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Shailesh SharmaPresent Simple Tense (passive Voice) Auxiliary verb in passive voice: am/is/are Active voice: He sings a song.
He does not sing a song. Does he sing a song? Passive voice: A song is sung by him. A song is not sung by him. Is a song sung by him?
Present Continuous Tense (passive Voice) Auxiliary verb in passive voice: am being/is being/are being Active voice: I am writing a letter I am not writing a letter. Am I writing a letter? Passive voice: A letter is being written by me. A letter is not being written by me. Is a letter being written by me? Present Perfect Tense (passive Voice) Auxiliary verb in passive voice: has been/have been Active voice: She has finished his work She has not finished her work. Has she finished her work? Passive voice: Her work has been finished by her. Her work has not been finished by her. Has her work been finished by her? Past Simple Tense (passive Voice) Auxiliary verb in passive voice: was/were Active voice: I killed a snake I did not kill a snake. Did I kill a snake? Passive voice: A snake was killed by me. A snake was not killed by me. Was a snake killed by me? Past Continuous Tense (Passive Voice) Auxiliary verb in passive voice: was being/were being Active voice: He was driving a car. He was not driving a car. Was he driving a car? Passive voice: A car was being driven by him. A car was not being driven by him. Was a car being driven by him? Past Perfect Tense (Passive Voice) Auxiliary verb in passive voice: had been Active voice: They had completed the assignment. They had not completed the assignment. Had they completed the assignment? Passive voice: The assignment had been completed by them. The assignment had not been complete by them. Had the assignment been completed by them?
Future Simple Tense (Passive Voice) Auxiliary verb in passive voice: will be Active voice: She will buy a car. She will not buy a car. Will she buy a car? Passive voice: A car will be bought by her. A car will not be bought by her. Will a car be bought by her? Future Perfect Tense (passive Voice) Auxiliary verb in passive voice: will have been Active voice: You will have started the job. You will have not started the job. Will you have started the job? Passive voice: The job will have been started by you. The job will not have been started by you. Will the job have been started by you?
Active and Passive Voice
Active Voice
A sentence is written in the active voice if the subjectthe main person, place, thing, or ideaperforms the action. Examples: 1.Jonathan threw the ball across the street. (The subject, Jonathan, performed the action, threw.) 2.Because it hadnt been seen for decades, the obelisk surprised the audience when the lecturer presented it. (The subject, obelisk, performed the action, surprised. Note that were focusing on the subject of the independent, or main, clause.)
Passive Voice
A sentence is written in the passive voice if the subjectthe main person, place, thing, or ideareceives the action. Examples: 1.The orchestra is conducted by Ms. Phelps. (The subject, orchestra, is receiving the action here. Ms. Phelps is conducting the orchestra, so she is the sentences agent, but not its subject.) 2.The door was shut tight. (The subject, door, received the action, was shut. We dont know, from this sentence at least, who performed the action.)