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Active Voice and Passive Voice Rules Chart

The document provides rules for forming the active and passive voice for different verb tenses in English, including present simple, present continuous, present perfect, past simple, past continuous, past perfect, future simple, and future perfect tenses. It also notes that there is no passive voice formation for the present perfect continuous, past perfect continuous, future continuous, and future perfect continuous tenses. Finally, it includes a chart showing how pronouns are converted from the active to passive voice.

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Active Voice and Passive Voice Rules Chart

The document provides rules for forming the active and passive voice for different verb tenses in English, including present simple, present continuous, present perfect, past simple, past continuous, past perfect, future simple, and future perfect tenses. It also notes that there is no passive voice formation for the present perfect continuous, past perfect continuous, future continuous, and future perfect continuous tenses. Finally, it includes a chart showing how pronouns are converted from the active to passive voice.

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Active Voice and Passive Voice Rules Chart

The rules for an active and passive voice for different


types of tenses are given here, such as:

• Present simple tense


• Present continuous tense
• Present perfect tense
• Past simple tense
• Past continuous tense
• Past perfect tense
• Future simple tense
• Future perfect tense

But there are no passive voice formation for these tenses:

• Present Perfect Continuous Tense


• Past Perfect Continuous Tense
• Future Perfect Continuous Tense
• Future Continuous Tense

Present Simple Tense


Active Voice Passive Voice (Auxiliary Verb – is/am/are)

Subject + V1+s/es+ object Object+ is/am/are+ V3+ by + subject

Subject + Do/does+ not + V1 + Object Object + is/am/are+ not + V3+ by Subject

Does+ Subject+ V1+Object Is/am/are + Object+ V3+ by subject


Present Continues Tense

Active Voice Passive Voice (Auxiliary Verb- is/am/are + being)

Subject + is/am/are+ v1+ ing +


Object+ is/am/are+ being+ V3+ by + subject
object

Subject + is/am/are+ not+ v1+ Ing+


Object + is/am/are+ not + being+V3+ by Subject
object

Is/am/are+ subject+v1+ing + object Is/am/are + Object+ V3+ by subject

Present Perfect Tense

Active Voice Passive Voice (Auxiliary Verb- has/have +been)

Subject + has/have+ v3+ object Object+ has/have+ been+ V3+ by + subject

Subject + has/have+ not+ v3+ object Object + has/have+ not + been+V3+ by Subject

Has/have+ subject+ v3 + object Has/Have + Object+ been+V3+ by subject


Past Simple Tense

Active Voice Passive Voice (Auxiliary Verb- was/were)

Subject + V2+ object Object+ was/were V3+ by + subject

Subject +did+ not+v1+ object Object + was/were+ not +V3+ by Subject

Did+ subject+V1+ object Was/were + Object+ V3+ by subject

Past Continuous Tense

Active Voice Passive Voice (Auxiliary Verb- was/were + being)

Subject + was/were + v1+ing+ object. Object+ was/were +being+V3+ by + subject

Subject +was/were+ not+v1+ing + object Object + was/were+ not +being+V3+ by Subject

Was/were+ Subject + V1+ing + object Was/were + Object+ being+v3+ by+ subject


Past Perfect Tense
Active Voice Passive Voice (Auxiliary Verb- had +been)

Subject + had + v3+ object. Object+ had+been +V3+ by + subject

Subject +had+ not+v3+ object Object + had+ not +been+V3+ by Subject

Had+ Subject + V3+ object Had + Object+ been+v3+ by+ subject

Future Simple Tense

Passive Voice (Auxiliary Verb-


Active Voice Example
will+ be)

Subject + will+ v1+ object Object+ will+ be +V3+ by + subject


Active: Manu will write a letter

Subject +will + not+ Object + will+ not +be+V3+ by Passive: A letter will be written by

V1+object Subject Manu

Will+ Subject + V1+ object Will + Object+ be +v3+ by+ subject


Future Perfect Tense
Active Voice Passive Voice Example

Subject + will+ have +v3+ Object+ will+ have+ been +V3+ by +

object. subject Active: India will have won the

match

Subject + will+ have +not+v3+ Object + will+ have +not+been+v3+


Passive: The match will have
object. subject
won by India
Will+ Subject+have+v3+ Will + object+have+been+v3+by

object +subject

Noun and Pronoun for Active and Passive


See how the pronoun in active voice has to be converted
into pronoun in passive voice with the help of this table.

Active Voice Pronoun Passive Voice Pronoun

I Me
We Us

He Him

She Her

They Them

You You

It It

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