Active and passive voice rules

Active and passive voice rules are following:

Rule no.1 :

Converting an Active Voice Sentence into a Passive Voice sentence, the subject is converted into an object, and the object is converted into an object.

According to active and passive voice rules converting the subject into an object the name of person, place, or thing remains the same 

For example:

Active: I am going to market.

Passive: Market is being gone to by me.

In a passive voice sentence, we convert "i" into "me".

Rule no. 2 :

Always use "3rd form of the verb" in passive voice sentences.

For Example: 

Active voice: He plays Cricket.

Passive voice: Cricket is played by him.

In this sentence, we use 3rd form of "write".

Rule no. 3 :

Always use "by" before writing "subject" into "object".

For example:

They write a letter.

A letter is written by them.

In this sentence, we use "by" before converting the subject into an object.

Rule no. 4 : 

According to active and passive voice rules, We use "been" in Passive Voice sentences if there is "3rd form of the verb" in active voice sentences.

In Present Perfect Tense, Past Perfect Tense, and Future Perfect Tense we always use 3rd form of the verb, so when we are making the passive voice of these tenses, we always keep in mind that always use "been" in the sentences of these tenses.

For example:

Active:  He has made a cake.

Passive: A cake has been made by him.

Active: I have eaten Apples.

Passive: Apples have been eaten by me.

Active: We have learned Active and passive voice.

Passive: Active and passive voice has been learned by us.

Rule no. 5 :

We use "being" in Passive Voice Sentence if there is "the first form of the verb with ing" in active voice sentence.

According to active and passive voice rules Present Continuous Tense, Past Continuous Tense, we use 1st form of the verb with ing in active voice sentences, so when we are making the passive voice of these tenses, we always keep in mind that always use "being" in the sentences of these tenses.

For example:

Active:  We are taking exercise.

Passive: Exercise is being taken by us.

Active: We are writing a post.

Passive: A post is being written by us.

Rule no. 6 :

If there is "Who" in active sentence we must change "who" into "by whom" in the passive voice sentence.

For example:

Active: Who is writing a letter?

Passive: By whom a letter is being written.

Active and passive voice rules for all tenses:

Indefinite Tenses:

Active and passive voice rules for Present Indefinite tense:

In active and passive voice rules, we convert a present indefinite tense sentence into passive voice by using the following method:

1. Always remember that we use "is, am, are" while converting active voice sentences into passive voice sentences of present indefinite tense.

Active voice: We eat Pizza.

Passive voice: Pizza is eaten by us.

Active and passive voice rules Present Indefinite Tense
·         Always use “is, am, are” in Passive voice sentences of Present Indefinite tense
Examples:
Active Voice	Passive Voice
She makes a beautiful painting	A beautiful painting is made by her
We eat Chicken Burger	A chicken burger is eaten by us

Active and passive voice rules Past Indefinite Tense
·         Always use “was, were” in Passive voice sentences of Past Indefinite tense
Examples:
Active Voice	Passive Voice
We took tea	Tea was taken by us
He wrote a story	A story was written by him

Active and passive voice rules Future Indefinite Tense
·         Always use “will be, shall be” in Passive voice sentences of Future Indefinite tense
Examples:
Active Voice	Passive Voice
They will drive a car	A car will be driven a car
He will write a story	A story will be written by him

 

Continuous Tenses:

 

Active and passive voice rules Present Continuous Tense
According to Rule no.6 ·         Always use “being” in Passive voice sentences of Present continuous
Examples:
Active Voice	Passive Voice
She is cooking food	Food is being cooked by her
They are taking tea	Tea is being taken by them

 

 

Active and passive voice rules Past Continuous tense
According to Rule no.6 Always use “being” in Passive voice sentences of Past Continuous
Examples:
Active Voice	Passive Voice
He was taking bath	Bath was being taken by him
I was telling a story	A story was being told by me

 

According to active and passive voice rules, the active voice of future indefinite tense is not converted into passive voice.

Active and passive voice rules for Perfect Tense:

According to Rule no.4 ·       We always use “been” in passive voice sentences of Perfect Tenses.
Present Perfect Tense
Active voice	Passive voice
He has died in the Kitchen	Died has been died by him
She has seen her reflection	Her reflection has been seen by her
Past Perfect Tense
Active voice	Passive voice
He had ordered a cake	A cake had been ordered by him
Future Perfect Tense
Active voice	Passive voice
He will have ordered a cake	A cake will have been ordered by him

 According to active and passive voice rules, the active voice of all perfect continuous tenses are not converted into passive voice.