Active Voice – In sentences written in the active voice, the subject takes part in the action.

Passive Voice– in passive voice sentences, the subject is the recipient of the action.

Active and Passive Voice Rules for All Tenses

Here, we are listing out the Active and Passive Voice Rules for all tenses.
You will come to know how an auxiliary verb is used to change a sentence
from Active to Passive voice.

Active and Passive Voice Rules for Present Simple Tense

Here in this table, we are elaborating Rules of Active and Passive Voice with
examples for Present Simple.

Passive Voice
Active Voice
(Auxiliary Verb – is/am/are)

Subject + V1+s/es+ object Object+ is/am/are+ V3+ by + subject

Object + is/am/are+ not + V3+ by

Subject + Do/does+ not + V1 + Object
Subject

Does+ Subject+ V1+Object+? Is/am/are + Object+ V3+ by subject +?

Active and Passive Voice Example with Answers of Present Simple

Tense
Active: He reads a novel.
Passive: A novel is read./ a novel is read by him.
Active: He does not cook food.
Passive: Food is not cooked by him.

Active: Does he purchase books?

Passive: Are books purchased by him?
Active and Passive Voice Rules for Present Continuous Tense

Below we will explain the Rules of Active and Passive Voice with examples
for Present Continuous tense.

Passive Voice
Active Voice
(Auxiliary Verb- is/am/are + being)

Object+ is/am/are+ being+ V3+ by +

Subject + is/am/are+ v1+ ing + object
subject

Subject + is/am/are+ not+ v1+ ing+ Object + is/am/are+ not + being+V3+ by

object Subject

Is/am/are+ subject+v1+ing + object+? Is/am/are + Object+ V3+ by subject +?

Active and Passive Voice Exercises of Present Continuous Tense

Active: Esha is singing a song.
Passive: A song is being sung by Esha.
Active: Kritika is not chopping vegetables.
Passive: Vegetables are not being chopped by Kritika.
Active: Is Ritika buying a table?
Passive: Is a table being bought by Ritika?
Active and Passive Voice Rules for Present Perfect Tense

You can understand passive voice for present perfect tense from the list
which are given below.

Passive Voice
Active Voice
(Auxiliary Verb- has/have +been)

Subject + has/have+ v3+ object Object+ has/have+ been+ V3+ by +

 subject

Object + has/have+ not + been+V3+ by

Subject + has/have+ not+ v3+ object
Subject

Has/Have + Object+ been+V3+ by

Has/have+ subject+ v3 + object+?
subject +?

Active and Passive Voice Example with Answers of Present Perfect

Tense
Active: Nitesh has challenged her.
Passive: She has been challenged by Nitesh.
Active: Radhika has not written an article.
Passive: An article has not been written by Radhika.
Active: Have they left the apartment?
Passive: Has apartment been left by them?

Active and Passive Voice Rules for Past Simple Tense

Here in the below table, you can check Active and Passive Voice Rules for
past simple tense.

Passive Voice
Active Voice
(Auxiliary Verb- was/were)

Subject + V2+ object Object+ was/were V3+ by + subject

Subject +did+ not+v1+ object Object + was/were+ not +V3+ by Subject

Did+ subject+V1+ object+? Was/were + Object+ V3+ by subject +?

Active and Passive Voice Exercises of Past Simple Tense
Active: Reema cleaned the floor.
Passive: The floor was cleaned by Reema.
Active: Aisha bought a bicycle.
Passive: A bicycle was bought by Aisha.
Active: Naman called my friends.
Passive: My friends were called by Naman.

Active and Passive Voice Rules for Past Continuous Tense

We can easily convert sentences from Active to Passive Voice according to

given rules below.

Passive Voice
Active Voice
(Auxiliary Verb- was/were + being)

Object+ was/were +being+V3+ by +

Subject + was/were + v1+ing+ object.
subject

Object + was/were+ not +being+V3+ by

Subject +was/were+ not+v1+ing + object
Subject

Was/were + Object+ being+v3+ by+

Was/were+ Subject + V1+ing + object+?
subject+?

Active and Passive Voice Examples with Answers of Past Continuous

Tense
Active: Nitika was painting the wall.
Passive: The wall was being painted by Nitika.
Active: Manish was repairing the car.
Passive: The car was being repaired by Manish.
Active: Were you reciting the poem?
Passive: Was the poem being recited?
Active and Passive Voice Rules for Past Perfect Tense

There are certain Active and Passive Voice Rules for Past perfect tense, with
these only you can convert any sentence in Passive Voice.

Passive Voice
Active Voice
(Auxiliary Verb- had +been)

Subject + had + v3+ object. Object+ had+been +V3+ by + subject

Object + had+ not +been+V3+ by

Subject +had+ not+v3+ object
Subject

Had+ Subject + V3+ object+? Had + Object+ been+v3+ by+ subject+?

Active and Passive Voice Exercises of Past Perfect Tense

Active: Misha had cleaned the floor.
Passive: The floor had been cleaned by Misha.
Active: Vidhi had not received the parcel.
Passive: The parcel had not been received by Vidhi.
Active: Vishal had solved the doubt.
Passive: The doubt had been solved.
Active and Passive Voice Rules for Future Simple Tense

You can check Active Voice and Passive Voice Rules chart for future simple
tense.
 Passive Voice
Active Voice
(Auxiliary Verb- will+ be)

Subject + will+ v1+ object. Object+ will+ be +V3+ by + subject

Subject +will + not+ V1+object Object + will+ not +be+V3+ by Subject

Will+ Subject + V1+ object+? Will + Object+ be +v3+ by+ subject+?

We can better understand Rules of Active and Passive Voice with examples
for future simple tense.

Active and Passive Voice Examples with Answers of Future Simple

Tense
Active: Kriya will sew the bag.
Passive: The bag will be sewed by Kriya.
Active: Disha will not arrange the things.
Passive: The things will not be arranged by Disha.
Active: Will you mop the floor?
Passive: Will the floor be mopped by you?
Active and Passive Voice Rules for Future Perfect Tense

Here, we are sharing the Active Voice and Passive Voice Rules chart for
future perfect tense.

Active Voice Passive Voice

Object+ will+ have+ been +V3+ by +

Subject + will+ have +v3+ object.
subject

Subject + will+ have +not+v3+ object. Object + will+ have +not+been+v3+

 subject

Will + object+have+been+v3+by
Will+ Subject+have+v3+ object+?
+subject+?

Active and Passive Voice Exercises of Future Perfect Tense

Active: They will have brought the toy.
Passive: The toy will have been brought by them.
Active: Nimesh will not have changed the table cover.
Passive: The table cover will not have been changed by Nimesh.
Active: Vijay will have washed a shirt.
Passive: A shirt will have been washed by Vijay.

There is no Passive Voice formation for these tenses-

1.) Present Perfect Continuous Tense

2.) Past Perfect Continuous Tense

3.) Future Perfect Continuous Tense

4.) Future Continuous Tense