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When the subject of a sentence performs the verb’s action, we say that the sentence is in the active
voice. Sentences in the active voice have a strong, direct, and clear tone. Here are some short and
straightforward examples of active voice.
Let’s take a closer look at the first pair of sentences, “Monkeys adore bananas” and “Bananas are
adored by monkeys.” The active sentence consists of monkeys (subject) + adore (verb) + bananas
(object). The passive sentence consists of bananas (object) + are adored (a form of to be plus the
past participle adored) + by (preposition) + monkeys (subject). Making the sentence passive flipped
the structure and necessitated the preposition by. In fact, all three of the transformed sentences
above required the addition of by.
There is no question that using the active voice conveys a strong, clear tone and that the passive
voice is subtler and weaker.
2. Scientific contexts
3. When you want to emphasize an action itself and the doer of the action is irrelevant or
distracting:
Notes: The object of the active verb becomes the subject of the passive verb. Therefore, sentences
which do not have an object cannot be changed into the passive. The following sentences, for
instance, cannot be changed into the passive because they do not have objects.
The old man sat in a corner. The child sleeps. The wind blows. The dog barks. The fire burns. He
laughed aloud.
An Active sentence in the simple present tense has the following structure:
A passive sentence in the simple present tense has the following structure:
(Object of the active sentence + is/am/are + past participle form of the verb + by + subject of the
active sentence)
(Structure: Is/are/am + object of the active verb + past participle form of the verb + by
+ subject of the passive verb)
3. Put the suitable helping verb or auxiliary verb. In case helping verb is given, use the same.
But note that the helping verb given agrees with the object.
Present Continuous Tense: Auxiliary verb used in Passive Voice- is being/ are being/ am being
Present Perfect tense: Auxiliary verb used in Passive Voice- has been/have been
He bought a car.
Past continuous tense: Auxiliary verb used in Passive Voice- was being/were being
She was washing a shirt.
Past Perfect Tense: Auxiliary verb used in Passive Voice- Had been
Future Perfect tense: Auxiliary verb used in Passive Voice- will have been
Future Continuous;
Imperative Sentence :
If the given sentence in the active voice is in the imperative, to get the passive voice use ‘Let’. Hence