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    ESCOLA INDUSTRIAL E COMERCIAL DO MINDELO – GDC

    11 ANO – ARTES GRÁFICAS

    Rules for Active – Passive Voice Conversions

    Rule 1. Identify the (S+V+O) Subject, Verb and object in the active sentence to convert to passive voice
    Example:
    He drives car. (Subject – He, verb – Drives, object – Car)

    Rule 2. Interchange the object and subject with each other, i.e. object of the active sentence become the
    subject of the passive sentence.
    Example :
    Active voice: She knits sweater. (Subject – She, Verb – Knits, Object – Sweater)
    Passive Voice: The sweater is knitted by her. (Object sweater is substituted BY the subject She).

    Rule 3. In passive voice sometimes the subject is not used, i.e. the subject in passive voice can be omitted if
    the sentence without it gives enough meaning.
    Example :
    Milk is sold in litres

    Rule 4. Change the base verb in the active sentence into the past participle ie. third form verb in a passive
    sentence i.e. preceded by (By, With, to, etc). Base verbs are never used in passive voice sentences.
    Example:
    Active voice: She prepares dinner. Passive voice: The dinner is prepared by her.
    Active voice: She knows him. Passive voice: He is known to her.
    Active voice: Juice fills the jar. Passive voice: The jar is filled with juice.

    Rule 5. While conversion of Active voice sentence to Passive voice sentence, the pronoun used in the
    sentence also changes in the following manner.
    Active Voice Pronoun Passive Voice Pronoun
    I Me
    We Us
    He Him
    She Her
    They Them
    You You
    It It

    Rule 6. Use the suitable helping or auxiliary verb (is/am/are/was, were). The rules for using auxiliary verbs
    in passive voice sentences are different for each tense.

    Example:
    The letter is written by her
    A book was not bought by her
    Chocolates are being eaten by them.
    ESCOLA INDUSTRIAL E COMERCIAL DO MINDELO – GDC
    11 ANO – ARTES GRÁFICAS
    Forms of Active And Passive Voice For All Tenses

    • Simple Present Tense

    Active Sentences Passive Sentences

    He writes an essay An essay is written by him

    Sheena does the housework The housework is done by Sheena

    She cares for the rabbit The rabbit is being cared for by her

    Jacob always plays the guitar The guitar is always played by Jacob
    • Present Continuous Tense

    Active Sentences Passive Sentences

    They are eating bananas The bananas are being eaten by them

    Bob is drawing a diagram A diagram is being drawn by Bob

    Samta is playing the piano A piano is being played by Samta

    She is waiting for Reema Reema is being waited for by her


    • Simple Past Tense

    Active Voice Passive Voice

    Ria paid the bills The bills were paid by Ria

    The teacher called the student The student was called by the teacher

    She did not buy the fruits The fruits were not bought by her
    • Past Progressive/Continuous Tense

    Active Voice Passive Voice

    They were waiting for him He was being waited for by them

    Astha was learning French French was being learnt by Astha

    She was playing kabaddi Kabaddi was being played by her


    • Future Perfect Tense

    Active Voice Passive Voice

    Meena will not have changed the bedsheet The bed sheet will not have been changed by Meena

    They will have won the match The match will have been won by them

    Reena will have washed the skirt The skirt will have been washed by Reena
    ESCOLA INDUSTRIAL E COMERCIAL DO MINDELO – GDC
    11 ANO – ARTES GRÁFICAS

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