Active Voice & Passive Voice
Active Voice
- It is used in normal writing.
- Simple and straight forward.
Here, subject is important or subject is actively performing.
Passive Voice
- It is used in Formal, professional, and legal discussions.
Here, object it given the priority.
How to Convert Active Voice to Passive Voice?
Present Simple Tense
Active Voice
Subject + V1+ object
Passive Voice
Object+ is/am/are+ V3+ subject
(Auxiliary Verb – is/am/are)
Present Continuous Tense
Active Voice
Subject + is/am/are+ v (ing) + object
Passive Voice
Object+ is/am/are+ being+ V3+ subject
(Auxiliary Verb- is/am/are + being)
Present Perfect Tense
Active Voice
Subject + has/have+ v3+ object
Passive Voice
Object+ has/have+ been+ V3+ subject
(Auxiliary Verb- has/have +been)
Present Perfect Continuous
Active Voice
Subject + have/has + been + V(ing) + object
Passive Voice
Object + have/has + been + V3 + prep + subject
Past Simple Tense
Active Voice
Subject + V2+ object
Passive Voice
Object+ was/were + V3+ subject
(Auxiliary Verb- was/were)
Past Continuous Tense
Active Voice
Subject + was/were + v(ing)+ object.
Passive Voice
Object+ was/were +being+V3+subject
(Auxiliary Verb- was/were + being)
Past Perfect Tense
Active Voice
Subject + had + v3+ object.
Passive Voice
Object+ had+been +V3+subject
(Auxiliary Verb- had +been)
Past Perfect Continuous Tense
Active Voice
Subject + had + been + V(ing) + object
Passive Voice
Object + had + been + V3 + prep + subject
Future Simple Tense
Active Voice
Subject + will+ v1+ object
Passive Voice
Object+ will+ be +V3+ subject
(Auxiliary Verb- will+ be)
Future Continuous Tense
Active Voice
Subject+ will+ be+ V(ing)+Object
Passive Voice
Object+ will+ be+ V3+ Subject
(Auxiliary Verb- will+ be)
Future Perfect Tense
Active Voice
Subject + will+ have +v3+ object.
Passive Voice
Object+ will+ have+ been +V3+ subject
(Auxiliary Verb- will+have+been)
Future Perfect Continuous Tense
Active Voice
Subject + will + have + been + V(ing) + object
Passive Voice
Object + will + have + been+ V3+ subject
(Auxiliary Verb- will+have+been)