Passive Voice

Sentence Structure
• Subject -----------Performs Action
• Verb----------------Action
• Object-------------Receives Action
Active Voice Structure
• Subject + Verb + Object
• Example: He hammered the nail
Subject Verb Object

Passive Voice Structure

• Subject + Verb + Object
• Example: The nail was hammered by him
Beware!
• Do not use passive in Natural processes. Instead, we always use
active.

• The Sun was risen from the east.

• The Sun rises from the east.

Subject + is/am/are + Verb (3rd form) + by + Object
Subject + is/am/are + being +Verb (3rd form) + by + Object
Subject + has/have + been + Verb (3rd form) + by + Object
Subject + was/were + Verb (3rd form) + by + Object
Subject + was/were + being + Verb (3rd form) + by + Object
Subject + had + been + Verb (3rd form) + by + Object
Subject + will + be + Verb (3rd form) + by + Object
Subject + will + have + been + Verb (3rd form) + by + Object
Subject + can + be + Verb (3rd form) + by + Object

Subject + must + be+ Verb (3rd form) + by + Object

Subject + may + be + Verb (3rd form) + by + Object

Subject + might + be+ Verb (3rd form) + by + Object

Subject + should + be + Verb (3rd form) + by + Object

Subject + ought + to + be+ Verb (3rd form) + by + Object

Subject + should + have+ been + Verb (3rd form) + by + Object

Subject + must + have+ been + Verb (3rd form) + by + Object

Subject + may + have + been + Verb (3rd form) + by + Object

Subject + might + have+ been + Verb (3rd form) + by + Object

Subject + ought + to + have + Verb (3rd form) + by + Object