Active and

Passive Voice
 Set A Set B
1. The foods / Billy / All / 2. are / the foods / by /
eats. eaten/ Billy.

3. enjoyed / Joseph / the 4. Joseph / enjoyed / by / The

party. party / was.

5. Will sign / the two 6. Will / The two parties /

parties / the agreement signed / The agreement /
be / by.
 Set A Set B
1. Billy eats all the foods. 2. The foods are eaten by
Billy.

3. Joseph enjoyed the party. 4. The party was enjoyed by

Joseph.

5. The two parties will sign 6. The agreement will be

the agreement. signed by the two parties.
 Set A Set B

Guide Questions: Billy eats all the foods. The foods are eaten by Billy.

Joseph enjoyed the party. The party was enjoyed by

Joseph.
The two parties will sign the The agreement will be signed
agreement. by the two parties.

1. Identify the main verbs used in every sentence

in Set A and B.

2. Who is the doer of the action in Set A? How

about in Set B?

3. What have you noticed in the position of the subjects

in Set A? What about in set B?
 Today's
Discussion
1. Move the object in the active voice to the
position of the subject.

2. Use the appropriate ‘be’ verb

(am/is/are/was/were/has been/ have been/ shall
be/ will be)
Converting Active Voice to
Passive Voice
 TENSE OF THE VERB ACTIVE VOICE PASSIVE VOICE
Present eats / eat is eaten / are eaten
Past ate was eaten / were eaten
Future will/ can/ may/ might + eat will/ can/ may/ might + be eaten

Present Continuous am eating, is eating is being eaten / are being eaten

Past Continuous was/ were eating was / were being eaten

Future Continuous will/ shall be eating NO PASSIVE VOICE
Present Perfect has / have eaten has / have been eaten
Past Perfect had eaten had been eaten
Future Perfect will / shall have eaten Will have been eaten
Present Perfect Continuous has been eating/ have been
eating
No Passive Voice
Past Perfect Continuous had been eating
Future Perfect Continuous will have been eating
shall have been eating
 CHANGE OF PRONOUNS
ACTIVE VOICE PASSIVE VOICE
I Me
We Us
You You
He Him
She Her
It It
They Them