Grammar Basics: Active and Passive Voice

Active form: In active sentences the subject is doing the action, and the object is receiving it.

{Thing doing it i.e. subject} + {verb} + {thing on which it is done i.e. object.}

E.g. The professor teaches the students.

Passive form: In the passive form, the action is done by the object.

[Thing receiving action] + [be] + [past participle of verb] + [by] + [thing doing action]

E.g. The students are taught by the professor.

1. Simple Present: 'clean/is cleaned'
   Active voice: Once a week, Rina cleans the house.
   Passive voice: Once a week, the house is cleaned by Rina.
2. Present Continuous: 'is reading/is being read'
   Active voice: Right now, Ram is reading the letter.
   Passive voice: Right now, the letter is being read by ram..
3. Simple Past : 'broke/was broken'
   Active voice: Sam broke the vase
   Passive voice: The vase was broken by Sam.
4. Past Continuous: 'was helping/being helped'
   Active voice: The salesman was helping the customer when the thief came into the store.
   Passive voice: The customer was being helped by the salesman when the thief came into the store.
5. Present Perfect: 'have visited'
   Active voice:Many tourists have visited that castle.
   Passive voice:That castle has been visited by many tourists.
6. Present Perfect Continuous: 'has been doing'
   Active voice: Recently, John has been doing the work.
   Passive voice: Recently, the work has been being done by John.
7. Past Perfect: 'had repaired'
   Active voice: George had repaired many cars before he received his mechanic's license.
   Passive voice: Many cars had been repaired by George before he received his mechanic's license.
8. Past Perfect Continuous: 'had been preparing'
   Active voice: Chef Jones had been preparing the restaurant's fantastic dinners for two years before he moved to London.
   Passive voice: The restaurant's fantastic dinners had been being prepared by Chef Jones for two years before he moved to London.
9. Simple Future: 'will'
   Active voice: Someone will finish the work by 8:00 PM.
   Passive voice: The work will be finished by 8:00 PM.
10. Simple Future: 'is going to'
    Active voice: Rally is going to make a beautiful dinner tonight.
    Passive voice: A beautiful dinner is going to be made by Rally tonight.

11. Future Continuous: 'will be'
    Active voice: At 8:00 PM tonight, John will be washing the dishes.
    Passive voice: At 8:00 PM tonight, the dishes will be being washed by John.
12. Future Continuous: 'going to be'
    Active voice: At 8:00 PM tonight, Tina is going to be washing the dishes.
    Passive voice: At 8:00 PM tonight, the dishes are going to be being washed by Tina .
13. Future Perfect: 'will have'
    Active voice: They will have completed the project before the deadline.
    Passive voice: The project will have been completed before the deadline.
14. Future Perfect: 'going to have completed/been completed'
    Active voice: They are going to have completed the project before the deadline.
    Passive voice: The project is going to have been completed before the deadline.
15. Future Perfect Continuous: 'will have been'
    Active voice: The famous artist will have been painting the mural for over six months by the time it is finished.
    Passive voice: The mural will have been being painted by the famous artist for over six months by the time it is finished.
16. Future Perfect Continuous: 'going to have been'
    Active voice: The famous artist is going to have been painting the mural for over six months by the time it is finished.
    Passive voice: The mural is going to have been being painted by the famous artist for over six months by the time it is finished.
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17. Future in the Past: 'would'
    Active voice: I knew John would not finish the work by 5:00 PM.
    Passive voice: I knew the work would not be finished by 5:00 PM.
18. Future in the Past: 'was going to'
    Active voice: I thought Rally was going to make a beautiful dinner tonight.
    Passive voice: I thought a beautiful dinner was going to be made by Rally tonight.