PASSIVE VOICE

STUDY THE FOLLOWING POSSIBLE WORDS ORDERS FOR PASSIVE VOICE

A. SIMPLE PRESENT OR SIMPLE PAST

Am, is, are ( Simple ) Was and Were (past)

Add (Verb in past participle)

 Active: Hurricanes    destroy       a great deal property    each year

                  Subject            Present                    Complement                            time of signal

Passive:  A great deal property   is    destroyed        by hurricanes each year

                  Singular Subject                         be        Past participle                                               time of signal

Active: Tornado    destroyed    thirty houses

               Subject                 past                  Complement

Passive: Thirty houses   were    destroyed by the tornado

                 Plural Subject               be                  past participle

B. PRESENT PROGRESSIVE OR PAST PROGRESSSIVE

Am, is, are (Present Progressive) Was, Were ( Past Progressive )

Add being add (Verb in Past participle )

Active: The Committee      is considering        several new proposals.

                           Subject              present progressive               complement

Passive: Several new proposals    are    being considered by the committee

                           Plural subject                  auxiliary     be                past participle

C. PRESENT PERFECT OR PAST PERPECT

Has Have had

Add been add (verb in past participle)

 Active: The Company     has ordered       some new equipment

                           Subject               present perfect                        complement

Passive: Some new equipment has         been ordered by the company

                         Singular subject                auxiliary        be past participle

Active: The Company      had ordered some new equipment before the strike began

                            Subject                   past perfect                                    complement

Passive: Some new equipment had          been     ordered                by the company before the strike began

                          Subject                              auxiliary         be       past participle

D. MODALS

Modal  + be + (Verb in past participle)

 Active: The manager     should     sign     these contracts today

                      Subject          modal     verb        complement

Passive: The contracts should  be          signed              by the manager today

                          Subject            modal     be         past participle

E. MODALS + PERFECT

Modal + have + been + (verb in past participle)

 Active: Somebody    should    have called the president this morning

                       Subject           modal           perfect                     complement

Passive: The president     should   have    been          called    this morning

                           Subject                modal       have        be         past participle

                                                                                                                                                                           E GRADE

 Change the following sentences from active to passive voice

1.      Somebody calls the president every day

2.      John is calling the other members

3.      Martha was delivering the documents to the department.

4.      The other members have repealed the amendment

5.      The delegates   had received the information before the recess

6.      The teacher should buy the supplies for this class

7.      Some body will call Mr. Watson tonight

8.      The fire has caused considerable damage

9.      The company was developing a new procedure before the bankruptcy hearings began

1.   John will have received the papers by tomorrow

       B GRADE

Change the following sentences from active to passive voice

1.      They should send their reports to Jakarta

2.      We had to postpone the party

3.      The bill includes serves every time

4.      People don’t use this building very often

5.      Somebody accused  him of stealing the documents

6.      They have changed the place of the meeting

7.      I can receive the result next week

8.      He had delivered the mail to sea side yesterday

9.      The students of Mts DARUL Huda will go to kampong Naga in February 2015.

1.   The report was written on the paper by OSIS

  C GRADE

Change the following sentences from active to passive voice

1.      The secretary cannot use the computer right now

2.      Diah posted the writing to the post office yesterday

3.      He has invited her OSIS meeting on Monday at 13.00 .p.m.

4.      Susan’s dad will repair my bicycle tomorrow morning

5.      We had phoned our Grandma in her village

6.      Fanny should eat fast food traditional for healthy reason

7.      My teacher was typing the proposal to the president USE sine 2015

8.      Caniff calls  his parents to come home soon

9.      They are going to harvest the vegetables  in the garden tomorrow

10.  Mr. John ken developed the elegant property in green house.

 D. GRADE 

   Change the following sentences from active to passive voice

1.      We had phoned our Grandma in her village

2.      Fanny should eat fast food traditional for healthy reason

3.      My teacher was typing the proposal to the president USE sine 2015

4.      Caniff calls  his parents to come home soon

5.      They are going to harvest the vegetables  in the garden tomorrow

6.      Mr. John ken developed the elegant property in green house.

7.      We had to postpone the party

8.      The bill includes serves every time

9.      People don’t use this building very often

10.  Somebody accused  him of stealing the documents