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Active & Passive Voice

The document provides a comprehensive breakdown of active and passive voice structures across various tenses, including Present, Past, and Future forms. Each tense is illustrated with examples for affirmative, negative, and interrogative sentences, highlighting the differences between active and passive constructions. Additionally, it notes that continuous perfect tenses do not have passive forms.
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Active & Passive Voice

The document provides a comprehensive breakdown of active and passive voice structures across various tenses, including Present, Past, and Future forms. Each tense is illustrated with examples for affirmative, negative, and interrogative sentences, highlighting the differences between active and passive constructions. Additionally, it notes that continuous perfect tenses do not have passive forms.
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Certainly!

Below is a detailed breakdown of


active and passive voice structures for all
tenses, including affirmative, negative, and
interrogative sentences.

1. Present Indefinite
(Simple Present)

Active Voice:
Affirmative: Subject + base verb (s/es for
third person singular) + object

Example: She reads the book.

Negative: Subject + do/does + not +


base verb + object

Example: She does not read the


book.

Interrogative: Do/Does + subject + base


verb + object?

Example: Does she read the book?

Passive Voice:
Affirmative: Object + am/is/are + past
participle (by + agent)

Example: The book is read by her.

Negative: Object + am/is/are + not + past


participle (by + agent)

Example: The book is not read by


her.

Interrogative: Am/Is/Are + object + past


participle (by + agent)?

Example: Is the book read by her?

2. Present Continuous
(Present Progressive)

Active Voice:
Affirmative: Subject + am/is/are +
verb(ing) + object

Example: She is reading the book.

Negative: Subject + am/is/are + not +


verb(ing) + object

Example: She is not reading the


book.

Interrogative: Am/Is/Are + subject +


verb(ing) + object?

Example: Is she reading the book?

Passive Voice:
Affirmative: Object + am/is/are + being +
past participle (by + agent)

Example: The book is being read by


her.

Negative: Object + am/is/are + not +


being + past participle (by + agent)

Example: The book is not being


read by her.

Interrogative: Am/Is/Are + object + being


+ past participle (by + agent)?

Example: Is the book being read by


her?

3. Present Perfect

Active Voice:
Affirmative: Subject + has/have + past
participle + object

Example: She has read the book.

Negative: Subject + has/have + not +


past participle + object

Example: She has not read the


book.

Interrogative: Has/Have + subject + past


participle + object?

Example: Has she read the book?

Passive Voice:
Affirmative: Object + has/have + been +
past participle (by + agent)

Example: The book has been read


by her.

Negative: Object + has/have + not +


been + past participle (by + agent)

Example: The book has not been


read by her.

Interrogative: Has/Have + object + been


+ past participle (by + agent)?

Example: Has the book been read


by her?

4. Present Perfect
Continuous

No Passive (Continuous
perfect tenses cannot be
changed to passive voice).

5. Past Indefinite
(Simple Past)

Active Voice:
Affirmative: Subject + past form of the
verb + object

Example: She read the book.

Negative: Subject + did + not + base


verb + object

Example: She did not read the book.

Interrogative: Did + subject + base verb


+ object?

Example: Did she read the book?

Passive Voice:
Affirmative: Object + was/were + past
participle (by + agent)

Example: The book was read by her.

Negative: Object + was/were + not + past


participle (by + agent)

Example: The book was not read by


her.

Interrogative: Was/Were + object + past


participle (by + agent)?

Example: Was the book read by her?

6. Past Continuous (Past


Progressive)

Active Voice:
Affirmative: Subject + was/were +
verb(ing) + object

Example: She was reading the


book.

Negative: Subject + was/were + not +


verb(ing) + object

Example: She was not reading the


book.

Interrogative: Was/Were + subject +


verb(ing) + object?

Example: Was she reading the


book?

Passive Voice:
Affirmative: Object + was/were + being +
past participle (by + agent)

Example: The book was being read


by her.

Negative: Object + was/were + not +


being + past participle (by + agent)

Example: The book was not being


read by her.

Interrogative: Was/Were + object +


being + past participle (by + agent)?

Example: Was the book being read


by her?

7. Past Perfect

Active Voice:
Affirmative: Subject + had + past
participle + object

Example: She had read the book.

Negative: Subject + had + not + past


participle + object

Example: She had not read the


book.

Interrogative: Had + subject + past


participle + object?

Example: Had she read the book?

Passive Voice:
Affirmative: Object + had + been + past
participle (by + agent)

Example: The book had been read


by her.

Negative: Object + had + not + been +


past participle (by + agent)

Example: The book had not been


read by her.

Interrogative: Had + object + been +


past participle (by + agent)?

Example: Had the book been read


by her?

8. Past Perfect
Continuous

No Passive (Continuous
perfect tenses cannot be
changed to passive voice).

9. Future Indefinite
(Simple Future)

Active Voice:
Affirmative: Subject + will + base verb +
object

Example: She will read the book.

Negative: Subject + will + not + base


verb + object

Example: She will not read the


book.

Interrogative: Will + subject + base verb


+ object?

Example: Will she read the book?

Passive Voice:
Affirmative: Object + will + be + past
participle (by + agent)

Example: The book will be read by


her.

Negative: Object + will + not + be + past


participle (by + agent)

Example: The book will not be read


by her.

Interrogative: Will + object + be + past


participle (by + agent)?

Example: Will the book be read by


her?

10. Future Continuous


(Future Progressive)

No Passive (Continuous
tenses in the future cannot
be converted to passive
voice).

11. Future Perfect

Active Voice:
Affirmative: Subject + will + have + past
participle + object

Example: She will have read the


book.

Negative: Subject + will + not + have +


past participle + object

Example: She will not have read the


book.

Interrogative: Will + subject + have +


past participle + object?

Example: Will she have read the


book?

Passive Voice:
Affirmative: Object + will + have + been
+ past participle (by + agent)

Example: The book will have been


read by her.

Negative: Object + will + not + have +


been + past participle (by + agent)

Example: The book will not have


been read by her.

Interrogative: Will + object + have +


been + past participle (by + agent)?

Example: Will the book have been


read by her?

12. Future Perfect


Continuous

No Passive (Like other


continuous perfect tenses,
Future Perfect Continuous
does not form a passive
voice).

Summary of Active and


Passive Structures:
Active Voice: Subject + Verb + Object

Passive Voice: Object + form of "be"


(am/is/are/was/were/will) + past participle
+ (by + agent)

This covers all the tenses with active and


passive structures for affirmative, negative,
and interrogative sentences. Let me know if
you need more examples or further
clarification!

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