Passive Voice Rules For All Tenses
The following format is specially designed to you help understand the passive voice rules for all tenses with ease.
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Present Simple Tense (passive Voice)
Am, is, are
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Active voice:
He sells tomatoes.
He does not sell tomatoes.
Does he sell tomatoes?
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Passive voice:
Tomatoes are sold by him.
Tomatoes are not sold by him.
Are tomatoes sold by him?
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Present Continuous Tense (passive Voice)
am being, is being, are being
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Active voice:
I am writing a book.
I am not writing a book.
Am I writing a book?
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Passive voice:
A book is being written by me.
A book is not being written by me.
Is a book being written by me?
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Present Perfect Tense (passive Voice)
has been, have been
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Active voice:
She has done the job.
She has not done the job.
Has she done the job?
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Passive voice:
The job has been done by her.
The job has not been done by her.
Has the job been done by her?
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Past Simple Tense (passive Voice)
was, were
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Active voice:
I liked Ice Cream.
I did not like Ice Cream.
Did I like Ice Cream?
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Passive voice:
Ice Cream was liked by me.
Ice Cream wasn't liked by me.
Was Ice Cream liked by me?
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Past Continuous Tense (Passive Voice)
was being, were being
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Active voice:
He was riding a bike.
He was not riding a bike.
Was he riding a bike?
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Passive voice:
A bike was being ridden by him?
A bike wasn't being ridden by him?
Was a bike being ridden by him?
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Past Perfect Tense (Passive Voice
had been
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Active voice:
They had completed the tasks.
They had not completed the tasks.
Had they completed the tasks.
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Passive voice:
The tasks had been completed by them.
The tasks hadn't been complete by them.
Had the tasks been completed by them?
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Future Simple Tense (Passive Voice)
will be
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Active voice:
She will operated computer.
She will not operated computer.
Will she operate computer?
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Passive voice:
Computer will be operated by her.
Computer will not be operated by her.
Will Computer be operated by her?
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Future Perfect Tense (passive Voice)
will have been
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Active voice:
You will have found the job.
You will haven't found the job.
Will you have found the job?
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Passive voice:
The job will have been found by you.
The job won't have been found by you.
Will the job have been found by you?
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Note: The following tenses cannot be changed into passive voice.
- Present perfect progressive tense
- The past perfect continuous tense
- The future continuous tense
- The future perfect continuous tense
- Sentence having Intransitive verbs
see also
passive voice and active
Passive voice with modals
Passive voice for imperative sentences
