THE PASSIVE VOICE THE PASSIVE VOICE

SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

AAAA letter is written by John John writes a letter

John writes some letters SSSSome letters are written by John

They write a letter AAAA letter is written by them

He invites me for the function  I I I I am invited by him for the function

ACTIVE VOICE Root form of verb (with or with out ‘s’or ‘es’) PASSIVE VOICE am/is/ are + Past participle of the verb

PRESENT PROGRESSIVE

John is writing a letter John is writing a letter  A letter is being written by John

John is writing some letters  S S S Some letters are being written by john

He is helping me IIII am being helped by him

ACTIVE VOICE am/ is / are + verb+ ing am/ is / are + verb+ ing PASSIVE VOICE am/ is/ are + being + past participle am/ is/ are + being + past participle

PRESENT PERFECT

He has bought a car  A A A A car has been bought by him

He has bought some books SSSSome books have been bought by him

ACTIVE VOICE Has/ have + Past Participle PASSIVE VOICE Has/ have + been + Past Participle

SIMPLE PAST

John wrote a letter AAAA letter was written by John

John wrote some letters SSSSome letters were written by John

ACTIVE VOICE Past form of verb PASSIVE VOICE was / were + Past Participle

PAST PROGRESSIVE

John was writing a letter AAAA letter was being written by John

John was writing some letters SSSSome letters were being written by John

ACTIVE VOICE was / were + verb + ing PASSIVE VOICE Was / were + being + Past Participle

PAST PERFECT

John had written a letter AAAA letter had been written by John

John had written some letters SSSSome letters had been written by John

ACTIVE VOICE Had + Past Participle Had + Past Participle PASSIVE VOICE Had + been + Past Participle Had + been + Past Participle

SIMPLE FUTURE

John will write a letter AAAA letter will be written by John

John will write some letters SSSSome letters will be written by John

ACTIVE VOICE Will / shall + verb PASSIVE VOICE will / shall + be + Past Participle

FUTURE PERFECT

John will have written a letter AAAA letter will have been written by John

John will have written some letters SSSSome letters will have been written by John

ACTIVE VOICE Will have / shall have + Past Participle PASSIVE VOICE Will have / shall have + been + Past Participle

When the Active voice is changed in to the Passive voice: (model sentence: The driver should remove the car from there) SSSShift the object to the subject position The car…… IIIIf there is any auxiliary in the active sentence, carry it over to the passive one. The car should……

OOOOne of the forms of the verb ‘be’ is introduced taking in to consideration (a) the form of the verb and (b) the number of the subject The car should be…… RRRRewrite the past participle of the verb The car should be removed……

IIIIntroduce the item ‘by’ and rewrite the subject in the active sentence in to objective case The car should be removed by the driver….. IIIIf there is any item or items in the active sentence carry them over to the passive unaltered The car should be removed by the driver from there

CAN, COULD, MAY,MIGHT, MUST, etc.

John can write a letter John can write a letter A letter can be written by John A letter can be written by John

John could write a letter John could write a letter A letter could be written by John A letter could be written by John

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