ACTIVE VOICE AND

PASSIVE VOICE
(PAST TENSE)
BY
AMNA BATOOL
ROLL#
22011516-106
Introduction
 Voice refers to the form of a verb that indicates when a
grammatical subject performs the action or is the receiver
of the action

 In active voice the subject of the verb is doing the action

 In passive voice the subject of the verb is being acted on
I ate the food → The food was eaten by me
 1. Past Indefinite Tense
Active Voice and
2. Past Progressive Tense
Passive Voice
3. Past Perfect Tense
(Past Tense)

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Past Indefinite Tense

Active Passive
Affirmatives:
S+V2+Object S+ was/were+ V3+prep+object
Ali played cricket Cricket was played by Ali
Negatives:
S+did+not+V1+object S+was/were+not+V3+prep+object

Ali did not play cricket Cricket was not played by Ali

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 ACTIVE
Interrogatives:
Did+S+V1+object
Did Ali play football?
Information Questions:
WH+did+S+V1+object
Where did Ali play football?
PASSIVE
Was/were+S+V3+prep+Object
Was football played by Ali?
WH+ was/were+S+V3+prep+object
Where was football played by Ali?
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 Active: she wrote a book.
Passive: A book was written
by her.
Active: She did not write a
book.
Passive: A book was not
Examples written by her.
Active: Did she write a book?
Passive: Was a book written
by her?
Active: Did she not write a
book?
Passive: Was a book not
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Past Progressive Tense
Active
Affirmatives:
S+was/were+V1+ing+Object
Ali was playing football
Negatives:
S+was/were+not+V1+ing+ object
Ali was not playing football
Passive
S+ was/were+being+ V3+prep+object
Football was being played by Ali
S+was/were+not+being+V3+prep+ object
Football was not being played by Ali
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 Active Passive
Interrogatives:
Was/were+S+being+V3+prep+Object
Was/were+S+V1ing+object
Was football being played by Ali?
Was Ali playing football?
Information Questions:
WH+was/were+S+V1ing+object WH+ was/were+S+being+V3+prep+ object
Where was Ali playing football? Where was football being played by Ali?

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 Active: A cat was drinking
milk.
Passive: Milk was being
drunk by a cat.
Active: A cat was not
drinking milk.
Passive: Milk was not being
Examples drunk by a cat.
Active: Was a cat drinking
milk?
Passive: Was milk being
drunk by a cat?
Active: Was a cat not
drinking milk?
Passive: Was milk not being
drunk by a cat?
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Past Perfect Tense
Active
Affirmatives:
S+ had+V3+Object
Ali had played football
Negatives:
S+ had +not+V3+ object
Ali had not played football
Passive
S+ had+been+V3+prep+object
Football had been played by Ali
S+ had +not+been+V3+prep+ object
Football had not been played by Ali
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 Active
Interrogatives:
Had+S+V3+object
Had Ali played football?
Information Questions:
WH+had+S+V3+object
Where had Ali played football?
Passive
Had+S+been+V3+prep+Object
Had football been played by Ali?
WH+had+S+been+V3+prep+ object
Where had football been played by Ali?
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 Active: I had planted flowers.
Passive: Flowers had been
planted by me.
Active: I had not planted
flowers.
Passive: Flowers had not
been planted by me.
Examples Active: Had I planted
flowers?
Passive: Had flowers been
planted by me?
Active: Had I not planted
flowers?
Passive: Had flowers not
been planted by me?
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