PASSIVE INTO ACTIVE VOICE - FUTURE TENSES

ACTIVE & PASSIVE VOICE

(FUTURE TENSES)

Change the following sentences into active voice. (Future Tenses)
(i) A letter will be written by him.
Active Voice: He will write a letter.
(ii) The room will be cleaned by Najma.
Active Voice: Najma will clean the room.
(iii) It will be soon forgotten by people.
Active Voice: People will soon forget it.
(iv) You will be given a box of chocolates by him.
Active Voice: He will give you a box of chocolates.
(v) I shall be helped by her. 
Active Voice: She will help me.
(vi) By whom will you be opposed?
Active Voice: Who will oppose you?
(vii) The snake will have been killed by us. 
Active Voice: We shall have killed the snake.
(viii) Our work will have been finished by us by March next.
Active Voice: We shall have finished our work by March next.
(ix) Their house will have been sold by them.
Active Voice: They will have sold their house.
(x) Will the train have been caught by them?
Active Voice: Will they have caught the train?

Notes Prepared By: Prof. Shahbaz Asghar

PASSIVE INTO ACTIVE VOICE - PAST TENSES

ACTIVE & PASSIVE VOICE 

(PAST TENSES)

Change the following sentences into active voice. (Past Tenses)
(i) The watch was lost by my mother.
Active Voice: My mother lost the watch.
(ii) An essay was written by him. 
Active Voice: He wrote an essay.
(iii) Penicillin was discovered by Alexander Fleming. 
Active Voice: Alexander Fleming discovered Penicillin.
(iv) The burglar was arrested by the police. 
Active Voice: The police arrested the burglar.
(v) Was the bell rung by a boy?
Active Voice: Did a boy ring the bell?
(vi) By whom was this letter written?
Active Voice: Who wrote this letter?
(vii) Why was such a letter written by your brother?
Active Voice: Why did your brother write such a letter?
(viii) Football was being played by them.
Active Voice: They were playing football.
(ix) The students were being taught by her.
Active Voice: She was teaching the students.
(x) My purse had been stolen by somebody.
Active Voice: Somebody had stolen by purse.

Notes Prepared By: Prof. Shahbaz Asghar

PASSIVE INTO ACTIVE VOICE - PRESENT TENSES

ACTIVE & PASSIVE VOICE

(PRESENT TENSES)

 Change the following sentences into active voice. (Present Tenses)
(i) The picture is made by the boy.
Active Voice: The boy makes the picture.
(ii) The children are loved by the mother.
Active Voice: The mother loves the children.
(iii) Grammar is taught to us by Mr. Ahmad.
Active Voice: Mr. Ahmad teaches us grammar.
(iv) Let the oranges be eaten.
Active Voice: Eat the oranges.
(v) The thief is being caught by the police.
Active Voice: The police is catching the thief.
(vi) He is being deceived by his own friends.
Active Voice: His own friends are deceiving him.
(vii) Bananas are being eaten by the child.
Active Voice: The child is eating bananas.
(viii)  A car has been bought by him. 
Active Voice: He has bought a car.
(ix) The job has been finished by me.
Active Voice: I have finished the job.
(x) By whom have eggs been boiled?
Active Voice: Who has boiled eggs?

Notes Prepared By: Prof. Shahbaz Asghar

ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE - PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE

ACTIVE & PASSIVE VOICE

(PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE)

Change the following sentences into passive voice. (Past Continuous Tense)
(i) She was teaching the students. 
Passive Voice: The students were being taught by her.
(ii) You were telling a story.
Passive Voice: A story was being told by you.
(iii) They were saying their prayers. 
Passive Voice: Their prayers were being said by them.
(iv) The teacher was helping the students.
Passive Voice: The students were being helped by the teacher.
(v) Children were making a noise.
Passive Voice: A noise was being made by children.
(vi) They were not making false promises.
Passive Voice: False promises were not being made by them.
(vii) How was he making a picture?
Passive Voice: How was a picture being made by him?
(viii) Why were they beating the boy?
Passive Voice: Why was the boy being beaten by them?
(ix) Who was knocking at the door?
Passive Voice: By whom was the door being knocked at?
(x) Who was asking about you?
Passive Voice: By whom were you being asked about?

Notes Prepared By: Prof. Shahbaz Asghar

ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE - PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE II

ACTIVE & PASSIVE VOICE

(PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE II)

Change the following sentences into passive voice. (Present Continuous Tense)
(i)  I am not wasting time. 
Passive Voice: Time is not being wasted by me.
(ii) He is not carrying bricks to the roof. 
Passive Voice: Brick are not being carried to the roof by him.
(iii) She is not telling a lie. 
Passive Voice: A lie is not being told by her.
(iv) They are not doing their homework.
Passive Voice: Their homework is not being done by them.
(v) Are you listening the news?
Passive Voice: Is the news being listened by you?
(vi) Are they opening the gifts?
Passive Voice: Are the gifts being opened by them?
(vii) Why is he mending the chair?
Passive Voice: Why is the chair being mended by him?
(viii) Why is he not learning his lessons?
Passive Voice: Why are his lessons not being learnt by him?
(ix) Who is ringing the bell?
Passive Voice: By whom is the bell being rung?
(x) Who is asking questions?
Passive Voice: By whom are questions being asked?

Notes Prepared By: Prof. Shahbaz Asghar

ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE - PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE

ACTIVE & PASSIVE VOICE

(PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE I)

Change the following sentences into passive voice. (Present Continuous Tense)
(i) I am making the map of Pakistan.
Passive Voice: The map of Pakistan is being made by me.
(ii) I am waiting for him. 
Passive Voice: He is being waited for by me.
(iii) I am looking for my watch. 
Passive Voice: My watch is being looked for by me.
(iv) We are printing a new book.
Passive Voice: A new book is being printed by us.
(v) He is abusing me for nothing.
Passive Voice: I am being abused by him for nothing.
(vi) They are buying this house.
Passive Voice: This house is being bought by them.
(vii) They are buying new clothes. 
Passive Voice: New clothes are being bought by them.
(viii) The boy is climbing the wall.
Passive Voice: The wall is being climbed by the boy.
(ix) The mason is building the wall.
Passive Voice: The wall is being built by the mason.
(x) The milkman is milking the cow.
Passive Voice: The cow is being milked by the milkman.

Notes Prepared By: Prof. Shahbaz Asghar

ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE - FUTURE PERFECT TENSE

ACTIVE & PASSIVE VOICE 

(FUTURE PERFECT TENSE)

Change the following sentences into passive voice. (Future Perfect Tense)
(i) We shall have killed the snake. 
Passive Voice: The snake will have been killed by us.
(ii) He will have read this book.
Passive Voice: This book will have been read by him.
(iii) We shall have finished our work by March next.
Passive Voice: Our work will have been finished by us by March next.
(iv) They will have sold their house.
Passive Voice: Their house will have been sold by them.
(v) Children will have eaten sweets.
Passive Voice: Sweets will have been eaten by children.
(vi) They will have elected him their leader.
Passive Voice: He will have been elected their leader by them.
(vii) They will not have surrendered the enemy. 
Passive Voice: The enemy will not have been surrendered by them.
(viii) Will they have caught the train?
Passive Voice: Will the train have been caught by them?
(ix) Will she has forgiven him?
Passive Voice: Will he have been forgiven by her?
(x) Who will have paid the bill?
Passive Voice: By whom will the bill have been paid?

Notes Prepared By: Prof. Shahbaz Asghar