According to tense there is 12 forms in active voice and 8 from in passive voice.
Present Tense
1) Present simple
Active (S+V1/V5 +Object)
Radha Teaches him
passive (Subject +is/am/are +V3)
He is taught by Radha
2) Present continuous
Active (S+is/am/are+v4 +Object)
Radha Teaching him
passive (Subject +is/am/are +being +V3)
He is being taught by Radha
Present Simple (O+is/am/are+v3+other words)
The children are eaten mango.
Books are Priented by Mohan.
Present Continuous (O+is/am/are+being+v3+other words)
The children are being eaten mango.
Books are being Priented by Mohan.
Present Perfect (O+has/have+been+v3+other words)
The children have been eaten mango.
Books have been Priented by Mohan.
Negative Sentences into Passive Voice :
Changing an interrogative sentence into the passive
Read the following sentences:
Active: Do the children play football?
Passive: Is football played by the children? (NOT Do football played by the children?)
Active: Did Alice invite you?
Passive: Were you invited by Alice? (NOT Did you invited by Alice?)
Note:
As you may have noticed, the auxiliaries do, does and did are not used in the passive.
Active: Have you finished the work?
Passive: Has the work been finished by you?
Notes: The auxiliaries has, have and had are used in the passive, but they change their form according to the number and person of the passive subject.
Active: Can anyone cure it?
Passive: Can it be cured?
Active: Will he accept our invitation?
Passive: Will our invitation be accepted by him?
Note:
The auxiliaries can, may, will and shall do not change their beginning position when active voice is changed into the passive voice.
Active: Whom did you laugh at?
Passive: Who was laughed at by you?
Active: Who killed the snake?
Passive: By whom was the snake killed?
Note:
Who changes to by whom in the passive; (by) whom changes to who in the passive.
Active: Why did he punish you?
Passive: Why were you punished by him?
Notes:
The question words when, where, why, how and what do not change their beginning position when the sentence is changed from the active to the passive.
Present Tense
1) Present simple
Active (S+V1/V5 +Object)
Radha Teaches him
passive (Subject +is/am/are +V3)
He is taught by Radha
2) Present continuous
Active (S+is/am/are+v4 +Object)
Radha Teaching him
passive (Subject +is/am/are +being +V3)
He is being taught by Radha
Present Simple (O+is/am/are+v3+other words)
The children are eaten mango.
Books are Priented by Mohan.
Present Continuous (O+is/am/are+being+v3+other words)
The children are being eaten mango.
Books are being Priented by Mohan.
Present Perfect (O+has/have+been+v3+other words)
The children have been eaten mango.
Books have been Priented by Mohan.
Negative Sentences into Passive Voice :
- I don’t like tea. (active voice)
Tea is not liked by me.(passive voice) - She does not write the test.(active voice)
The test is not written by her. (passive voice) - He did not attend the function.(active voice)
The function was not attended by him. (passive voice). - She did not invite me. (active voice)
I was not invited by her.(passive voice)
Changing an interrogative sentence into the passive
Read the following sentences:
Active: Do the children play football?
Passive: Is football played by the children? (NOT Do football played by the children?)
Active: Did Alice invite you?
Passive: Were you invited by Alice? (NOT Did you invited by Alice?)
Note:
As you may have noticed, the auxiliaries do, does and did are not used in the passive.
Active: Have you finished the work?
Passive: Has the work been finished by you?
Notes: The auxiliaries has, have and had are used in the passive, but they change their form according to the number and person of the passive subject.
Active: Can anyone cure it?
Passive: Can it be cured?
Active: Will he accept our invitation?
Passive: Will our invitation be accepted by him?
Note:
The auxiliaries can, may, will and shall do not change their beginning position when active voice is changed into the passive voice.
Active: Whom did you laugh at?
Passive: Who was laughed at by you?
Active: Who killed the snake?
Passive: By whom was the snake killed?
Note:
Who changes to by whom in the passive; (by) whom changes to who in the passive.
Active: Why did he punish you?
Passive: Why were you punished by him?
Notes:
The question words when, where, why, how and what do not change their beginning position when the sentence is changed from the active to the passive.
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