Rules Chart for Active to Passive Voice

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Rules for Active and Passive Voice

RULES FOR ACTIVE TO PASSIVE VOICE

Rules for Active to Passive Voice

"Active and Passive Voice rules are important to build effective communications alongside tenses and reported speech."

Learn about important parts of voices to understand the active and passive voice rules in present, past and future tenses with the help of the following chart.

Active and Passive Voice Rules Chart:

Present Tense	Active voice	Passive voice
Present Indefinite	Does/Do	Is/Are/Am
Present Continuous	Is/Am/Are	Is/Am/Are + Being
Present Perfect	Has/Have	Has been/Have been
Present Perfect Continuous	Has/Have been	Has/Have been + Being
Past Tense	Active voice	Passive voice
Past Indefinite	Did	Was/Were
Past Continuous	was/were	was/were + being
Past Perfect	had	had been
Past Perfect Continuous	had been	had been + being
Future Tense	Active voice	Passive voice
Future Indefinite	Will	Will be
Future Continuous	Will be	Will be + Being
Future Perfect	Will have	Will have been
Future Perfect Continuous	Will have been	Will have been + being

Active and Passive Voice Examples:

Examples:

Simple Present Tense

• I do write a letter. (Active)

• A letter is written by me. (Passive)

Present Continuous Tense

• I am writing a letter. (Active)

• A letter is being written by me. (Passive)

Present Perfect Tense

• I have written a letter. (Active)

• A letter has been written by me. (Passive)

Present Perfect Continuous Tense

• I have been writing a letter. (Active)

• A letter has been being written by me. (Passive)

Simple Past Tense

• I wrote a letter. (Active)

• A letter was written by me. (Passive)

Past Continuous Tense

• I was writing a letter. (Active)

• A letter was being written by me. (Passive)

Past Perfect Tense

• I had written a letter. (Active)

• A letter had been written by me. (Passive)

Past Perfect Continuous Tense

• I had been writing a letter. (Active)

• A letter had been being written by me. (Passive)

Simple Future Tense

• I will write a letter. (Active)

• A letter will be written by me. (Passive)

Future Continuous Tense

• I will be writing a letter. (Active)

• A letter will be being written by me. (Passive)

Future Perfect Tense

• I will have written a letter. (Active)

• A letter will have been written by me. (Passive)

Future Perfect Continuous Tense

• I will have been writing a letter. (Active)

• A letter will have been being written by me. (Passive)

Converting Active Voice to Passive Voice:

Examples:

• Why do you learn music at School? (Active)

• Why is music learnt (by you) at School? (Passive)

• Who will bell the Cat? (Active)

• By whom will the cat be belled? (Passive)

• How does she draw this Picture? (Active)

• How is this drawing drawn by her? (Passive)

• What can you do in your free time? (Active)

• What can be done in your free time? (Passive)

• How far does the Driver take me in his Car? (Active)

• How far am I taken in his Car by the Driver? (Passive)

• Which show would you see in this Multiplex theater? (Active)

• Which show would be seen in the Multiplex theater by you? (Passive)

• When did you receive your guest? (Active)

• When were your guest received by you? (Passive)

Converting Passive Voice to Active Voice:

Examples:

• I let myself be heard. (Passive)

• (Please) Hear me. (Active)

• He let himself be cheated. (Passive)

• He cheated himself. (Active)

• Cats are being troubled by stray dog. (Passive)

• Stray dogs are troubling cats. (Active)

• The homework had been completed by Adarsh. (Passive)

• Adarsh had completed the homework. (Active)

• Not a single word was spoken by him. (Passive)

• He did not speak a single word. (Active)

• It is said that figs are better than mangoes. (Passive)

• They say that figs are better than mangoes. (Active)

• The motor bike had been repaired (The mechanic). (Passive)

• The mechanic had repaired the motor bike. (Active)

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