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The places of subject and object in sentence are inter-changed in passive voice.
3rd form of verb (past participle) will be used only (as main verb) in passive voice. Main Page of Grammar
Auxiliary verbs for each tense are given below in the table. Active and Passive Voice
• Active and Passive Voice

Present Simple Tense (passive Voice) • Passive Voice for TENSES

Auxiliary verb in passive voice: am/is/are • Passive Voice for MODALS

Passive Voice for Imperative
Active voice: Passive voice: •
Sentences
He sings a song. A song is sung by him.
Sentence which can't be
He does not sing a song.Does he sing a A song is not sung by him. •
changed into Passive
song? Is a song sung by him?
Grammar
•Articles "a/an and the"
Present Continuous Tense (passive Voice)
•Sentence
Auxiliary verb in passive voice: am being/is being/are being
•Subject, Predicate, Object
Active voice: Passive voice: •Kinds of Sentences
I am writing a letter A letter is being written by me. •Phrase and Clause
I am not writing a letter. A letter is not being written by me. •Clause
Am I writing a letter? Is a letter being written by me? •Types of Clauses
•Types of Subordinate Clause

Present Perfect Tense (passive Voice) •Phrase

Auxiliary verb in passive voice: has been/have been •Types of Phrase

•Kinds of Sentences (form)
Active voice: Passive voice:
She has finished his work Her work has been finished by her.
Parts of Speech
• Noun
She has not finished her work. Her work has not been finished by her.
• Verb
Has she finished her work? Has her work been finished by her?
• Adjective
• Adverb
Past Simple Tense (passive Voice)
• Pronoun
Auxiliary verb in passive voice: was/were
• Preposition
Active voice: Passive voice: • Conjunction
I killed a snake A snake was killed by me. • Interjection
I did not kill a snake. A snake was not killed by me. Tenses
Did I kill a snake? Was a snake killed by me? • Tenses
• Present Simple Tense

Past Continuous Tense (Passive Voice) • Present Continuous Tense

Auxiliary verb in passive voice: was being/were being • Present Perfect Tense
Present Perfect Continuous
Active voice: Passive voice: •
Tense
He was driving a car. A car was being driven by him.
• Past Simple Tense
He was not driving a car. A car was not being driven by him.
• Past Continuous Tense
Was he driving a car? Was a car being driven by him?
• Past Perfect Tense
• Past Perfect Continuous
Past Perfect Tense (Passive Voice)
• Future Simple Tense
Auxiliary verb in passive voice: had been
• Future Continuous Tense
Passive voice: • Future Perfect Tense
Active voice: The assignment had been completed by • Future Perfect Continuous
They had completed the assignment. them. Direct and Indired
They had not completed the The assignment had not been complete by Narration
assignment. them. • Direct and Indirect Speech
Had they completed the assignment? Had the assignment been completed by • Indirect Speech for TENSE
them? Indirect Speech for
•
Interrogative Sentences

Future Simple Tense (Passive Voice) • Indirect Speech for MODALS

Auxiliary verb in passive voice: will be Indirect Speech for

• Exclamatory and Imperative
Active voice: Passive voice:
Sentences
She will buy a car. A car will be bought by her.

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She will not buy a car. A car will not be bought by her. Change in Pronoun and Time
•
Will she buy a car? Will a car be bought by her? in Indirect Speech

Future Perfect Tense (passive Voice)

Auxiliary verb in passive voice: will have been

Active voice: Passive voice:

You will have started the job. The job will have been started by you.
You will have not started the job. The job will not have been started by you.
Will you have started the job? Will the job have been started by you?

Note: The following tenses cannot be changed into passive voice.

1. Present perfect continuous tense

2. Past perfect continuous tense
3. Future continuous tense
4. Future perfect continuous tense
5. Sentence having Intransitive verbs

Fundamental Rules
The places of subject and object in sentence are inter-changed in passive voice.
3rd form of verb (past participle) will be used only (as main verb) in passive voice.
Auxiliary verbs for each tense are given below in the table.

Click on the following links to study each aspect of active and passive voice.
Active and Passive Voice
Passive voice for all TENSES - Rules, use of auxiliary verbs and examples.
Passive voice for Present Modals like “CAN, MAY, MIGHT, SHOULD, MUST, OUGHT TO”
and Past Modals like “MAY HAVE, MIGHT HAVE, SHOULD HAVE, MUST HAVE, OUGHT
TO HAVE”
Passive voice of imperative sentences (command and request)
Sentences which cannot be changed into passive voice – Intransitive verbs.

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