Active & Passive Voice
Active Voice: A feature of sentences in which the subject
performs the action of the verb and the direct object is the goal or the
recipient
Passive Voice: A feature of
sentences in which the object or goal of the action functions as the sentence
subject and the main verb phrase includes the verb to be and the past participle
Examples of active and passive
voice of some tenses:
a.
Simple present tense
Active: subject + V1 +
object
Passive: object + verb be(is/are)+V3
+ subject of the active sentence
Example:
Active : He meets them
everyday.
Passive : They are met by him
everyday.
b.
Simple past tense
Active: subject + V2 + object
Passive: object + verb be(was/were)+V3
+ subject of the active sentence
Example:
Active : She watered
this plant this morning
Passive : This plant was
watered by her this morning
c.
Present perfect tense
Active:
subject + have/has + V3 + object
Passive:
object + have/has + been + V3 + subject of the active sentence
Example:
Active : She has
watered this plant for 5 minutes.
Passive : This plant has been
watered by her for 5 minutes.
d.
Past perfect tense
Active:
subject + had + V3 + object
Passive: object + had + been + V3
+ + subject of the active sentence
Example:
Active : He had met
them before I came.
Passive : They had been
met by him before I came.
e.
Simple future tense
Active: subject + shall/will + V1
+ object
Passive: object + shall/will + be +
V3 + subject of the active
sentence
Example
Active : She will water
this plant this afternoon.
Passive : This plant will
be watered by her this afternoon.
f. Present continuous tense
Active: subject + (is/are) +
Ving + object
Passive: object + (is/are) +
being + V3 + subject of the active sentence
Example:
Active : He is meeting them now.
Passive : They are being met by him
now.
g. Past continuous tense
Active: subject + (was/were) + Ving +
object
Passive: object + (was/were) + being + V3 + subject of the active sentence
Example:
Active : He was meeting them.
Passive : They were being met by him.
Name: Dea dendramaya
Class: 1KA-02
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