Passive Voice
The Passive Voice in English
**Basic Structure of Passive Voice:**
- **Form**: be + past participle of the main verb
- **General formula**: Subject + Auxiliary Verb (be) + the 3rd form of the main verb (Past Participle) + by + Agent
**Present Tense**
**Simple Present**
- **Active**: The chef cooks the meal.
- **Passive**: The meal is cooked by the chef.
**Present Continuous**
- **Active**: The chef is cooking the meal.
- **Passive**: The meal is being cooked by the chef.
**Past Tense**
**Simple Past**
- **Active**: The chef cooked the meal.
- **Passive**: The meal was cooked by the chef.
**Past Continuous**
- **Active**: The chef was cooking the meal.
- **Passive**: The meal was being cooked by the chef.
**Future Tense**
**Simple Future**
- **Active**: The chef will cook the meal.
- **Passive**: The meal will be cooked by the chef.
**Perfect Tenses**
**Present Perfect**
- **Active**: The chef has cooked the meal.
- **Passive**: The meal has been cooked by the chef.
**Past Perfect**
- **Active**: The chef had cooked the meal.
- **Passive**: The meal had been cooked by the chef.
**Future Perfect**
- **Active**: The chef will have cooked the meal.
- **Passive**: The meal will have been cooked by the chef.
**Modals**
With modals like can, could, should, etc., the structure also includes the modal verb.
- **Active**: The chef can cook the meal.
- **Passive**: The meal can be cooked by the chef.
**Practice Sentences for Conversion:**
1. **Active**: Researchers are investigating the phenomenon.
- **Passive**: The phenomenon is being investigated by researchers.
2. **Active**: The committee will announce the decision tomorrow.
- **Passive**: The decision will be announced by the committee tomorrow.
3. **Active**: The teacher had corrected the essays by noon.
- **Passive**: The essays had been corrected by the teacher by noon.
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| The essays had been corrected by the teacher by noon. |
Exercise: Transforming Active Sentences into Passive
**Instructions:**
Read the active sentence provided and rewrite it in the passive voice. Remember the basic formula for the passive voice: Subject + Auxiliary Verb (be) + Main Verb (Past Participle) + (by + Agent).
1. **Active**: The company is launching a new product next month.
2. **Active**: The students completed all the exercises before the class ended.
3. **Active**: The chef will prepare a special menu for the event.
4. **Active**: The artist painted a beautiful mural on the wall.
5. **Active**: The gardener is planting new flowers in the garden.
6. **Active**: The teacher corrected the tests by the end of the day.
7. **Active**: Scientists have discovered a new species of butterfly.
8. **Active**: The government will announce the new policy tomorrow.
9. **Active**: The construction workers were repairing the damaged bridge.
10. **Active**: The dog chased the postman down the street.
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