1. Active and Passive voice
KEY RULES FOR CHANGING ACTIVE VOICE TO PASSIVE VOICE

2. Presented by :-
Meesum Abbas Mughal
Umar Shahbaz (CR)
Ameer Hamza
Hafiz Huzaifa
Khubaib Saeed
M.Usama Anwar
Saqib Ali
Muhammad Zamam

3.  Differentiate active voice from passive voice.
 Convert an active voice sentence to passive voice sentence.
 Understand the Difference b/w active voice and passive voice.
Objectives

4. What is Active voice ?
 In most English sentences with an action verb,the subject
performs the action denoted by the verb.
This example shows that the subject is doing the action.
For example:-
ACTIVE
VOICE
SUBJECT VERB OBJECT
>
Marilyn mailed the letter.

5. What is Passive voice?
 Passive voice is used when the focus is on the action. It is not
important or not known,however,who or what is performing
the action.
Move the active sentence's direct object into the sentence's
subject slot.
For example:-
PASSIVE
VOICE
SUBJECT VERB OBJECT
<
The letter was mailed by Marilyn.

6. Three major Rules of changing Active into
Passive Voice
 Subject → Object
 Use of 3 𝑟𝑑 form of verb
 Use of “by”

7. Grammar Rules Examples
Active Voice
Present Indefinite Tense:
Subject+𝟏 𝒔𝒕 form Verb+Object
Passive Voice
Present Indefinite Tense:
Object+is/am/are+𝟑 𝒓𝒅
formVerb+by+Subject
• Boy throws the ball.
• Do you eat fish?
• The ball is thrown by the
boy.
• Is fish eaten by you?

8. Grammar Rules Examples
Active Voice
Present Continuous Tense:
Subject+is/am/are+𝟏 𝒔𝒕 form Verb+ing+Object
Passive Voice
Present Continuous Tense:
Object+is/am/are+being+𝟑 𝒓𝒅
formVerb+by+Subject.
• Children are swinging the
swing in the garden.
• Ali is not riding a bike.
• The swing is being swung by
children in the garden.
• A bike is not being ridden by
Ali.

9. Grammar Rules Examples
Active Voice
Present Perfect Tense:
Subject+has/have+𝟑 𝒓𝒅 form Verb+Object
Passive Voice
Present Perfect Tense:
Object+has/have+been+𝟑 𝒓𝒅
formVerb+by+Subject
• She has taken my book.
• Has he bought a pen?
• My book has been taken by
her.
• Has a pen been bought by
him?

10. Grammar Rules Examples
Active Voice
Present Perfect Continuous Tense:
Subject+has/have+been+𝟏 𝒔𝒕 form
Verb+ing+since/for+Object.
Passive Voice
Present Perfect Continuous Tense:
It does not have passive voice.
• Hosts have been waiting for
guests since Sunday.
• Has it been drizzling since
morning?

11. Grammar Rules Examples
Active Voice
Past Indefinite Tense:
Subject+𝟐 𝒏𝒅 form Verb+Object
Passive Voice
Past Indefinite Tense:
Object+was/were+𝟑 𝒓𝒅 formVerb+by+Subject
• Ali respected the elders.
• Did the child memorize the
poem?
• The elders were respected by
Ali.
• Was the poem memorized by
the child?

12. Grammar Rules Examples
Active Voice
Past Continuous Tense:
Subject+was/were+𝟏 𝒔𝒕 form Verb+ing+Object
Passive Voice
Past Continuous Tense:
Object+was/were+being+𝟑 𝒓𝒅
formVerb+by+Subject
• The police was chasing the
thieves.
• Was the tailor sewing the
clothes?
• The thieves were being chased
by the police.
• Were the clothes being sewed
by the tailor?

13. Grammar Rules Examples
Active Voice
Past Perfect Tense:
Subject+had+𝟑 𝒓𝒅 form Verb+Object
Passive Voice
Past Perfect Tense:
Object+had+been+𝟑 𝒓𝒅 formVerb+by+Subject
• Haider had completed his
home work.
• Had they not eaten the food?
• Home work had been
completed by Haider.
• Had the food not been eaten
by them?

14. Grammar Rules Examples
Active Voice
Past Perfect Continuous Tense:
Subject+had+been+𝟏 𝒔𝒕 form
Verb+ing+since/for+Object.
Passive Voice
Past Perfect Continuous Tense:
It has not passive voice.
• Tailor had been sewing clothes
for many days.
• Sparrows had been chirping
since morning.

15. Grammar Rules Examples
Active Voice
Future Indefinite Tense:
Subject+will/shall+𝟏 𝒔𝒕 form Verb+Object
Passive Voice
Future Indefinite Tense:
Object+will/shall+be+𝟑 𝒓𝒅
formVerb+by+Subject
• Umer will play the match.
• Will you respect the elders?
• The match will be played by
Umer.
• Will the elders be respected by
you?

16. Grammar Rules Examples
Active Voice
Future Perfect Tense:
Subject+will/shall+have+𝟑 𝒓𝒅 form Verb+Object
Passive Voice
Future Perfect Tense:
Object+will/shall+have been+𝟑 𝒓𝒅
formVerb+by+Subject
• Students will have solved the
paper.
• Will milkman have given milk in
all houses?
• The paper will have been
solved by students.
• Will the milk have been given in
all houses by milkman?

17. Grammar Rules Examples
Active Voice
Future Continuous Tense:
Subject+will/shall+be+𝟏 𝒔𝒕 form
Verb+ing+Object
Passive Voice
Future Continuous Tense:
It has not passive voice.
• The peon will be ringing the
school’s bell.
• The farmer will be ploughing in
the fields.

18. Grammar Rules Examples
Active Voice
Future Perfect Continuous Tense:
Subject+will/shall+have been+𝟏 𝒔𝒕 form
Verb+ing+since/for+Object.
Passive Voice
Future Perfect Continuous Tense:
It has not passive voice.
• Will the children have been
playing hide and seek since
afternoon.
• It will not have been raining for
many days.

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