Subject (doing action) | Verb | Object (receiving action) |
The teacher | teaches | the students. |
Tayyab | washes | the dishes |
Subject (doing action) | Verb | Object (receiving action) |
The students | are taught | by the teacher |
The dishes | are washed | by the tayyab. |
A student must know the following Passive form tenses for good preparation of examination. | ||
TENSE | ACTIVE | PASSIVE |
Present Indefinite/ Simple Present | Shan cleans the house. subject + v1(s/es) + object | The house is cleaned by Shan. object + is/am/are v3 + by + subject |
Past Indefinite/ Simple Past | Asif repaired the car. subject + v2 + object | The car was repaired by Asif. object + was/were v3 + by + subject |
Future Indefinite/ Simple Future | Saadia will finish the work. subject + will/shall +v1 + object | The work will be finished by Saadia. object + will/shall +be+v3 + by + subject |
Present Continuous/ Present Progressive | Farha is writing the letter. subject + is/am/are + v1+ing + object | The letter is being written by Farha. object + is/am/are+being+v3 + by + subject |
Past Continuous/ Past Progressive | The salesman was helping the customer. subject + was/were + v1+ing + object | The customer was being helped by the salesman. object + was/were+being+v3 + by + subject |
Future Continuous | Iqra will be washing the dishes. subject + will/shall be + v1+ing + object | The dishes will be being washed by Iqra. object + will/shall be+being+v3 + by +subject |
Present Perfect | Many tourists have visited that castle. subject + has/have+v3 + object | That castle has been visited by many tourists. object + has/have+been+v3 + by + subject |
Past Perfect | Ahmad had repaired many cars. subject + had + v3 + object | Many cars had been repaired by Ahmad. object + had + been + v3 + by + subject |
Future Perfect | They will have completed the project. subject + will/shall have+v3 + object | The project will have been completed by them. object + will/shall have+been+v3 +by+ subject |
Imperative Sentences (Commands and Requests) | Cut your nails. Open the door. verb + v1 + object | Let your nails be cut. Let the door be opened. let + object + be + v3 |
A student should also know about the following Passive form tenses. | ||
Present Perfect Continuous | Farhan has been doing the work. subject + has/have+been+v1+ing+ object | The work has been being done by Farhan. object + has/have+been+being+v3+subject |
Past Perfect Continuous | Saad had been preparing the restaurant for two years. subject + had been+v1+ing+ object | The restaurant had been being prepared by Saad for two years. object + had been+being+v3+ subject |
Future Perfect Continuous | Arsalan will have been polishing the shoes for over two hours. subject + will/shall have been +v1+ing object | The shoes will have been being polished by Arsalan for over two hours. object + will/shall have been+being+v3 +by+ subject |
SUMMARY | ||
When we change a sentence from Active to Passive form; following changes take place which are common in all type of Passive Form Tenses: 1). Subject and Object will replace each other. 2). 3rd form of Verb will be used. 3). Addition of By before object (almost all time). | ||
TENSE | ACTIVE | PASSIVE |
Present Indefinite | verb with 1st form (s/es) | is/am/are |
Past Indefinite | verb with 2nd form | was/were |
Future Indefinite | will/shall | will/shall + be |
Present/Past/Future Continue | is/am/are – was/were – will/shall be | is/am/are – was/were – will/shall be + being |
Present/Past/Future Perfect | has/have – had – will/shall have | has/have – had – will/shall have + been |
Present/Past/Future Perfect Continues | has/have been – had been – will/shall have been | has/have been – had been – will/shall have been + being |
ADDITIONAL GUIDELINE FOR ADVANCE LEARNERS | ||
Simple Future be going to | Saira is going to make a beautiful dinner tonight. subject + is/am/are+ going to +v1+ object | A beautiful dinner is going to be made by Saira tonight. object + is/am/are+ going to be +v3+ by + subject |
Future Continuous be going to | Asma is going to be washing the dishes. subject + is/am/are+ going to be +v1+ing object | The dishes are going to be being washed by Asma. object + is/am/are+ going to be + being +v3+ by + subject |
Future Perfect be going to | They are going to have completed the project before the deadline. subject + is/am/are+ going to have +v3+ object | The project is going to have been completed before the deadline. object + is/am/are+ going to have + been + v3+ subject |
Future Perfect Continuous be going to | The famous artist is going to have been painting the mural for over six months by the time it is finished. subject + is/am/are+ going to have been +v1+ing+ object | The mural is going to have been being painted by the famous artist for over six months by the time it is finished. object + is/am/are + going to have been+being+v3 +by+ subject |
Used to | Jerry used to pay the bills. subject + used to + v1 + object | The bills used to be paid by Jerry. object + used to be + v3 + by + subject |
Would Always | My mother would always make the rice. subject + would always + v1 + object | The rice would always be made by my mother. object + would always be + v3 + by + subject |
Future in the Past Would | I knew Faizan would finish the work. v2(past) + subject + would + v1 + object | I knew the work would be finished by Faizan. v2(past) + object + would be + v3 + subject |
Future in the Past Was Going to | I thought Misbah was going to make a beautiful dinner tonight. v1(future) + subject + was/were going to+ v1 + object | I thought a beautiful dinner was going to be made by Misbah tonight. v1(Future) + object + was/were going to be + v3 + by +subject |
From the desk of Mian Irfan Ali 
