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Ghulam Mehmood

The document provides rules for changing sentences from active voice to passive voice and examples of converting sentences between the two voices in different tenses. The general rules for passive voice are to change the subject to the object, change the object to the subject, add "by" before the new subject, and use the past participle form of the verb. Tables list personal pronouns and examples show how to convert active voice sentences such as "He sings a song" to the passive voice as "A song is sung by him".

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Active Voice Passive Voice General Rules: ï‚· Change Subject to Object ï‚· Change Object to Subject ï‚· Write by before Object ï‚· Use 3rd form of verb. Table of Personal Pronouns I Me We Us You You He Him She Her It It They Them Present Simple Tense (am/is/are) Present Continuous Tense (am being/is being/are being) Active voice: He sings a song. He does not sing a song. Does he sing a song? Passive voice: A song is sung by him. A song is not sung by him. Is a song sung by him? Active voice: I am writing a letter I am not writing a letter. Am I writing a letter? Passive voice: A letter is being written by me. A letter is not being written by me. Is a letter being written by me? Present Perfect Tense (has been/have been) Past Simple Tense( was/were) Active voice: She has finished his work. She has not finished her work. Has she finished her work? Passive voice: Her work has been finished by her. Her work has not been finished by her. Has her work been finished by her? Active voice: I killed a snake. I did not kill a snake. Did I kill a snake? Passive voice: A snake was killed by me. A snake was not killed by me. Was a snake killed by me? Past Continuous Tense (was being/were being) Past Perfect Tense (had been) Active voice: He was driving a car. He was not driving a car. Was he driving a car? Passive voice: A car was being driven by him. A car was not being driven by him. Was a car being driven by him? Active voice: They had completed the assignment. They had not completed the assignment. Had they completed the assignment? Passive voice: The assignment had been completed by them. The assignment had not been complete by them. Had the assignment been completed by them? Future Simple Tense (will be/shall be) Future Perfect Tense(will have been/shall have been) Active voice: She will buy a car. She will not buy a car. Will she buy a car? Passive voice: A car will be bought by her. A car will not be bought by her. Will a car be bought by her? Active voice: You will have started the job. You will have not started the job. Will you have started the job? Passive voice: The job will have been started by you. The job will not have been started by you. Will the job have been started by you?

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  • 1. Active Voice Passive Voice General Rules: ï‚· Change Subject to Object ï‚· Change Object to Subject ï‚· Write by before Object ï‚· Use 3rd form of verb. Table of Personal Pronouns I Me We Us You You He Him She Her It It They Them Present Simple Tense (am/is/are) Present Continuous Tense (am being/is being/are being) Active voice: He sings a song. He does not sing a song. Does he sing a song? Passive voice: A song is sung by him. A song is not sung by him. Is a song sung by him? Active voice: I am writing a letter I am not writing a letter. Am I writing a letter? Passive voice: A letter is being written by me. A letter is not being written by me. Is a letter being written by me? Present Perfect Tense (has been/have been) Past Simple Tense( was/were) Active voice: She has finished his work. She has not finished her work. Has she finished her work? Passive voice: Her work has been finished by her. Her work has not been finished by her. Has her work been finished by her? Active voice: I killed a snake. I did not kill a snake. Did I kill a snake? Passive voice: A snake was killed by me. A snake was not killed by me. Was a snake killed by me? Past Continuous Tense (was being/were being) Past Perfect Tense (had been) Active voice: He was driving a car. He was not driving a car. Was he driving a car? Passive voice: A car was being driven by him. A car was not being driven by him. Was a car being driven by him? Active voice: They had completed the assignment. They had not completed the assignment. Had they completed the assignment? Passive voice: The assignment had been completed by them. The assignment had not been complete by them. Had the assignment been completed by them? Future Simple Tense (will be/shall be) Future Perfect Tense(will have been/shall have been) Active voice: She will buy a car. She will not buy a car. Will she buy a car? Passive voice: A car will be bought by her. A car will not be bought by her. Will a car be bought by her? Active voice: You will have started the job. You will have not started the job. Will you have started the job? Passive voice: The job will have been started by you. The job will not have been started by you. Will the job have been started by you?