Active and passive voice | English

• Active voice - Subject + verb + object
• Passive voice - object + be + PPV + by subject
• Tense of both AV and PV are same

• Simple present (AV) - is /am/are +PPV (PV)
• She draws a picture - A picture is drawn by her

• Present continuous(AV) - is /am/are + being +PPV (PV)
• She is drawing a picture - A picture is being drawn by her

• Present perfect(AV) -has/have + been +PPV (PV)
• She has drawn a picture - A picture has been drawn by her

• Simple past (AV) -was/were +PPV (PV)
• She drew a picture - A picture was drawn by her

• Past continuous (AV) -was/were + being +PPV (PV)
• She was drawing a picture - A picture was being drawn by her

• Past perfect(AV) -had + been +PPV (PV)
• She had drawn a picture - A picture had been drawn by her

• Simple future (AV) -will/shall + be +PPV (PV)
• She will draw a picture - A picture will be drawn by her

• Future perfect(AV) -will/shall + have + been +PPV (PV)
• She will have drawn a picture - A picture will have been drawn by her

• Only 8 tense forms have passive voice

Questions
1.'Punish him' change into passive voice -
Let him be punished.(Caretaker Male 2018)

2.“They have built a bridge”  - 
A bridge has been built by them (Beat Forest Officer 2018)

3.Passive voice of “He has drawn two pictures” is - 
Two pictures have been drawn by him (WOMEN POLICE CONSTABLE NCA 2018) 

4.The passive form of “They have done it” is - 
It has been done. (STORE KEEPER-KSFDC 2018)

5.Convert the sentence to its passive form : "He follows me".
I am followed by him (Secretary,Block Panchayat 2018)

6.The passive form of 'Give him a book' - 
Let a book be given to him (Attender Gr.II 2018)

2017
1.The workers built a bridge - 
A bridge was built by the workers. (LDC 2017)

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