Grade 11 Passive

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Simple Present Tense

is,am,are+3rd verb(past participle)


Active Voice Passive Voice
He lights the candle. The candle is lighted by him.
He does not light the candle. The candle is not lighted by him.
Do you eat meat? Is meat eaten by you?

Present Continuous Tense


is,am,are+being+3rd verb(past participle)
Active Voice Passive Voice
I am driving a car. A car is being driven by me.
I am not driving a car. A car is not being driven by me.
Am I driving a car? Is a car being driven by me?

Present Perfect Tense


has,have+been+3rd verb(past participle)
Active Voice Passive Voice
She has stolen my book. My book has been stolen by her.
She has not stolen my book. My book has not been stolen by her.
Has she stolen my book? Has my book been stolen by her?

Simple Past Tense


was,were+3rd verb(past participle)
Active Voice Passive Voice
She finished work. Work was finished by her.
She did not finish work. Work was not finished by her.
Did she finish work? Was work finished by her?

Past Continuous Tense


was,were+being+3rd verb(past participle)
Active Voice Passive Voice
He was revising his books. His books were being revised by him.
He was not revising his books. His books were not being revised by him.
Was he revising his books? Were his books being revised by him?

Past Perfect Tense


had+been+3rd verb(past participle)
Active Voice Passive Voice
I had completed the assignment. The assignment had been completed by me.
I had not completed the assignment. The assignment had not been completed by me.
Had I completed the assignment? Had the assignment been completed by me?

Simple Future Tense


will,shall+be+3rd verb(past participle)
Active Voice Passive Voice
My uncle will pay my tuition fee. My tuition fee will be paid by my uncle.
My uncle will not pay my tuition fee. My tuition fee will not be paid by my uncle.
Will my uncle pay my tuition fee? Will my tuition fee be paid by my uncle?
Future Perfect Tense
will, shall+ have been+3rd verb(past participle)
Active Voice Passive Voice
We shall have done our home-work. Our home -work shall have been done by us.
We shall not have done our home-work. Our home -work shall not have been done by us.
Shall We have done our home –work? Shall our home -work have been done by us?
Note: In Present perfect continuous tense, Past perfect continuous tense, Future perfect continuous tense, Future
perfect tense, we use the same sentence in passive voice. It means these tense cannot be changed in passive form.

Active and passive voice with modals


Auxiliary Verb
Modals in Passive Voice Active Voice Passive Voice
I can solve these sums. These sums can be solved by me.
I cannot solve these sums. These sums cannot be solved by me.
Can/ Can/Could+ be+
Could 3rd verb Can I solve these sums? Can these sums be solved by me?
Has to/ Has to/ Have He has to complete his His assignment has to be completed by
Have to to+3rd verb assignment. him?
Must Must+3rd verb You must learn this book. This book must be learnt by you.
May may+be+3rd verb I may buy the book. The book may be bought by me.
might+ be+
Might 3rd Verb They might play chess. Chess might be played by them.
All lessons should be learnt by
should+ Students should learn all students.
Should be+3rd verb lessons.

Active and passive voice with Imperative Sentences


These are the sentences in which we express our feeling and emotions like command, order, advice, and request.
Rules
1. Lets + new object + be/Not be +past participle or 3rd form.
2. For sentences containing, Request, advice and order, we will use you are Requested to, advised to and ordered
to .
Note: Always remove please and kind if they are given in the sentence.
Active Voice Passive Voice
Shut the door. Let the door be shut.
Post the letter at once. Let the letter be posted at once.
Always speak the truth. Let the truth always be spoken.
Do not starve the cow. Let the cow not be starved.
Let him help his brother. Let his brother be helped by him.
Clean your room. Let your room be cleaned.
Learn your lesson. Let your lesson be learnt.
Please do me a favor tonight You are requested to do me a favor tonight.
Get out of my house. You are ordered to get out of mu house.
Kindly do not smoke in public place. You are requested not to smoke in public place

To make passive voice, first of all you have to use following rules.

1.Change the object into subject. If in object, we have a pronoun of object case convert that by following rules.

me I
You You
her She
them They
us We
him He
it It
whom Who

2. Change the subject into object. And use by before the object. If in subject, we have a pronoun of nominative
case convert that by the following rules.

I by me
You by you
She by her
They by them
We by us
He by him
It by it
Who by whom

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