PAKISTAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, JEDDAH- English Section

Academic Year Subject Active & Passive

2020-2021 Mid Term English Practice Sheet

Active and Passive Voice

Objective: You must practice these to identify such types of sentences.

Purpose of Passive Sentence: To show the action/ to hide the subject

An action of a subject, in relation to an object, is expressed in two ways. These two

ways of expressing action of a subject are known as Voices.

1. Active Voice
2. Passive Voice

Example:
I write a letter. (Active)
A letter is written by me. (Passive)

In an active sentence, the subject performs the action to the object whereas in a passive
sentence, the subject receives an action.
The rules for changing active voice into passive voice:
1. First of all, identify the subject, object and the main verb.
2. Convert the object into the subject.
3. Use a suitable auxiliary verb, according to the object (singular or plural).
4. Convert the ‘verb’ into ‘past participle’.
5. Use the preposition ‘by’.
6. Change the subject into object.

In the previous lesson we learned how to convert Present Active into Present Passive.
Today we will learn how to convert Different forms of Past and Future Active into
Passive.

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 First Let’s look at the changes that happen when we convert Present into Past and Future.
Present
The caretaker locks the doors.
The waves are washing away the
sandcastle.
Ali has scored two goals.
You must have noticed that only things that changed in these sentences are the
verbs and helping verbs.
Present Simple
1. Active: He helps us.
Passive: We are helped by him.
2. Active: Parents bring up
children.
Passive: Children are brought up
by parents.
3. Active: Carpenters make
furniture.
Passive: Furniture is made by
carpenters.
Active: Ben conducts the orchestra. Active: Ben conducted the
Passive: Orchestra is conducted
by Ben.
4. Active: Teachers teach students.
Passive: Students are taught by
teachers.
Present Progressive
Active: My father is washing the
car.
Passive: The car is being washed
by my father.
Active: We are not playing football.
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Past Future
The caretaker locked the doors. The caretaker will lock the
doors.
The waves were washing The waves will be washing
away the sandcastle. away the sandcastle.
Ali had scored two goals. Ali will have scored two
goals.
Past Simple Future Simple
Active: He helped us. Active: He will help us.
Passive: We were helped by Passive: we will be
him. helped by him.
Active: Parents brought up Active: Parents will
children. bring up children.
Passive: Children were Passive: Children will
brought up by parents. be brought up by
parents.
Active: Carpenters made Active: Carpenters will
furniture. make furniture.
Passive: Furniture was Passive: Furniture will
made by carpenters. be made by carpenters.
Active: Ben will
orchestra. conduct the orchestra.
Passive: Orchestra was Passive: The orchestra
conducted by Ben. will be conducted by
Ben.
Active: Teachers taught Active: Teachers will
students. teach students.
Passive: Students were Passive: Students will
taught by teachers. be taught by teachers.
Past Progressive Future Progressive
Active: My father was Active: My father will
washing the car. be washing the car.
Passive: The car was being Passive: No Passive
washed by my father. Form
Active: We were not Active: We will not be
playing football. playing football.
 Passive: Football is not being Passive: No Passive
played by us. Passive: Football was not Form
being played by us.
Active: He is not wearing a tie. Active: He was not wearing Active: He will not be
a tie. wearing a tie.
Passive: A tie is not being worn
Passive: No Passive
by him.
Passive: A tie was not being Form
worn by him.
1. Active: Is she watering the flowers? Active: Was she watering Active: Will she be
the flowers? watering the flowers?
Passive: Are the flowers being
watered by her?
Passive: Were the flowers
being watered by her? Passive: No Passive
Form

2. Active: She is taking a picture of her Active: She was taking a Active: She will be
picture of her garden. taking a picture of her
garden. garden.

Passive: A picture of her garden is Passive: A picture of her

being taken by her.
Present Perfect
Active: The workmen have painted Active: The workmen had
the house.
Passive: The house has been
painted by the workmen.
1. Active: Kerrie has paid the bill.
garden was being taken by
her.
Past Perfect
painted the house.
Passive: The house had
been painted by the
workmen.
Active: Kerrie had paid the
bill.
Passive: No Passive
Form
Future Perfect
Active: The workmen
will have painted the
house.
Passive: The house
will have been painted
by the workmen.
Active: Kerrie will
have paid the bill.

Passive: The bill had been Passive: The bill will

Passive: The bill has been paid by
paid by Kerrie. have been paid by
Kerrie. Kerrie.
Active: I have opened the present. Active: I had opened the Active: I will have
present. opened the present.
Passive: The present has been
opened by me.
Passive: The present had Passive: The present
been opened by me. will have been opened
by me.

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2. Active: We have not agreed to this Active: We had not agreed Active: We will have
to this issue. not agreed to this
3. I issue. issue.

Passive: This issue has not been
agreed to by us.
4. Active: Have they noticed us?
Passive: Have we been noticed by
them?
Passive: This issue had not
been agreed to by us.
Active: Had they noticed
us?
Passive: Had we been
noticed by them?
Passive: This issue will
not have been agreed
to by us.
Active: Will they have
noticed us?
Passive: Will have we
been noticed by them?

Identify and highlight the changes that have been done to the verbs in passive
sentences.

Identify and highlight the changes that have been done to the verbs in passive
sentences. First 3 are done for you.
Active Voice
Harry ate six shrimp at dinner.
Beautiful giraffes roam the savannah.
Sue changed the flat tire.
I ran the obstacle course in record time.
The crew paved the entire stretch of
highway.
Mom read the novel in one day.
I will clean the house every Saturday.
The company requires staff to watch a safety The staff are required by the company to
video every year.
Tom painted the entire house.
The choir really enjoys that piece.
A forest fire has destroyed the whole suburb.
The two kings are signing the treaty.
The cleaning crew vacuums and dusts the Every night, the office is vacuumed and dusted
office every night.
The director will give you instructions.
The saltwater corroded the metal beams.
The kangaroo carried her baby in her pouch.
Passive Voice
At dinner, six shrimp were eaten by Harry.
The savannah is roamed by beautiful giraffes.
The flat tire was changed by Sue.
The obstacle course was run by me in record
time.
The entire stretch of highway was paved by
the crew.
The novel was read by Mom in one day.
The house will be cleaned by me every
Saturday.
watch a safety video every year.
The entire house was painted by Tom.
That piece is really enjoyed by the choir.
The whole suburb has been destroyed by a
forest fire.
The treaty is being signed by the two kings.
by the cleaning crew.
Instructions will be given to you by the
director.
The metal beams were corroded by the
saltwater.
The baby was carried by the kangaroo in her
pouch.

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Now change the Active sentences into Passive.
Active Voice
The homeowners remodelled the house to
help it sell.
Susan will bake two dozen cupcakes for the
bake sale.
The wedding planner is making all the
reservations.
Larry generously has donated money to the
homeless shelter
The science class has viewed the comet.
Thousands of tourists visit the Grand
Canyon every year.
The teacher always answers the students'
questions.
Passive Voice
The house was remodelled by the
homeowners to help it sell.
Two dozen cupcakes will be baked by Suzan
for the bake sale.
All the reservations are made by the
wedding planner.
Money had been donated generously by
Larry to the homeless shelter.
The comet had been viewed by the science
class.
Every year, The Grand Canyon is visited by
thousands of tourists.
Students’ questions are always answered by
the teacher.

Let’s find what you have learned?

What is the purpose of using a passive sentence?

To emphasize only on the action.
To show that the subject is unimportant.

Which Verb form is used in a passive sentence?

Past Participle

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