Enhance Your Learning with Active Passive Voice Flash Cards for quick revision
A sentence construction where the subject performs the action.
A sentence construction where the subject receives the action.
In active voice, the subject performs the action directly.
In passive voice, the subject receives the action and the agent is optional.
To change an active sentence to passive, the object of the active sentence becomes the subject of the passive sentence.
To change a passive sentence to active, the subject of the passive sentence becomes the object of the active sentence.
In present simple active, the subject performs the action regularly or habitually.
In present simple passive, the subject receives the action regularly or habitually.
In past simple active, the subject performed the action in the past.
In past simple passive, the subject received the action in the past.
In present continuous active, the subject is currently performing the action.
In present continuous passive, the subject is currently receiving the action.
In past continuous active, the subject was performing the action in the past.
In past continuous passive, the subject was receiving the action in the past.
In present perfect active, the subject has performed the action before now.
In present perfect passive, the subject has received the action before now.
In past perfect active, the subject had performed the action before a specific time in the past.
In past perfect passive, the subject had received the action before a specific time in the past.
In future simple active, the subject will perform the action in the future.
In future simple passive, the subject will receive the action in the future.
Modal verbs can be used in active and passive voice to express ability, possibility, permission, etc.
To form questions in active passive voice, invert the subject and auxiliary verb.
In imperative sentences, the subject is often omitted in active voice and implied in passive voice.
When reporting speech, the active voice of the direct speech becomes passive in reported speech.
Avoid common mistakes like incorrect verb forms, wrong use of prepositions, and confusion between active and passive voice.
The cat chased the mouse.
The mouse was chased by the cat.
She wrote a letter. -> A letter was written by her.
A song was sung by her. -> She sang a song.
He eats an apple every day.
An apple is eaten by him every day.
They played football yesterday.
Football was played by them yesterday.
She is writing a letter now.
A letter is being written by her now.
He was painting a picture at that time.
A picture was being painted by him at that time.
I have finished my homework.
My homework has been finished by me.
She had cooked dinner before they arrived.
Dinner had been cooked by her before they arrived.
They will build a house next year.
A house will be built by them next year.
He can solve the problem easily.
Did she write the letter?
Open the door. -> Let the door be opened.
She said, 'I love you.' -> She said that she was loved.
The book was wrote by him. (Incorrect) -> The book was written by him. (Correct)