Got a Problem With Passive Voice? These 7 Sentences Will Help In the active voice your sentences usually follow this formula:
Subject + verb + object
For example: I clean my room every day. –> I (subject) + clean (verb) + my room (object) everyday.
To rewrite the sentence in the passive voice, you must make the object of this sentence the subject of the new sentence. The verb in a passive voice sentence is made up of an inflected form of to be and a past participle.
For example: My room is cleaned every day. –> My room (subject) + is (verb to be) + cleaned (past participle) every day.
Now let’s see how other tenses in English work in the passive voice. :)
1. Present Simple Active Voice
I clean my room every day.
I = subject
clean = verb
my room = object
1. Present Simple Passive Voice
My room is cleaned every day.
My room = subject
is = verb to be (present tense)
cleaned = verb past participle
2. Past Simple Active Voice
I cleaned my room yesterday.
I = subject
cleaned = verb (past tense)
my room = object
2. Past Simple Passive Voice
My room was cleaned yesterday.
My room = subject
was = verb to be (past tense)
cleaned = past participle
3. Present Perfect Active Voice
I have cleaned my room this morning.
I = subject
have cleaned = verb (present perfect tense)
my room = object
3. Present Perfect Passive Voice
My room has been cleaned this morning
My room = subject
has been = verb to be (present perfect tense)
cleaned = past participle
4. Present Continuous Passive Voice
My room is being cleaned now.
My room = subject
is being = verb to be (present continuous tense)
cleaned = past participle
5. Past Continuous Active Voice
I was cleaning my room yesterday.
I = subject
was cleaning = verb (past continuous tense)
my room = object
5. Past Continuous Passive Voice
My room was being cleaned yesterday.
My room = subject
was being = verb to be (past continuous tense)
cleaned = past participle
6. Future Simple Active Voice
I will clean my room tomorrow.
I = subject
will clean = verb (future simple tense)
my room = object
6. Future Simple Passive Voice
My room will be cleaned tomorrow.
My room = subject
will be = verb to be (future simple tense)
cleaned = past participle
7. Future (Going to) Active Voice
I am going to clean my room this weekend.
I = subject
am going = verb
to clean = infinitive
my room = object
7. Future + Going to Passive Voice
My room is going to be cleaned this weekend.
My room = subject
is going = verb
to be = verb to be (infinitive)
cleaned = past participle
