changing active

to passive voice

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 VOICE OF THE VERB

Active Passive
Voice Voice

The subject The subject

performs the receives the
action. action.

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+ How do you form the passive
voice in the simple tenses?

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TENSE ACTIVE PASSIVE
Simple Dance/dance is/are + past participle of
Present s the verb
Simple Past danced Was/were + past
participle of the verb

Simple Will dance Will/shall + be + past

Future participle of the verb

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basic rules in changing active to passive
voice
1. The complete direct object
becomes the subject.

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basic rules in changing active to passive
voice
1. The complete direct object becomes the
subject.

He buys a camera.
S V DO

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basic rules in changing active to passive
voice
He buys a camera.
S V DO

A camera.....
Note: The direct object camera becomes the subject in
the passive voice:

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basic rules in changing active to passive
voice
2. The form of the verb changes. In the passive
voice, helping verb is used and the main verb is past
participle form.

He buys a camera.
S V DO

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basic rules in changing active to passive
voice
He buys a camera.
S V DO

A camera is bought
Note: The verb “buys” is changed into the linking verb
is + past participle bought.

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basic rules in changing active to passive
voice
3.The word “by” will be used before subject in the
passive voice. The subject becomes the receiver of
the action.

He buys a camera.
S V DO

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basic rules in changing active to passive
voice He buys a camera.

S V DO

A camera is bought by him.

Note: The third rule applies by adding the word “by” in which the subject
“he” in the active voice becomes the receiver of the action changing it into
personal pronoun “him”

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 present
tense

am
is + past participle of the verb
are

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 present
tense

When do we use AM?

Am is used when the subject is in the first
person, singular in number.

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 present
tense
ACTIV He loves me.
E
S V DO

PASSIVE I am loved by him.

S V ROA

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 present
tense
When do we use IS?
Is is used when the subject is in the third
person and singular in number.

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 present
tense
ACTIV My mother bakes a cake.
E
S V DO

PASSIVE A cake is baked by my mother

S V ROA

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 present
tense
When do we use ARE?
Are is used when the subject is in the first person,
plural in number(We), second person, singular
and plural (You), and third person plural
(they,gadgets,materials,lessons)

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 present
tense
ACTIV The teacher calls us.
E
S V DO

PASSIVE We are called by the teacher

S V ROA

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 present
tense
+ Other examples:
A: Their parents leave them to work in the city.
P: They are left by their parents to work in the city.

A: Experiences give us lessons in life.

P: We are given lessons in life by experiences.

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 past
tense

was + past participle of the verb

were

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 past
tense

When do we use WAS?

Was is used when the subject is in the first
person plural,second person, and third
person plural.

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 past
tense
ACTIV The dog chased the ball.
E
S V DO

PASSIVE The ball was chased by the dog.

S V ROA

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 past
tense

When do we use WERE?

Were is used when the subject is in the first
person plural,second person, and third
person plural.

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 past
tense
ACTIV The waitress dropped the plates.
E
S V DO

PASSIVE The plates were dropped by the waitress.

S V ROA

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 past
tense
+ Other examples:
A: The teacher prepared the lessons.
P: The lesson were prepared by the teacher.

A: The kitten licked the bowl.

P: The bowl was licked by the kitten.

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 future tense

will + be + past participle of the verb

shall

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 future
tense
The rules in changing active to passive voice
in the future tense is that both will and shall are
acceptable to be used depending on the sentence.
Thus, the only noticeable change is in in terms of
the past participle of the verb.

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 future
tense
ACTIV She will sell the fruits.
E
S V DO

PASSIVE The fruits will be sold by her.

S V ROA

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 future
tense
ACTIV The students shall take the exam.
E
S V DO

PASSIVE The exam shall be taken by the students.

S V ROA

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 future
tense
+ Other examples:
A: I will clean the house.
P: The house will be cleaned by me.

A: They shall sing their favorite song.

P: Their favorite song will be sung by them.

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 ACTIVE VOICE PASSIVE VOICE
The boy throws the ball. The ball is thrown by the
boy.
The boy threw the ball. The ball was thrown by
the boy.
The boy will throw the The ball will be thrown
ball. by the boy.

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