1. Active and Passive voice
KEY RULES FOR CHANGING ACTIVE VOICE TO PASSIVE VOICE
2. Presented by :-
ďśMeesum Abbas Mughal
ďśUmar Shahbaz (CR)
ďśAmeer Hamza
ďśHafiz Huzaifa
ďśKhubaib Saeed
ďśM.Usama Anwar
ďśSaqib Ali
ďśMuhammad Zamam
3. ď Differentiate active voice from passive voice.
ď Convert an active voice sentence to passive voice sentence.
ď Understand the Difference b/w active voice and passive voice.
Objectives
4. What is Active voice ?
ď§ 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?
ď§ 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.
ďMove 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
ďą Subject â Object
ďą Use of 3 đđ form of verb
ďą Use of âbyâ
7. Grammar Rules Examples
Active Voice
Present Indefinite Tense:
Subject+đ đđ form Verb+Object
Passive Voice
Present Indefinite Tense:
Object+is/am/are+đ đđ
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+đ đđ form Verb+ing+Object
Passive Voice
Present Continuous Tense:
Object+is/am/are+being+đ đđ
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+đ đđ form Verb+Object
Passive Voice
Present Perfect Tense:
Object+has/have+been+đ đđ
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+đ đđ 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+đ đđ form Verb+Object
Passive Voice
Past Indefinite Tense:
Object+was/were+đ đđ 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+đ đđ form Verb+ing+Object
Passive Voice
Past Continuous Tense:
Object+was/were+being+đ đđ
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+đ đđ form Verb+Object
Passive Voice
Past Perfect Tense:
Object+had+been+đ đđ 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+đ đđ 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+đ đđ form Verb+Object
Passive Voice
Future Indefinite Tense:
Object+will/shall+be+đ đđ
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+đ đđ form Verb+Object
Passive Voice
Future Perfect Tense:
Object+will/shall+have been+đ đđ
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+đ đđ form
Verb+ing+Object
Passive Voice
Future Continuous Tense:
It has not passive voice.
⢠The peon will be ringing the
schoolâs bell.
⢠The farmer will be ploughing in
the fields.
18. Grammar Rules Examples
Active Voice
Future Perfect Continuous Tense:
Subject+will/shall+have been+đ đđ 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.