Active and Passive Voice! Learn changes with tenses in active & passive voice in English grammar while using them in a sentence. This lesson is going to clear the problem of Active & Passive voice rules of English grammar. In this lesson, you’re going to clear out the changes in a sentence with the use of different tenses. Learn this lesson and enhance your knowledge about English grammar or Active Voice and Passive Voice.
In this lesson, we will define all changes in active & passive voice with the use of only one sentence, so it’s will be easier to memorize for you. We have created a beautiful chart on Active & Passive Voice so can easily download it from the bottom of this page.
Definition of ACTIVE VOICE: A form or set of forms of a verb in which the subject is typically the person or thing performing the action and which can take a direct object.
- e.g. she loved him as opposed to the passive form he was loved.
Definition of PASSIVE VOICE: A form or set of forms of a verb in which the subject undergoes the action of the verb.
- e.g. They were killed as opposed to the active form he killed them.
Changes With Tenses In Active & Passive Voice
Take a look at the below-listed sentences. You can see that we are using only one sentence. We will make changes in the same sentence with the changes of tense in active & passive voice.
| Tense | Active Voice | Passive Voice |
| Present Simple | She delivers the letters. | The letters are delivered. |
| Past Simple | She delivered the letters. | The letters were delivered. |
| Future Simple | She will deliver the letters. | The letters will be delivered. |
| Present Continuous | She is delivering the letters. | The letters are being delivered. |
| Past Continuous | She was delivering the letters. | The letters were being delivered. |
| Going to | She is going to deliver the letters. | The letters are going to be delivered. |
| Present Perfect | She has delivered the letters. | The letters have been delivered. |
| Past Perfect | She had delivered the letters. | The letters had been delivered. |
| Infinitive | She has to deliver the letters. | The letters have to be delivered. |
| Modals | She must deliver the letters. | The letters must be delivered. |
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Active and Passive Voice | Chart
Changes With Tenses In Active & Passive Voice
Revision of the Rules to form the Passive Voice
| Tenses | Active | Passive |
| Present Indefinite | 1st form of the verb + s/es
Do/does (not) + V1 |
Is/am/are + V3 |
| Past Indefinite | V2 Did (not) + V1 | Was/Were + V3 |
| Present Continuous | Is/am/are (not) + V1 + ing | Is/am/are (not) + being + V3 |
| Past Continuous | Was/were (not) + V1 + ing | Was/were (not) + being + V3 |
| Present Perfect | Has/have (not) + V3 | Has/ Have (not) been + V3 |
| Past Perfect | Had (not) + V3 | Had (not) + been + V3 |
| Future Perfect | Will/Shall (not) have + V3 | Will/shall (not) have + been + V3 |
| Modal Verb | Will, Shall, would, should, can, could, may, might, must, ought to + V1 | Will, Shall, would, should, can, could, may, might, must, ought to + be + V3 |
| Infinitive | To + V1 | To be + V3 |
Rules To Form The Passive Voice | Chart
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