Passive Voice of Perfect Past Tense?- How to Form?
The passive voice of perfect past tense shows the action was done on object. In a passive voice of perfect past tense, to interchange the sentence of active voice into passive voice, the form of ‘have' in past tense that is, ‘had' is used with ‘been' and past participle of a verb.
Making active sentences passive in the past continuous (He was building a house ⇒ A house was being built) exercise 1: rewrite the sentences (past continuous) in passive voice; exercise 2: rewrite the sentences (past continuous) in passive voice; Useful pages. Exercises for practising recognizing active and passive voice. Active & Passive Verb Tenses in English Tense Active Passive Present simple Reporters write news reports News reports are written by reporters Present continuous Michael is baking a brownie A brownie is being baked by Michael. Past simple The company hired new workers last year. New workers were hired by the company last year. Past continuous The salesman was helping the customer when the.
We shall take some sentences of perfect past tense.
- I had drunk water.
- They had completed the work.
Both of the above sentences are in an active voice. Now we shall see the formation.
Active And Passive Voice Of Past Perfect Continuous Tense Formula
Formation of active voice and passive voice in the perfect past tense
Active And Passive Voice Of Past Perfect Continuous Tense Exercises
Active voice
The formation of a sentence in an active voice is-
- Subject + had +past participle of verb + object + remaining words
Passive voice
The formation of a passive sentence in perfect past tense is-
- Object + had + been + past participle of verb+ by + subject
Now we shall see how we can change active sentences into passive.
In the sentence- Mini metro for mac.
- I had drunk water.
Active And Passive Voice Of Past Perfect Continuous Tense Worksheets
Persian nights 2: the moonlight veil for mac. ‘I' subject + had + past participle of ‘drink' + object ‘water'
Now, we have to change this sentence into a passive voice.
According to the formation given above, we can write the passive voice of the above sentence as;
- Water had been drunk by me.
Water (object) + had + been + past participle of ‘drink' + by + me
Example with Three Persons
Active And Passive Voice Of Past Perfect Continuous Tense Exercise
Let's take an example with three persons of singular as well as a plural number in tabular form.
Have a look-
1st person -I | Active Voice | I had finished the work. |
Passive Voice | The work had been finished by me. | |
We | Active Voice | We had finished the work. |
Passive Voice | The work had been finished by us. | |
2nd person -You | Active Voice | You had finished the work. |
Passive Voice | The work had been finished by you. | |
You | Active Voice | You had finished the work |
Passive Voice | The work had been finished by you. | |
3rd person - He | Active Voice | He had finished the work. |
Passive Voice | The work had been finished by him. | |
She | Active Voice | She had finished the work |
Passive Voice | The work had been finished by her. | |
They | Active Voice | They had finished the work. |
Passive Voice | The work had been finished by them. |
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The passive voice of perfect past tense shows the action was done on object. In a passive voice of perfect past tense, to interchange the sentence of active voice into passive voice, the form of ‘have' in past tense that is, ‘had' is used with ‘been' and past participle of a verb.
Making active sentences passive in the past continuous (He was building a house ⇒ A house was being built) exercise 1: rewrite the sentences (past continuous) in passive voice; exercise 2: rewrite the sentences (past continuous) in passive voice; Useful pages. Exercises for practising recognizing active and passive voice. Active & Passive Verb Tenses in English Tense Active Passive Present simple Reporters write news reports News reports are written by reporters Present continuous Michael is baking a brownie A brownie is being baked by Michael. Past simple The company hired new workers last year. New workers were hired by the company last year. Past continuous The salesman was helping the customer when the.
We shall take some sentences of perfect past tense.
- I had drunk water.
- They had completed the work.
Both of the above sentences are in an active voice. Now we shall see the formation.
Active And Passive Voice Of Past Perfect Continuous Tense Formula
Formation of active voice and passive voice in the perfect past tense
Active And Passive Voice Of Past Perfect Continuous Tense Exercises
Active voice
The formation of a sentence in an active voice is-
- Subject + had +past participle of verb + object + remaining words
Passive voice
The formation of a passive sentence in perfect past tense is-
- Object + had + been + past participle of verb+ by + subject
Now we shall see how we can change active sentences into passive.
In the sentence- Mini metro for mac.
- I had drunk water.
Active And Passive Voice Of Past Perfect Continuous Tense Worksheets
Persian nights 2: the moonlight veil for mac. ‘I' subject + had + past participle of ‘drink' + object ‘water'
Now, we have to change this sentence into a passive voice.
According to the formation given above, we can write the passive voice of the above sentence as;
- Water had been drunk by me.
Water (object) + had + been + past participle of ‘drink' + by + me
Example with Three Persons
Active And Passive Voice Of Past Perfect Continuous Tense Exercise
Let's take an example with three persons of singular as well as a plural number in tabular form.
Have a look-
1st person -I | Active Voice | I had finished the work. |
Passive Voice | The work had been finished by me. | |
We | Active Voice | We had finished the work. |
Passive Voice | The work had been finished by us. | |
2nd person -You | Active Voice | You had finished the work. |
Passive Voice | The work had been finished by you. | |
You | Active Voice | You had finished the work |
Passive Voice | The work had been finished by you. | |
3rd person - He | Active Voice | He had finished the work. |
Passive Voice | The work had been finished by him. | |
She | Active Voice | She had finished the work |
Passive Voice | The work had been finished by her. | |
They | Active Voice | They had finished the work. |
Passive Voice | The work had been finished by them. |
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