OpenGuide - Active and Passive Voice rules are very easy to study.It is important for the daily use of English and the questions asked for the exams of IBPS Bank exams,Kerala Psc exams,RRB and UPSC IAS Exams.It is very easy to convert Active voice into passive voice if you know the rules very well.Given below is a table helpful for Active and Passive voice with tenses and its examples .
Rules to Follow :-
1)The subject and object has to be replaced for Passive Voice
2)The meaning should not change while changing it to Passive voice
3)The v3 form or the past participle must be used for Passive voice.
Tense |
Active Voice |
Passive Voice |
Verbs |
Simple Present |
She paints pots |
Pots are painted by her |
Is/are/am |
Simple Present |
She helps me |
I am helped by her |
Is/are/am |
Present Continuous Tense |
He is playing football |
Football is being played by him |
Is being/are being |
Present Continuous Tense |
They are eating burgers |
The burgers are being eaten by them |
Is being/are being |
Present Perfect Tense |
They have completed their work |
The work have been completed by them |
Has been/have been |
Present perfect Tense |
I have cleaned my room |
The room has been cleaned by me |
Has been/have been |
Simple past |
She threw the ball |
The ball was thrown by her |
Was/were |
Simple Past |
They made dinner |
The dinner was made by them |
Was/were |
Past Continuous tense |
The cat was drinking milk |
The milk was being drunk by the cat |
Is being/was being |
Past Continuous Tense |
The children were singing rhymes |
The rhymes were being sung by the children |
Is being/was being |
Past Perfect |
She just had dinner |
The dinner had been eaten by her |
Had been |
Past Perfect |
They had won the game |
The game had been won by them |
Had been |
Simple Future |
She will read the story |
The story will be read by her |
Will be |
Simple Future |
He will drive the car |
The car will be driven by him |
Will be |
Future Perfect Tense |
He will have received the letter |
The letter will have been received by him |
Will have been |