Active passive voice rules chart

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Active/Passive Voice Rules Chart The object of the verb takes the position of Subject. The Subject of the verb in the active voice becomes the object and is usually preceeded by the preposition ‘by’. The tense of the verb in the passive voice remains the same as in the active voice. In the passive voice, third form of the verb is used. Tense Rule Present Indefinite Tense is/am/are + V3 Present Continuous Tense is/am/are + being + V3 Present Perfect Tense has/have + been + V3 Past Indefinite Tense was/were + V3 Past Continuous Tense was/were + being + V3 Past Perfect Tense had + been + V3 Future Indefinite Tense will/shall + be + V3 Future Perfect Tense will/shall + have + been + V3 Modal Verb: will, shall, would should, can, could, may, might, Modal Verb + be + V3 must, ought to + V1 Infinity: to + V1 to be + V3 I, We, He, She, They are changed into me, us, him, her, them Take care of singular and plural nature of nouns or pronouns. Verb/helping verb requires to be adjusted accordingly. Interrogative sentences beginning with ‘wh’ words like what, why, when etc. the question word is retained in the beginning of the sentence. An interrogative sentence in the active voice remains an interrogative in the passive form. An imperative sentence is a sentence showing order, or request. So, accordingly, in the passive voice, we say: You are requested/ordered/advised + infinive with ‘to’. Sentences involving order/advice are preferably changed into passive by using the word ‘let’ or ...

Table of Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • Active Passive Voice Rules: In the English Language, as we talk about many sentences in English with our nearby persons. These conversational statements or According to the voice of the sentence and the verb of action, it has two types • Active voice • Passive voice. The Active voice and the Passive voice now describe the voices of the action carried by the subject on any object or something like thing, material, etc. In an active voice or passive voice, the sentence’s meaning remains the same, but the structure and the tense of a sentence can be changed. #1. Active Voice: An active voice is a sentence that expresses where the subject does something or plays any action declared by the verb, the doer of the action on which the action can occur. • Active voice sentences always start with the subject and do an action on the verb. • It is called an active voice because it shows the action taken by the subject. • It is the most convenient way to describe the action of the subject performed on the object. • Active voice is the simplest way and basic type of writing a sentence in the English language. General structure: Subject + verb + object. Example: He writes a book. Here, “He” is a subject, a doer in the sentence which acts. “a book” is an object, on which the subject is performing the action, and “write” is a verb form of action in which a subject is performing or does something. #2. Passive Voice: The passive voice is a sentence ...