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Passive Voice of Past Indefinite Tense Rule

Rules

Rule of making
Rule of converting
Present
Type of Present Continuous
Continuous
Sentence Tense (Active Voice) to
Tense (Active
Passive Voice
Voice)

Convert Object to
Subject + Verb Subject +Was/Were +
Positive (2nd form) + Verb (3rd form) + By +
Object + (.) Convert Subject to
Object + Remaining + (.)

Convert Object to
Subject + Did +
Subject +Was/Were +
Not + Verb (Ist
Negative Not + Verb (3rd form) +
form) + Object +
By + Convert Subject to
(.)
Object + Remaining + (.)

Interrogative Did + Subject + Was/Were + Convert


Verb (Ist form) + Object to Subject + Verb
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(3rd form) + By +
Object + (?) Convert Subject to
Object + Remaining + (?)

Examples

Active Voice Active Voice Passive Voice Passive Voice

She killed a A snake was


snake. killed by her.

Kirit All seminars


attended all were attended
seminars in by Kirit in
Haridwar. Haridwar.

Was good job


Did he grab
from Rohit
good job
grabbed by
from Rohit? ?
? him?
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Passive Voice of Past Continuous Tense Rule

Rules

Rule of making
Rule of converting
Present
Type of Present Continuous
Continuous
Sentence Tense (Active Voice) to
Tense (Active
Passive Voice
Voice)

Convert Object to Subject


Subject +
+ Was/Were + Being +
Was/Were + Verb
Positive Verb (3rd form) + By +
(Ist form) + Ing +
Convert Subject to Object
Object + (.)
+ Remaining + (.)

Subject + Convert Object to Subject


Was/Were + Not + Was/Were + Not +
Negative + Verb (Ist form) Being + Verb (3rd form)
+ Ing + Object + + By + Convert Subject to
(.) Object + Remaining + (.)

Interrogative Was/Were + Was/Were + Convert


Subject + Verb Object to Subject + Being
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+ Verb (3rd form) + By +


(Ist form) + Ing +
Convert Subject to Object
Object + (?)
+ Remaining + (?)

Examples

Active Passive
Active Voice Passive Voice
Voice Voice

They were Their


giving their declarations
declarations in were being given
court. by them in court.


He was not His mistakes

admitting his were not being

mistakes. admitted by him.

Was the doctor Were patients


serving being served by
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patients? the doctor? ?
?

Passive Voice of Past Perfect Tense Rule

Rules

Rule of making
Rule of converting
Present
Type of Present Continuous
Continuous
Sentence Tense (Active Voice) to
Tense (Active
Passive Voice
Voice)

Convert Object to Subject


Subject + Had + + Had + Been + Verb (3rd
Positive Verb (3rd form) + form) + By + Convert
Object + (.) Subject to Object +
Remaining + (.)

Negative Subject + Had + Convert Object to Subject


Not + Verb (3rd + Had + Not + Been +
form) + Object + Verb (3rd form) + By +
(.) Convert Subject to Object
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+ Remaining + (.)

Had + Convert Object to


Had + Subject + Subject + Been + Verb
Interrogative Verb (3rd form) + (3rd form) + By +
Object + (?) Convert Subject to Object
+ Remaining + (?)

Examples

Passive
Active Voice Active Voice Passive Voice
Voice

The
The environment
Chairman's's had been
entry had completely
completely changed by
changed the the
environment. Chairman's
entry.
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My father had In my family,


not good
established traditions

good had not been

traditions in established

my family. by my father.

Had he Had the truth



spoken the been spoken

truth? by him? ?

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