Active: Do the children play football?

Passive: Is football played by the children? (NOT Do football played by the children?)
Active: Did Alice invite you?
Passive: Were you invited by Alice? (NOT Did you invited by Alice?)

Note:

As you may have noticed, the auxiliaries do, does and did are not used in the passive.

Active: Have you finished the work?

Passive: Has the work been finished by you?

Notes: The auxiliaries has, have and had are used in the passive, but they change their form
according to the number and person of the passive subject.

Active: Can anyone cure it?

Passive: Can it be cured?
Active: Will he accept our invitation?
Passive: Will our invitation be accepted by him?

Note:

The auxiliaries can, may, will and shall do not change their beginning position when active
voice is changed into the passive voice.

Active: Whom did you laugh at?

Passive: Who was laughed at by you?

Active: Who killed the snake?

Passive: By whom was the snake killed?

Note:

Who changes to by whom in the passive; (by) whom changes to who in the passive.

Active: Why did he punish you?

Passive: Why were you punished by him?

Notes:
The question words when, where, why, how and what do not change their beginning position
when the sentence is changed from the active to the passive.

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Passive voice of imperative sentences

(command and request)

A sentence which expresses command or request or advice is called imperative sentence.

For example,

Open the door.

Turn off the television.
Learn your lesson.

For changing these sentences in to passive voice, auxiliary verb be is used. The word Let is
added before sentence in passive voice. Auxiliary verb be is added after object in sentence in
passive voice. Main verb (base form) of imperative sentence is changed to 3rd form of verb (past
participle) in passive voice. For best understand read the following examples.

Examples

Passive voice of Imperative Sentences

Active Voice Passive Voice
Open the door. Let the door be opened.
Complete the work. Let the worked be completed.
Turn off the television. Let the television be tuned off.
Learn your lesson. Let your lesson be learnt.
Kill the snake. Let the snake be killed.
Punish him. Let him be punished.
Speak the truth. Let the truth be spoken.
Help the poor. Let the poor be helped.
Revise your book. Let your book be revised.
Clean your room. Let your room be cleaned.
ASSIVE VOICE FOR ALL TENSES RULES

The places of subject and object in sentence are inter-changed in passive voice.
3rd form of verb (past participle) will be used only (as main verb) in passive voice.
Auxiliary verbs for each tense are given below in the table.

Present Simple Tense (passive Voice)

Auxiliary verb in passive voice: am/is/are
Passive voice:
Active voice:
A song is sung by him.
He sings a song.
A song is not sung by him.
He does not sing a song. Does he sing a song?
Is a song sung by him?

Present Continuous Tense (passive Voice)

Auxiliary verb in passive voice: am being/is being/are being
Active voice: Passive voice:
I am writing a letter A letter is being written by me.
I am not writing a letter. A letter is not being written by me.
Am I writing a letter? Is a letter being written by me?

Present Perfect Tense (passive Voice)

Auxiliary verb in passive voice: has been/have been
Active voice: Passive voice:
She has finished his work Her work has been finished by her.
She has not finished her work. Her work has not been finished by her.
Has she finished her work? Has her work been finished by her?

Past Simple Tense (passive Voice)

Auxiliary verb in passive voice: was/were
Active voice: Passive voice:
I killed a snake A snake was killed by me.
I did not kill a snake. A snake was not killed by me.
Did I kill a snake? Was a snake killed by me?

Past Continuous Tense (Passive Voice)

Auxiliary verb in passive voice: was being/were being
Active voice: Passive voice:
He was driving a car. A car was being driven by him.
He was not driving a car. A car was not being driven by him.
Was he driving a car? Was a car being driven by him?
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Past Perfect Tense (Passive Voice)
Auxiliary verb in passive voice: had been
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 (Passive Voice)

Auxiliary verb in passive voice: will be
Active voice: Passive voice:
She will buy a car. A car will be bought by her.
She will not buy a car. A car will not be bought by her.
Will she buy a car? Will a car be bought by her?

Future Perfect Tense (passive Voice)

Auxiliary verb in passive voice: will have been
Active voice: Passive voice:
You will have started the job. The job will have been started by you.
You will have not started the job. The job will not have been started by you.
Will you have started the job? Will the job have been started by you?

Note: The following tenses cannot be changed into passive voice.

1. Present perfect continuous tense

2. Past perfect continuous tense
3. Future continuous tense
4. Future perfect continuous tense
5. Sentence having Intransitive verbs
6. Passive voice for Present/Future Modals
CAN, MAY, MIGHT, SHOULD, MUST, OUGHT TO

The places of subject and object in sentence are inter-changed in passive voice.
3rd form of verb (past participle) will be used only (as main verb) in passive voice.
To change sentences having present/future modal into passive voice, auxiliary verb be
is added after modal in sentence.

