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Initially, this post includes a description of Active and Passive Voice (Past Simple/Past Indefinite Tense) additionally it also discusses the active voice and passive voice rules and examples.
Table of Contents
In this blog post, you will learn the following:
- What is Active Voice?
- What is Passive Voice?
- Rules for Active and Passive Voice
- Structure of Active and Passive Voice of Past Tense
- Rules for Making Passive Voice of Past Tense
- Examples of Passive Voice of Past Tense
Active and Passive Voice:
What is Active Voice?
Active Voice:
Accordingly, It tells about what a person/thing does, the subject performs the action (verb) on the object generally.
What is Passive Voice?
Passive Voice:
Basically, It tells us what is being done to something/someone, and the subject is acted upon generally.
Rules and Structure for Making Passive Voice of Past Tense:
Past Simple / Indefinite Tense
Active Voice Structure: S + 2nd Form of Verb + O
Example: Asad drank clean water.
Passive Voice Structure: S(O) + was/were + 3rd Form of Verb + By + O(S)
Example:Â Clean water was drunk by Asad.
Past Continuous / Progressive Tense
Active Voice Structure: S + was/were + 1st Form of Verb + ing + O
Active Voice Example:Â Asad was drinking clean water.
Passive Voice Structure: S(O) + was/were+ being + 3rd Form of Verb + By + O(S)
Passive Voice Example:Â Clean water was being drunk by Asad.
Past Perfect Tense
Active Voice Structure: S + had + 3rd Form of Verb + O
Active Voice Example: Asad had drunk clean water.
Passive Voice Structure: S(O) + had + been + 3rd Form of Verb + By + O(S)
Passive Voice Example: Clean water had been drunk by Asad.
As a matter of fact, Past Perfect Continuous/Progressive Tense doesn’t have Passive Form.
Examples Past Simple/Indefinite Tense:
- Ali liked mango undoubtedly.. (A.V)
Mango was liked by Ali undoubtedly.. (P.V)
2. Sara did not create problems especially. (A.V)
Problems were not created by Sara especially. (P.V)
3. Did You Slap him earlier? (A.V)
Was he slapped by you earlier? (P.V)
4. Where did he sell clothes emphatically? (A.V)
Where were clothes sold by him emphatically? (P.V)
Examples of Past Continuous Tense
- Ali was eating mango certainly. (A.V)
Mango was being eaten by Ali certainly. (P.V)
2. Sara was not creating problems particularly. (A.V)
Problems were not being created by Sara particularly. (P.V)
3. Were You beating him chiefly? (A.V)
Was he being beaten by you chiefly? (P.V)
4. Where were we selling clothes indeed? (A.V)
Where were clothes being sold by us indeed? (P.V)
Examples of Past Perfect Tense
- Ali had eaten a mango once. (A.V)
Mango had been eaten by Ali once. (P.V)
2. Sara had not created problems significantly. (A.V)
Problems had not been created by Sara significantly. (P.V)
3. Had You beaten him occassionally? (A.V)
Had he been beaten by you occassionally? (P.V)
4. Where had we sold clothes consequently? (A.V)
Where had clothes been sold by us consequently? (P.V)
Frequently Asked Questions
Q1: What is Active Voice?
Ans: Basically, It tells about what a person/thing does, the subject performs the action (verb) on the object.
Q2: What is Passive Voice?
Ans: It tells us what is being done to something/someone, and the subject is acted upon.
Final Words
Hence, this video discusses the concept of active voice and passive voice in detail. So, the active and passive voice sentences of the past tense are being described in this post. As can be seen, the post shared every concept in detail.
Finally, to watch the video lecture of the post, check the video link given below:
