Passive Voice

Passive voice

* Passive voice is a sentences we use when the object is more important than subject. Passive   voice often use in newspaper, magazine, etc.

* Active voice is a sentence, in active voice the subject is taking action.

* In passive voice, the subject is taken action.

Simple Present Tense
Present tense is used if we want tell about:

1. Repeated actions.
2. Facts or generalizations.
3. Schedule events in the near future.
4. Something happen now (non-continuous verb).

Active : S + V1 + O + ...
Passive: O + be + V3 + by S + ...

* Active : I write the story.
* Passive : That story is written by me.

* Active : I don't write the story.
* Passive : That story is not written by me.

* Active : Do you write the story?
* Passive : Is that story written by you?



Simple Past Tense
Used to tell something happened in past tense.

Active : S + V2 + O + C/ADV
Passive : O + was/were + Vparticiple + S/C/ADV

* Active : She watered this plant this morning.
* Passive : This plant was watered by her this morning.

* Active : She did not water this plant this morning.
* Passive : This plant was not watered by her this morning.

* Active : Did John bite Mary?
* Passive : Was Mary bitten by John?

* Active : What did John do?
* Passive : What was done by John?

Simple Future Tense
Future tense is a tense that we use when we want to tell:

1. Something we predict that will happen.
2. Something we plan to do.
3. To express readiness.


Active : S + will + V1 + O + ...
Passive : O + will be + V3 + S + ...

* Active : I will write a letter.
* Passive : A letter will be written by me.

* Active : We will not visit the hill station this year.
* Passive : The hill station will not be visited by us this year.

* Active : Will you help him.
* Passive : Will he be helped by you?



Present Continuous Tense
Present continuous tense is used for:

1. Something happen now.
2. Longer action in progress now.



Active : S + be + V+ing + O + ...
Passive : O + be + being + V3 + by S + ...

* Active : I am writing story.
* Passive : A story is being written by me.

* Active : Are you writing a story?
* Passive : Is a story being written by you.


There is present continuous tense from with a future meaning:
Active : S + be + (going to + V1) / V+ing + O + adverb of time (future).
Passive : Same with present continuous form.


Past Continuous Tense
Past continuous tense is used to:

1. Something was doing in past time.


Active : S + was/were + V+ing + O + adverb
Passive : O + was/were + being + V3 + S + adverb

* Active : She was writing a novel.
* Passive : A novel was being written by her.

* Active : She was not preparing dinner.
* Passive : Dinner was not being prepared by her.

* Active : Was she writing a letter?
* Passive : Was a letter being written by her?

* Active : What was John doing?
* Passive : What was being done by John?


NOTE: A sentences has not object can’t
change into passive form.


Present Perfect Tense
Is used to:

1. Explain an action in the past and is still happening until now.
2. Tell something that happened and finished.


Active : S + have/has + V3 + O
Passive : O + have/has + been + V3 + S + adv

* Active voice: I have hit that dog.
* Passive voice: That dog has been hit by me.