ACTIVE PASSIVE

a. Simple Present Tense

S + V1 + O S + is/am/are + V3 + by …
b. Present Continuous Tense
S + is/am/are + V-ing + O S + is/am/are + being + V3 + by …
c. Simple Past Tense
S+V2+O S + was/were + V 3 + by …
d. Past Continuous Tense
S + was/ were + V-ing + O S + was/were + being + V 3 + by …
e. Present Perfect Tense
S + has/have + V 3 + O S + has/have + been + V 3 + by …
f. Past Perfect Tense
S + had + V 3 + O S + had + been + V 3 + by ….
g. Simple Future
S + shall/will + V 0 + O S + shall/will + be + V 3 + by …
h. Future in the past
S + should/ would + V 0 + O S + should/would + be + V 3 + by …
i. To be going to
S + is/am/are + going to + V 0 + O S + is/am/are + going to + be + V 3 + by ….

Ex:
My aunt gave me some money.
S V IDO D O
- Some money was given to me by my aunt.
- I was given some money by my aunt.

He sent me a bunch of flowers.

- I was sent a bunch of flowers by him.
- A bunch of flowers was sent to me by him.

Exercises: 12. Mrs. Adam will do the work.

1. The teacher helps me.
2. Bob mailed the package.
3. Mr. Black delivers our mails.
4. The children have eaten the cake.
5. Linda wrote the letter.
6. The jeweler is going to fix my
watch.
7. Mr. Bond will teach our class.
8. That company employs many
people.
9. That company has hired Susan.
10. The secretary is going to fax the
letters.
11. A college student bought my old
car.
13. Mr. Andy invited me to dinner.
14. Thomas Edison invented the
phonograph.
15. Water surrounds an island.
16. A large number of people speak
Spanish.
17. My sister was boiling some eggs
when I came home.
18. The boys are playing cards in
front of Donny’s house.
19. The little boy can lift the heavy
stone.
20. A doctor has examined the sick
children.
21. The men are going to rent the
apartment.
22. My sister has given me a gift.
23. The girls are discussing a serious
problem.
24. The maid sweeps the floor every
morning.
25. The boy stole the lady’s ring.
26. Mr. Surya will repaint the wall of
his house.
27. The visitors must obey the rules of
the museum.
28. My mother was baking a cake when
I arrived.
29. Andi had done all the homework
when I got his house.
30. They posted those letters yesterday