1. ACTIVE &
PASSIVE VOICE

2. ACTIVE VOICE
 A sentence which begins with the person or
thing that does the action.
1. Faizal helps Voon Teck
2. Yee Ann invented the space ship.
3. Tan Xin Yi completed the exercise.
4. Peter has built a house.

3. PASSIVE VOICE
 A sentence which begins with the person or
thing that receives the action.
1. Voon Teck is helped by Faizal.
2. The space ship was invented by Yee
Ann.
3. The exercise was completed by Tan Xin
Yi.

4. HOW
Active: Peter builds a house
Passive: A house is built by Peter
Verb “to be” + past participle + by

5. FORMULA
 Simple Present : is / am/ are + past participle
 Simple Past : was/were + past participle
 Present Continuous: is/am/are+ being+past
participle
 Past Continuous: was/were + being+past
participle

6. MORE EXAMPLES
Active: Chun Hong understands spanish.
Passive: Spanish is understood by Chun
Hong.
Active: Julian invented the blue jeans.
Passive : The blue jeans was invented by
Julian.

7. MORE EXAMPLES
Active: Denny is driving the sport car.
Passive: The sport car is being driven by
Denny.
Active: Yien Keat was driving the big car.
Passive : The big car was being driven by
Yien Keat.

8. SUMMARY
Tense Active Passive
Simple Present Peter builds a house. A house is built by
Peter
Simple Past Peter built a house. A house was built by
Peter.
Present Continuous Peter is building a A house is being built
house. by Peter.
Past Continuous Peter was building a A house was being
house. built by Peter.

9. EXERCISES
 My friend bought a new car.
 John cleaned the bathroom.
 The teacher closes the window.
 The electricians test the fire alarm.
 Our dog is biting the cat.
 The mechanic was repairing the cars.

10. Put the verbs in brackets into the
Present Continuous (passive form)
 The sand castles ___ ___ ___ (build) by
the children on the beach.
 The room__ __ __ (clean) by us now.
 The gate __ __ __ (lock) by the watchman.
 Some chicken bones __ __ __ (put) into the
soup now.
 The bicycle __ __ __ (ride) by my younger
brother.

11. Put the verbs in brackets into the Past
Continuous (passive form)
 The rubbish ___ ___ ___ (collect) by them.
 Basketball__ __ __ (play) by the boys all
yesterday evening.
 Mother __ __ __ (help) by us all last Sunday.
 The road __ __ ___ (repair) by the men all
last week.
 A blue shirt __ __ __ (wear) when I saw him.

12. Put the verbs in bracket into the simple
present tense (passive form).
 A ruler __ __ (make) of wood.
 Eggs __ __ (sell) at the market.
 Oil ___ __ (use) for cooking.
 Rice ___ __ (eat) in Asian Countries.
 The gate ___ ___ (lock) every night.
 My car ___ __(wash) every week.

13. Put the verbs in bracket into the simple
past tense (passive form).
 That house __ __ (built) ten years ago.
 Those boxes __ __ (stolen) last night.
 I ___ __ (born) on 9th April 2009.
 She ___ __ (drown) in the lake yesterday.
 The chickens ___ ___ (feed) last evening.
 Two children ___ __(kill) in the accident.

14. HAPPY ANSWERING ACTIVE
PASSIVE IN EXAMS