Passive voice for Present/Future Modals

CAN, MAY, MIGHT, SHOULD, MUST, OUGHT TO

Auxiliary verb in passive voice: be

Active voice: CAN Passive voice: CAN BE
She can play a violin. A violin can be played by her.
She cannot play a violin. A violin cannot be played by her.
Can she play a violin? Can a violin be played by her?
Active voice: MAY Active voice: MAY BE
I may buy the computer. The computer may be bought by me.
I may not buy the computer. The computer may not be bought by me.
May I buy the computer? May the computer be bought by me?
Active voice: MIGHT Active voice: MIGHT BE
Guests might play chess. Chess might be played by guests.
Guests might not play chess. Chess might not be played guests.
Active voice: SHOULD Active voice: SHOULD BE
Students should study all lessons. All lessons should be studied by students.
Students should not study all lessons. All lessons should not be studied by students.
Should students study all lessons? Should all lessons be studied by students?
Active voice: MUST BE
Active voice: MUST
Test-taking strategies must be learnt by you.
You must learn the test-taking strategies.
Test-taking strategies must not be learned by
You must not learn the test-taking strategies.
you.
Active voice: OUGHT TO Active voice: OUGHT TO BE
They ought to take the examination. The examination ought to be taken by them.

Passive voice for Past Modals

MAY HAVE, MIGHT HAVE, SHOULD HAVE, MUST HAVE, OUGHT TO HAVE

The places of subject and object in sentence are inter-changed in passive voice.
3rd form of verb (past participle) will be used only (as main verb) in passive voice.
To change sentences having past modal into passive voice, auxiliary verb been is added
after modal in sentence.

Passive voice for Present/Future Modals

MAY HAVE, MIGHT HAVE, SHOULD HAVE, MUST HAVE, OUGHT HAVE TO

Auxiliary verb in passive voice: been

Active voice: MAY HAVE
You may have availed the opportunity.
You may not have availed the opportunity.
Active voice: MIGHT HAVE
He might have eaten meal.
He might not have eaten meal.
Active voice: SHOULD HAVE
Active voice: MAY HAVE BEEN
The opportunity may have been availed by
you.
The opportunity may not have been availed
by you.
Active voice: MIGHT HAVE BEEN
Meal might have been eaten by him.
Meal might not have been eaten by him.
Active voice: SHOULD HAVE BEEN
You should have studied the book.
You should not have studied the book.
Active voice: MUST HAVE
He must have started job.
He must not have started job.
Active voice: OUGHT TO HAVE
You ought to have helped him.
The book should have been studied by you.
The book should have not been studied by you.
Active voice: MUST HAVE BEEN
Job must have been started by you.
Job must not have been started by you.
Active voice: OUGHT TO HAVE BEEN
He ought to have been helped by you

Changing interrogative sentences into the passive

Read the following sentences.

Did she invite you? (Active Voice)

Were you invited by her? (Passive Voice)
Can anybody cure it? (Active Voice)
Can it be cured (by anybody)? (Passive Voice)
Who broke the window? (Active Voice)
By whom was the window broken? (Passive Voice)
What do you want? (Active Voice)
What is wanted by you? (Passive Voice)
Will you tell me a story? (Active Voice)
Will a story be told to me by you? (Passive Voice)
Have you finished work? (Active Voice)
Has the work been finished by you? (Passive Voice)
When will they announce the results? (Active Voice)
When will the results be announced (by them)? (Passive Voice)

Notes

The verbs do, does or did does not appear in the passive form.

The verbs has, have, had, will, shall, can, may etc., do not change their beginning position
when the active voice is changed to the passive voice.

Have you invited him? (Active Voice)

Has he been invited by you? (Passive Voice)
Will you help you? (Active Voice)
Will I be helped by you? (Passive Voice)

The question words when, where, why, how or what does not change their beginning position
when active voice is changed to the passive voice. Note that who is changed into by whom and
whom into who.
What did he say? (Active Voice)
What was said by him? (Passive Voice)
Whom did you invite? (Active Voice)
Who was invited by you? (Passive Voice)

When the active voice is in the negative, the passive voice takes the following form:

Let not + object + be + past participle

Help me. (Active Voice)

Let me be helped. (Passive Voice)
Do it at once. (Active Voice)
Let it be done at once. (Passive Voice)
Carry it home. (Active Voice)
Let it be carried home. (Passive Voice)
Do not beat the dog. (Active Voice)
Let the dog not be beaten. OR Let not the dog be beaten. (Passive Voice)

Sometimes we want to begin the sentence with you so that the emphasis is on the person
addressed. In such cases, the passive voice takes the following form:

Help me. (Active Voice)

Let me be helped. (Passive Voice)
You are requested to help me. (Passive Voice)
Dont touch it. (Active Voice)
Let it not be touched. (Passive Voice)
You are warned not to touch it. (Passive Voice)

The passive form has to begin with you, when the object of the verb in the active voice is not
given.

Work hard. (No object) (Active Voice)

You are requested to work hard. (Passive Voice)
Get out. (No object) (Active Voice)
You are ordered to get out. (Passive Voice)

1. This pot contains water.

2. They built this house in 1990.
3. She laughed at the beggar.
4. We will not help them.
5. The masons are building the house.
6. She has done her work.
7. Have you kept the secret?
8. They sent me a message.
9. He listened to me.
10. Did he stare at you?
Answers

1. Water is contained in this pot.

2. This house was built in 1990 by them.
3. The beggar was laughed at by her.
4. They will not be helped by us.
5. The house is being built by the masons.
6. Her work has been done by her.
7. Has the secret been kept by you?
8. I was sent a message by them. OR A message was sent to me by them.
9. I was listened to me by them.
10. Were you stared at by him?