Active & Passive Voice
Whenthe form of verb shows that the person denoted by the subject does something,it is called active voice.
e.g:Rama helps Hari. Verb helps is in active form.
When theform of verb shows that something is done, it is called passive voice.
e.g.:Hari is helped by Rama. Verb is helped is in passive form.
Passivevoice is formed with the suitable tense of the verb be followed by thepast participle.
Studythe following table:
Tense Activevoice PassiveVoice
SimplePresent give,gives. am/is/aregiven.
Present Continuous am/is/aregiving. am being/isbeing/are
being given.
Present Perfect has/havegiven. has/havebeen given
Simple Past gave. was/weregiven.
Past Continuous was/weregiving. was being/were
being given.
Past Perfect hadgiven. Had been given.
Simple future willgive. willbe given.
Can/may/must give can/may/mustbe
given.