Changing Voice, Part 02

◼️Changing Voice of Past Tense

Changing of Voice of Past Indefinite Tense

Structure: 

Subject (Object of active voice becomes subject in passive voice) + was/were + past participle form of verb + by + Object (subject of active voice becomes object in passive voice)

Actlve- I wrote a letter.
Passlve- A letter was written by me.

Active- He caught a bird.
PassiVe- A bird was caught by him.

Active-They competed for the prize.
Passive-The prize was competed for by them.

Active- They did not make him king.
Passive- He was not made king by them.

Active- Did l lose my pen ?
Passive- Was my pen lost (by me) ?

Active- Did they not give me the book ?
Passive- Was not the book given me by them ? 

Active- Who taught you Bangla ?
PassiVe- By whom were you taught Bangla? 

or, By whom was Bangla taught to you ?

Active- Whom did he look for ?
Passive- Who was looked for by him ?

Active- Why did your brother write such a letter ?
Passive- Why was such a letter written by your brother ?

Changing of Voice of Past Continuous Tense

☑️ Structure: 

Subject (Object of active voice becomes subject in passive voice) + was/were + being + past participle form of verb + by + Object (subject of active voice becomes object in passive voice)

Active- They were making him a prisoner.
Passive- He was being made a prisoner by them.

Active- The boys were not playing cards.
Passive- Cards were not being played by the boys.

Active- Was Karim flying a kite ?
Passive Was a kite being flown by Kanm ?

Actie- Were they putting the things right ?
Passive- Were the things being put right by them '?

Changing of Voice of Past Perfect Tense

☑️ Structure: 

Subject (Object of active voice becomes subject in passive voice) + had been + past participle form of verb + by + Object (subject of active voice becomes object in passive voice)

Active- He had sold milk.
Passive- Milk had been sold by him.

Active- They had not done the work.
Passive- The work had not been done by them.

Active- Had the thieves taken away everything ?
Passive- Had everything been taken away by the thieves ?

Active- Had l not worked out the sum ?
Passive- Had not the sum been worked out by me ?

Changing of Voice of Past Perfect Continuous Tense

🔷 Structure: Subject (Object of active voice becomes subject in passive voice) + had been being + past participle form of verb + by + Object (subject of active voice becomes object in passive voice)

Active- l had been doing the work for four days.
Passive- The work had been being done by me for four days.

Active- They had been writing some letters.
Passive- Some letters had been being written by them.

◼️Changing of Voice of Future Tense

Changing of Voice of Future Indefinite Tense

☑️Structure: Subject (Object of active voice becomes subject in passive voice) + will/shall+ be + past participle form of verb + by + Object (subject of active voice becomes object in passive voice)

Active- Will they not catch the
Passive- Will not the fish be caught by them ?

Changing of Voice of Future Continuous Tense

☑️Structure: 

Subject (Object of active voice becomes subject in passive voice) + will be/shall be + being + past participle form of verb + by + Object (subject of active voice becomes object in passive voice)

Active- He will be selling milk.
Passive- Milk will be being sold by him. 

Active- I shall not be doing this task
Passive- This task will not be being done by me.

Active- Will they be flying a kite ?
Passive- Will a kite be being flown by them ? 

Active-Will not the teacher be teaching the student ?
Passive- Will not the student be being taught by the teacher ?

Changing of Voice of Future Perfect Tense

☑️Structure: 

Subject (Object of active voice becomes subject in passive voice) + will/shall + have been + past participle form of verb + by + Object (subject of active voice becomes object in passive voice)

Active- He will have sold milk by this time .
Passive- Milk will have been sold by this time by him.