ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE OF 16 TENSES IN ENGLISH

Simple Present Tense

Active: The government develops education
Passive: Education is developed by the government
2 Present Continuous Tense
Active: The government is developing education
Passive: Education is being developing by the government
3 Present PerIect Tense
Active: The government has developed education
Passive: Education has been developed by the government
4 Present PerIect Continuous Tense
Active: The government has been developing education
Passive: This continuous tense is rarely used in the passive, so this
sentence is not normally put into the passive
5 Simple Past Tense
Active: The government developed education
Passive: Education was developed by the government
6 Past Continuous Tense
Active: The government was developing education
Passive: Education was being developing by the government
7 Past PerIect Tense
Active: The government had developed education
Passive: Education had been developed by the government
8 Past PerIect Continuous Tense
Active: The government had been developing education
Passive: This continuous tense is rarely used in the passive, so this
sentence is not normally put into the passive
9 Simple Future Tense
Active: The government will develop education
Passive: Education will be developed by the government

Future Continuous Tense
Active: The government will be developing education
Passive: This continuous tense is rarely used in the passive, so this
sentence is not normally put into the passive
Future PerIect Tense
Active: The government will have developed education
Passive: Education will have been developed by the government
2Future PerIect Continuous Tense
Active: The government will have been developing education
Passive: This continuous tense is rarely used in the passive, so this
sentence is not normally put into the passive
3Past Future Tense
Active: The government would develop education
Passive: Education would be developed by the government
4Past Future Continuous Tense
Active: The government would be developing education
Passive: This continuous tense is rarely used in the passive, so this
sentence is not normally put into the passive
5Past Future PerIect Tense
Active: The government would have developed education
Passive: Education would have been developed by the government
6Past Future PerIect Continuous Tense
Active: The government would have been developing education
Passive: This continuous tense is rarely used in the passive, so this
sentence is not normally put into the passive