A comprehensive collection

by
Aqeel Ahmed Siddiqui
 The first both are
conditions but rest of
three are the part of
procedure.
1. Avoid placing responsibility on any specific
person / organization for a particular action.
• Your watch was broken.
• I broke your watch.

2. When the receiver of the action is more

important than the doer of the action.
 When it is not important who does the action.
 When the doer of the action is not important.
 Our classroom is cleaned everyday.
Tenses Active Passive
Present She makes the dinner. The dinner is made.
(is/am/are + p.p)
Past She made the dinner. The dinner was
made.
(was/were + pp)
Future She will make the dinner. The dinner will be
made.
(will be + p.p)
Present She has made the dinner. The dinner has been
Perfect made.
 Active Voice
Subject Active Object
(doer) Verb (receiver)
Mrs Chan washes the dishes.

Passive Voice
Subject Active Object
(receiver) Verb (doer)
The dishes are washed by Mrs Chan
 Active Voice
Subject Active Object (receiver)
(doer) Verb
Our class won the first prize.

Passive Voice
Subject Passive Object (doer)
(receiver) Verb
The first prize was won by our class.
 Active =
Doer + Active verb + Receiver

Passive =
Receiver + Passive verb + Doer
Put “A” for Active, “P” for Passive:
1. The boy banged on the table. [ ]A
2. A girl was bitten by a dog. P [ ]
3. The floor is swept by the maid. [P]
4. The library was broken into last night. [P ]
5. I lost my dictionary. [ A]
6. Mr Wajid washes her car every Sunday. A
[ ]
 in

Simple Present &

Simple Past Tenses
 Verb to be + Past Participle

is / am / are + Past Participle

e.g. The boys are punished by the Headmistress.

The cat is fed by Bilal.
I am taught by Mr. Naeem.
 lock
Active: Someone the office every
s
evening.

Passive: The office Is locked every evening.

1. The fire ___________
is put out by the firemen.

A. puts
B. is put
C. put
2. The girls ______________
make a sandwich.

A. make
B. are made
C. is made
 was given to me.
3. A present ____________

A. gave
B. was given
c. given
 is called
There is a cat which 1)_______(call)
is owned (own)
Mano”. It 2) ___________
is kept
by Mujahid. It 3)_________
is fed
(keep) in his home. It 4)___________
(feed) every day by Mujahid
is dressed
himself. It 5) __________(dress) in
is said
funny clothes. It 6)_________(say)
that “Mano” is Mujahid’s only
friend.
1) The policemen catch the thief.
Ans: The thief is caught by the policemen.

2) The girl puts on a beautiful dress.

Ans:
A beautiful dress is put on by the girl.
Exercise 5: Change passive to active

1) The dishes are washed by Amna.

Ans: Amna washes the dishes.

2) The car is repaired by Jawad and Ahmed.

Ans: Jawad and Ahmed repair the car.
Simple Past Tense

Verb to be + Past Participle

was / were + Past Participle

e.g. The man was knocked down by the car.

Some oranges were eaten by the child.
Compare active and passive sentences
in Past Tense

Active: Someone locked the office last

evening.

was
Passive: The office locked
last evening.
Exercise 6: Multiple Choice

1. A poem ____________
was sung by Mumtaz.

A) sang
B) was sung
C) sung
2. These houses _________
were built by the workmen.

A) built
B) was built
C) were built
3. Adeel __________
died in 1997.

A) die
B) died
C) was died
Two men were seen breaking into a
house in my street last night. The
were called (call) and they
police 1) __________
arrived very quickly. One man 2)
___________
was (catch)
caught
immediately. The other escaped, but
he 3) was
_________
found (find) very soon.
Both men4) __________
were taken (take) to
the police station and 5)
_____________
were questioned (question)separate-
ly by a police officer. The two men 6)
___________
were charged (charge) with burglary.
Exercise 8: Change active to passive

1) I drew a picture yesterday.

Ans: A picture was drawn by me yesterday.

2) Sara bought some books two days ago.

Ans: Some books were bought by Sara two
days ago.
Exercise 9: Change passive to active

1) The problems were solved by PM.

Ans: PM solved the problems.

2) The house was painted by Majid.

Ans: Majid painted the house.
 He has bought red flowers.

1. Red flowers
2. have been
3. bought
4. (by him)

Red flowers have been bought (by him).

 The boy will finish the picture tomorrow.
1. The picture
2. will be
3. finished
4. (by the boy)
5. tomorrow.

The picture will be finished by the boy tomorrow.

You have just learned Passive Voice!!!

1. Passive voice
2. has just been
3. learned

Passive Voice has just been learned

by YOU!!!
Revision Exercise A: Multiple Choice

1. His secretary _____________

wrote that report
last Friday.

A) writes
B) is written
C) wrote
D) was written
2. My diamond watch _________
was stolen by a thief
yesterday.

A) steals
B) is stolen
C) stole
D) was stolen
3. Mary always _________
takes care of her baby
sister.

A) takes
B) is taken
C) took
D) was taken
4. The furniture _________
is dusted by my mother
every day.

A) dusts
B) is dusted
C) dusted
D) was dusted
1. Active and Passive voice worksheets
1. Active and Passive voice worksheets
1. Active and Passive voice worksheets
1. Active and Passive voice worksheets
1. Active and Passive voice worksheets
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