ACTIVE & PASSIVE VOICE

ACTIVE VOICE

A sentence which begins with the person or thing that does the action. 1. Faizal helps Voon Teck 2. Yee Ann invented the space ship. 3. Tan Xin Yi completed the exercise. 4. Peter has built a house.

PASSIVE VOICE

A sentence which begins with the person or thing that receives the action. 1. Voon Teck is helped by Faizal. 2. The space ship was invented by Yee Ann. 3. The exercise was completed by Tan Xin Yi.

HOW
Active:

Peter builds a house

Passive:

A house is built by Peter

Verb to be + past participle + by

FORMULA

Simple Present : is / am/ are + past participle

Simple Past : was/were + past participle

Present Continuous: is/am/are+ being+past participle Past Continuous: was/were + being+past participle

MORE EXAMPLES
Active: Chun Hong understands spanish. Passive: Spanish is understood by Chun Hong. Active: Julian invented the blue jeans. Passive : The blue jeans was invented by Julian.

MORE EXAMPLES
Active: Denny is driving the sport car. Passive: The sport car is being driven by Denny. Active: Yien Keat was driving the big car. Passive : The big car was being driven by Yien Keat.

SUMMARY
Tense
Simple Present

Active
Peter builds a house.

Passive
A house is built by Peter

Simple Past
Present Continuous Past Continuous

Peter built a house.

Peter is building a house. Peter was building a house.

A house was built by Peter.

A house is being built by Peter. A house was being built by Peter.

EXERCISES

My friend bought a new car. John cleaned the bathroom. The teacher closes the window. The electricians test the fire alarm. Our dog is biting the cat. The mechanic was repairing the cars.

Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Continuous (passive form)

The sand castles ___ ___ ___ (build) by the children on the beach. The room__ __ __ (clean) by us now. The gate __ __ __ (lock) by the watchman. Some chicken bones __ __ __ (put) into the soup now. The bicycle __ __ __ (ride) by my younger brother.

Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Continuous (passive form)

The rubbish ___ ___ ___ (collect) by them. Basketball__ __ __ (play) by the boys all yesterday evening. Mother __ __ __ (help) by us all last Sunday. The road __ __ ___ (repair) by the men all last week. A blue shirt __ __ __ (wear) when I saw him.

Put the verbs in bracket into the simple present tense (passive form).

A ruler __ __ (make) of wood. Eggs __ __ (sell) at the market. Oil ___ __ (use) for cooking. Rice ___ __ (eat) in Asian Countries. The gate ___ ___ (lock) every night. My car ___ __(wash) every week.

Put the verbs in bracket into the simple past tense (passive form).

That house __ __ (built) ten years ago. Those boxes __ __ (stolen) last night. I ___ __ (born) on 9th April 2009. She ___ __ (drown) in the lake yesterday. The chickens ___ ___ (feed) last evening. Two children ___ __(kill) in the accident.

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