everyday.

Consider the following steps\rules while changing an active voice to passive voice:

1. Identify subject, verb, and object.

e.g: I help them. ( Active voice)

2. Change the place of subject to the object, and object to the subject.

Note: Change the subject pronouns to the object, and object to the subject.

e.g: I help them. ( Active voice)

Passive voice :

e.g: They me. Incomplete

3. Use auxiliary verbs according to tense.

e.g: They are me. Incomplete

4. Use past participle (third) form of the verb.

e.g: They are helped me. Incomplete

5. Use ( By phrase).

e.g: They are helped by me. Completed

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Passive of Simple Present Tense

( Simple Present Tense Helping verbs)

Do\Does change to:

Is am are

3rd verb + ( By phrase)

e.g: Ali speaks Englsih.

e.g: English is spoken by Ali.

NEGATIVE:

is

Subject + am not + 3rd verb + ( By phrase)

are

Introgative:
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Passive of Present Progressive Tense

Present Progressive Helping verbs are:

Subject + is, am, are + mv+ ing+ com+.

e.g: He is writing an essay.

Note: When we change a present progressive sentence to passive,

is, am, are should be followed by BEING + 3rd verb+ ( By phrase).

e.g: An essay is being written by him.

NEGATIVE:

is

Subject + am + not being + 3rd verb + ( By phrase)

are

Introgative:

Is

Am + subject + being + 3rd verb + ( By phrase)?

Are
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Passive of Past Progressive Tense

The passive helping verbs of past progressive tense are: was\ were + being+ 3rd v

Structure:

I
e.g:
He rd
was+ being+ 3 v+ ( By phrase)
I was studying English. ( Active Voice)
She
English was being studied by me. ( Passive Voice)
It

You
were+ being+ 3rd v+ ( By phrase) They were buying the gifts.
We
The gifts were being bought by them.
They

NEGATIVE:

I
e.g:
He rd
was+ not+ being+ 3 v+ ( By phrase)
I was not studying English. ( Active Voice)
She
English was not being studied by me. ( Passive Voice)
It

You
were+ not+ being+ 3rd v+ ( By phrase) They were not buying the gifts. ( Active Voice)
We
The gifts were not being bought by them. ( Passive Voice)
They

Introgative:

He e.g:
Was
+ being+ 3rd v+ ( By phrase)?
She Was I studying English? ( Active Voice)
It Was English being studied by me? ( Passive Voice)

You Were they buying the gifts? ( Active Voice)

Were We rd
+ being+ 3 v+ ( By phrase)? Were the gifts being bought by them? ( Passive Voice)
They
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Passive of Simple Future Tense

The passive helping verbs of simple future tense are: will\ shall+ be+ 3rd v.

Structure:

I
shall
We

He e.g:
She will\ shall+ be+ 3rd v+ ( By phrase) I will practice all idioms tomorrow.
It All idioms will be practiced by me tomorrow.
You

They

NEGATIVE:

I
shall
We

He e.g:

She will+ not+ be+ 3rd v+ ( By phrase) I will not practice all idioms tomorrow.

It All idioms will not be practiced by me tomorrow.

You

They

Introgative:

I
shall
We

He

Will She + be+ 3rd v+ ( By phrase)? e.g:

It Will I practice all idioms tomorrow?

You Will all idioms be practiced by me tomorrow?
They
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Passive of Simple Past Tense

The passive helping verbs of simple past tense are: was\ were + 3rd v

Structure:

I
e.g:
He rd
was+ 3 v+ ( By phrase)
I studied English. ( Active Voice)
She
English was studied by me. ( Passive Voice)
It

You
were+ 3rd v+ ( By phrase) They bought the gifts.
We
The gifts were bought by them.
They

NEGATIVE:

I
e.g:
He rd
was+ not+ 3 v+ ( By phrase)
I did not study English. ( Active Voice)
She
English was not studied by me. ( Passive Voice)
It

You
were+ not+ 3rd v+ ( By phrase) They did not buy the gifts. ( Active Voice)
We
The gifts were not bought by them. ( Passive Voice)
They

Introgative:

He e.g:
Was
+ 3rd v+ ( By phrase)?
She Did I study English? ( Active Voice)
It Was English studied by me? ( Passive Voice)

You Did they buy the gifts? ( Active Voice)

Were rd
We + 3 v+ ( By phrase)? Were the gifts bought by them? ( Passive Voice)
They
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Passive of Present Perfect Tense

The passive helping verbs of present perfect tense are: has\ have + been+ 3rd v

Structure:

e.g:
He
has+ been+ 3rd v+ ( By phrase) I have studied English. ( Active Voice)
She
English has been studied by me. ( Passive Voice)
It

I
They have bought the gifts.
You
rd
have+ been+ 3 v+ ( By phrase)
The gifts have been bought by them.
We

They

NEGATIVE:

e.g:
He
has + not+ been+ 3rd v+ ( By phrase) I have not studied English. ( Active Voice)
She
English has not been studied by me. ( Passive Voice)
It

I
They have not bought the gifts. ( Active Voice)
You rd
have+ not+ been+ 3 v+ ( By phrase)
The gifts have not been bought by them. ( Passive Voice)
We

They

Introgative:

He
e.g:
Has She + been + 3rd v+ ( By phrase)?
Have I studied English? ( Active Voice)
It
Has English been studied by me? ( Passive Voice)

You
Have + been + 3rd v+ ( By phrase)? Have they bought the gifts? ( Active Voice)
We
Have the gifts been bought by them? ( Passive Voice)
They
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Passive of Past Perfect Tense

The passive helping verb of past perfect tense is : had+ been+ 3rd v

Structure:

e.g:
He
I had studied English. ( Active Voice)
She
English had been studied by me. ( Passive Voice)
It

I had+ been+ 3rd v+ ( By phrase).

They had bought the gifts.
You
The gifts had been bought by them.
We

They

NEGATIVE:
e.g:
He
I had not studied English. ( Active Voice)
She
English had not been studied by me. ( Passive Voice)
It

I had+ not+ been+ 3rd v+ ( By phrase)

They had not bought the gifts. ( Active Voice)
You
The gifts had not been bought by them. ( Passive Voice)
We

They

Interrogative:

He
e.g:
She
Had I studied English? ( Active Voice)
It
Had English been studied by me? ( Passive Voice)
Had I + been + 3rd v+ ( By phrase)?

You

We
Had they bought the gifts? ( Active Voice)
They
Had the gifts been bought by them? ( Passive Voice)