WHAT ARE THE RULES OF ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE
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What are the rules for active and passive voice? Probably you are searching for it. Here in this section, we will define them. Defining the different aspects of active voice and passive voice, now we will define each passive tenses, separately. We will define the Simple, Continues, and Perfect passive voice separately. As you have already clear about Active and Passive voice in our previous article. If you missed it, you can read it here. through this link. Difference between Active and Passive Voice. Here in this article, we will only talk about the Rules for active and passive voice tenses in detail. Now let,s begin it.
What is a Simple Passive Tense?
There is a difference between active and passive. Following Examples should be kept in mind for active and passive voice
- In all active voice tense, we familiar with the subject of the sentence.
- Actually, in the active voice tense subject do something.
- On the other hand under the Passive form subject is unknown to us.
- We do not know about the subject.
- Let,s suppose in some cases we have knowledge about the subject in the passive voice.
- But again in passive form subject does not do anything.
- There is something is done upon the subject of the sentence.
EXAMPLES OF ACTIVE VOICE
| Sr# | Examples | Types of Tense |
| 1 | They go to school (Positive form) They do not go to school (Negative form) Do They go to school (Interrogative) Do they not go to school (Negative plus Interrogative) |
Present Indefinite |
| 2 | He is eating (Positive form) He is not eating. (Negative form)Is he eating? (Interrogative)Is he not eating? (Negative plus Interrogative) | Present continues Tense |
| 3 | They have gone to college (Positive form) They have not gone to college. (Negative form) Have they gone to college? (Interrogative) Have they not gone to college? (Negative plus Interrogative) |
Present Perfect Tense |
| 4 | I have been reading a book for an hour (Positive form) They have not been eating since Friday. (Negative form) Have they been going to the hospital since Monday? (Interrogative) Have they not been reading this book since 4 o clock? (Negative plus Interrogative) |
Present Perfect Continues |
There are different rules of passive voice in English grammar. Remember in passive voice there is no place for Present Perfect Continues Tense. We have only Indefinite, Continues, and Perfect Tense. We exclude the present perfect continuous tense from passive voice. It is the rule of thumb. Always remember. Now, we will take a deep look into different passive voice tense. Let,s start our journey.
Passive Voice Vs Active Voice
| Sr# | Active voice (indefinite) Use helping verb such as (do and does + first form of the verb) | Passive Voice (Indefinite) Use helping verb such as (Is, are, and am + third form of the verb) |
| 1 | They eat fruit | Fruit is eaten |
| 2 | They do not see the sun at night? | The Sun is not seen at night |
| 3 | Do they eat apples? | Are the apples eaten? |
NOTE: As you noticed in the above example,
- we use the helping verb is, are in passive voice indefinite tense instead for using the helping verbs such as do and does.
- You also noticed, In Passive voice tense Something is done on the subject, i.e Apples, sun, and Fruit.
- While in the Active voice subject do something such (They). So keep in mind these rules in Passive voice tense we only use
- The third form of the verbs + helping verb IS, ARE, AND AM
You can also read to fully understand the.
(Present Indefinite Tense, Active Voice)
PASSIVE VOICE (CONTINUES TENSE)
| Sr# | Active voice (Continues) Use helping verb such as (IS ARE and am + first form + ing with the first form) | Passive Voice (Continues) Use helping verb such as (Is, are, and am + third form of the verb) |
| 1 | They are doing their work | They are being done their work |
| 2 | He is not going to school | He is not being gone to school |
| 3 | They are boiling the eggs. | The eggs are being boiled |
NOTE: Hopefully we noticed the following rules of active and passive voice
- In passive voice ( Continues Tense) use Being + Third form of the verb
- While in a simple active voice we use, is, are, and am + first form with the addition ing.
- You can also read to fully understand the
( Present continues Tense, Active voice)
PASSIVE VOICE (PERFECT TENSE)
| Sr# | Active voice (Perfect Tense) Use helping verb such as (Has & Have + third forms + ing with the first form) | Passive Voice (Perfect Tense) Use helping verb such as (has been, and have been + third form of the verb) |
| 1 | They have punished | They have been punished |
| 2 | New Clothes has stolen | New clothes have been stolen |
| 3 | Your result has declared | Your result has been declared |
NOTE: In the above table we use the following rules of active and passive voice. In passive voice we use
- We will use have been and has been + third form while in the active voice, we will use has and have with the third form of the verb.
To understand deeply about Perfect Tense you read this article.
Conclusion
To sum up our discussion we have learned about the active and passive tense. We make a clear difference between them. So before writing anything in English, always keep in mind these rules of active and passive voice. Ignoring these rules your sentence structure does not look beautiful. If you have any misunderstanding you should read this article again and again. You can also contact me through the comment box.
