Present simple

When the active verb is in the simple present tense, we make passive verb forms with is/am/are + past participle
form of the verb.

 She adores kids. (Active) (Subject – she; verb – adores; object – kids)
 Kids are adored by her. (Passive)

Present continuous
Passive sentences in the present continuous tense have the following structure:
Object of the active sentence + is/are/am + being + past participle form of the verb + by + subject of the active
sentence.

Active: The children are laughing at the old beggar.

Passive: The old beggar is being laughed at by the children

Active: She is not writing a story.

Passive: A story is not being written by her.

Active: Are the masons building a house?

Passive: Is a house being built by the masons?

Present perfect
Passive sentences in the present perfect tense have the following structure:
Object of the active sentence + has/have + been + past participle form of the verb + by + subject of the active sentence

Active: I have written a story.

Passive: A story has been written by me.

Active: She has not written a story.

Passive: A story has not been written by her.

Active: Have you kept the secret?

Passive: Has the secret been kept by you?

Past simple
Object of the active sentence + was/were + past participle form of the verb + by + subject of the active sentence

Active: He wrote a letter.

Passive: A letter was written by him.

Active: She did not know anything about it.

Passive: Nothing about it was known to her.

Active: Did he break the window?

Passive: Was the window broken by him?

past continuous
Object of the active sentence + was/were + being + past participle form of the verb + by + subject of the active
sentence

Active: She was writing a novel.

Passive: A novel was being written by her.

Active: She was not preparing dinner.

Passive: Dinner was not being prepared by her.

Active: Is she writing a letter?

Passive: Is a letter being written by her?