ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE

Passive Voice Pattern Simple Present Tense: Subject + to be + verb 3 Present Continous Tense: Subject + to be + being + Verb 3 Present Perfect Tense: Subject + have/has + been + Verb 3 Simple Past Tense: Subject + to be (was were) + Verb 2 Past Continous Tense: Subject + to be (was were) + Verb 3 Past Perfect Tense: Subject + had + been + Verb 3 Simple Future Tense: Subject + will + be + Verb 3 Future Continous Tense: Subject + will be + being + Verb 3 Future Perfect Tense: Subject + will have + been + Verb 3

List of Active and Passive Voice Examples

Active: They buy a book. Passive: A book is bought by them. Active: She is drinking a glass of water. Passive: a glass of water is being drunk by her. Active: We have done our homework. Passive: Our homework has been done by us. Active: I swept the floor yesterday. Passive: The floor was swept by me yesterday. Active: we were typing a letter. Passive: The letter was been typed by us

Active: He had done his homework. Passive: His homework had been done by him. Active: They will buy a book. Passive: A book will be bought by them. Active: We will be typing a letter. Passive: A letter will be being typed by us. Active: He will have done his homework. Passive: His homework will have been done by him. Active: Your action kills Captain Price. Passive: Captain Price is killed by your action. Active: I love you. Passive: You are loved by me. Active: God bless us. Passive: we are blessed by God. Active: Im walking in the path of heaven. Passive: The path of heaven is being walked by me. Active: I love vegetables Passive: vegetables are loved by me. Active: This homework confuses me. Passive: Im confused by this homework. Active: I rule this world. Passive: This world is ruled by me. Active: God forgave me for being naughty. Passive: I was forgiven by God for being naughty. Active: They adore me because of this cute face of mine. Passive: Im adored by them because of this cute face of mine. Active: I laugh them because of their stupidity. Passive: they are laughed by me for their stupidity.

Active: This homework is exhausting my brain. Passive: My brain is being exhausted by this homework. Active: A worm is facing the ground. Passive: The ground is being faced by the worm. Active: This Japanese song confuses me. Passive: Im confused by this Japanese song. Active: I did a salto this morning. Passive: A salto was done by me this morning. Active: I also did a somersault this morning. Passive: A somersault was also done by me this morning.