Voice Changing Part-2

Past Indefinite Tense

*** In case of changing Active voice to Passive voice if the sentence is Past Indefinite Tense

according to subject was/were  are used.

   Structure: Sub+was/were+vpp+pre.+ob.

   Active voice: I did it.

    Passive voice: It was done by me.

   Active voice: He read the book

    Passive voice: The book was read by him.

    Active voice: The police caught the thief.

    Passive voice: The thief was caught by the police.

    Active voice: The boy broke the glass.

    Passive voice: The glass was broken by the boy

    Interrogative sentence

 Structure:  Was/were+sub+vpp+pre+ob?

   Active voice: Did you lose your pen?

    Passive voice: Was your pen lost by you?

   Active voice: Who gave you money?

    Passive voice: By whom were you given money?

   Active voice: What did you do?

    Passive voice: What was done by you?

   Active voice: Did they catch the bird?

    Passive voice: Was the bird caught by them?

Past Continuous Tense

*** In case of changing Active voice to Passive voice if the sentence is Past Continuous Tense according to subject was/were being  are used.

    Structure: Sub+was/were being+vpp+pre.+ob.

 Active voice: They were making a noise in the class.

Passive voice: A noise was being made by them in the class.

Active voice: He was helping the boys.

Passive voice: The boys were being helped by them.

Negative sentence:

Active voice: They were not learning the lesson.

Passive voice: The lesson was not being learnt by them.

Interrogative Sentence:

Structure:  Was/were+sub+being+vpp+pre+ob?

Active voice: Were you helping them?

Passive voice: Were they being helped by them?

Active voice: What were you doing so long?

Passive voice: What was being done so long by you?

Active voice: Who teaching you?

Passive voice: By whom were you being taught?

 Past Perfect  Tense

*** In case of changing Active voice to Passive voice if the sentence is Past Perfect Continuous Tense according to subject had been  is used.

Structure: Sub+ had been +vpp+pre.+ob.

Active voice: He had sold milk.

Passive voice: Milk had been sold by them.

       Active voice:: Mary had gathered fruits and flowers

Passive voice: : Fruits and flowers had been gathered by Mary.

       Active voice: I had done my duty before you came here.

Passive voice: My duty had been done by me before you came here.

Interrogative Sentence

   Structure: Had+Sub+been+ vpp+pre.+ob?

     

       Active voice: Had he already read the book?

Active voice: Had the book been read by him already?

       Active voice: Had you seen him?

Passive voice: Had he been seen by you?

       Active voice: Had they done their homework?

Passive voice: Had their homework been done by them?

Past Perfect Continuous Tense

*** In case of changing Active voice to Passive voice if the sentence is Past Perfect Continuous Tense according to subject had been being  are used.

Structure: Sub+ had been+being +vpp+pre.+ob.

Active voice: We had been doing the work since yesterday.

Passive voice: The work had been being done by us since yesterday.

Active voice: They had been memorizing the question answer for one hour.

Passive voice: The question answer had been being memorized by them.

Negative sentence:

Active voice: He had not been doing the work.

Passive voice: The work had not been being done by him.