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    The document describes the structure of an active sentence as subject-verb-object and how to change a sentence from active to passive voice. To change to passive voice, the subject is deleted, the helping verb matches the object in number, the main verb is changed to its third form with "be" added, and the tense remains the same. Examples are provided for changing sentences from active to passive voice while keeping the same tense, including present continuous, present simple, future simple, future perfect, and present perfect continuous.

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    The document describes the structure of an active sentence as subject-verb-object and how to change a sentence from active to passive voice. To change to passive voice, the subject is deleted, the helping verb matches the object in number, the main verb is changed to its third form with "be" added, and the tense remains the same. Examples are provided for changing sentences from active to passive voice while keeping the same tense, including present continuous, present simple, future simple, future perfect, and present perfect continuous.

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    Active & Passive Voice

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    The document describes the structure of an active sentence as subject-verb-object and how to change a sentence from active to passive voice. To change to passive voice, the subject is deleted, the helping verb matches the object in number, the main verb is changed to its third form with "be" added, and the tense remains the same. Examples are provided for changing sentences from active to passive voice while keeping the same tense, including present continuous, present simple, future simple, future perfect, and present perfect continuous.

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    STRUCTURE OF ACTIVE SENTENCE

    Subject —> Verb —> Object

    Verb: Main Verb or Helping verb / only verb ‘do’ is invisible

    TO CHANGE FROM ACTIVE TO PASSIVE

    1. Identify the part of speech

    2. Delete the subject from the sentence.

    3. helping verb should match the object ( whether it was plural or singular )
    helping verb SHOULD NOT be changed

    4. Apply verb to be & main verb changed to 3rd form


    ( ex: driven is 3rd form of drive )

    5. Keep the tenses the SAME

    ex:

    PRESENT CONTINUOUS

    Ritaj is studying English now. ( active )


    English is being studied now by Ritaj. ( passive )

    PRESENT SIMPLE

    Ritaj studies English every day. ( active )


    English is studied every day by Ritaj. ( passive )

    FUTURE SIMPLE

    She will drive her car tomorrow. ( active )


    The car will be driven by her tomorrow. ( passive )

    FUTURE PERFECT

    She will have driven her car tomorrow. ( active )


    The car will have been driven tomorrow. ( passive )
    PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

    He has been playing soccer since he was seven. ( active )


    Soccer has been being played by him since he was seven. ( passive )

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