Active and Passive Voice Rules Part-1
Active and Passive Voice Rules | English Grammar
Introduction
Hello everyone today I am feeling fantastic to share with you “Active and Passive Voice Rules”. In this article, you will learn about them and will help to help to build your grammar section. After reading this article properly, you will be able to change Active voice to Passive voice easily. Let’s start it.

What is an active and passive voice in English grammar?
Active Voice:- Those sentences in which, we give priority to the subject are called Active Voice.
Passive Voice:- Those sentences in which, we give priority to the object are called Passive Voice.
Note 1) We cannot make any passive voice without helping the verb.
2) We cannot make any passive voice without the third form of the verb.
Basic Rules
Subject + V1/V5 + object
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Object + is/are/am + V3 + by + subject
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Subject + is/are/am + V4 (progresive)+ object.
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Object + is/are/am + being + V3 + object
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Subject + has/have + V3 + object.
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Object + has/have + been + V3 + by + subject.
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now you have read about active and passive voice till present tense how to change them and next, you will read Active and Passive voice in Past Tense how to change them.
Active and Passive Voice Rules
Subject + V2 + object.
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Object + was/were + V3 + by + subject.
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Subject + was/were + V4 + object.
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Object + was/were + being + V4 + by + subject.
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Subject + had + V3 + object.
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Object + had + been + V3 + by + subject
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8. Past Perfect Continuous Tense: | Not Possible |
Now you have read about Present and Past Tense how to change an active voice to passive and next you will read about Future Tense how to change an active voice to passive in the future tense.
Subject + will/shall + V1 + object.
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Object + will/shall + be + V3 + by + subject.
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Subject + will/shall + be + V4 + object. |
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Subject + will/shall + have + V3 + object.
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Object + will/shall + have + been + V3 + by + subject.
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12. Future Perfect Continuous Tense: | Not Possible |
Now you have read about all the affirmative tenses on how to change all of an active voice to passive and you will read about Interrogative sentences.
Interrogative Rules for Active and Passive Voice
There are two types of interrogative Active and Passive Voice
1) Those sentences start with a helping verb. [helping verb + sub + main verb + object?]
2) Those sentences start with WH-Word. [WH-word + helping verb + sub + main verb + object?]
Note 1) We change Active voice (Interrogative sentence) into Passive voice, then It changes into the same format.
2) If an Active Voice (sentence) starts with WH-Word, Passive Voice will start with WH-Word.
For example- Active Voice (Interrogative sentence)—-Passive Voice (Interrogative sentence)
Basic Rules of Forming Active Voice (Interrogative) to Passive Voice (Interrogative)
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8. Past Perfect Continuous Tense: | Not Possible |
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12. Future Perfect Continuous Tense: | Not Possible |
Now you have read about affirmative and interrogative sentences active and passive voice on how to change them easily apart from that Imperative sentences is remaining to publish so I will publish them in the next article and I hope you would like this and share with your friends because I tried my best to explain each and everything in a simple way and I am going to give the link of the second part of it. Just click on the given link. Active and Passive Voice Rules Part-1
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