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Below are 20 examples of sentences converted from active voice to passive voice, covering all major English tenses (present, past, future, and their simple, continuous, perfect, and perfect continuous forms). Each example includes an active voice sentence followed by its passive voice equivalent.
Present Simple
- Active: She writes a letter.
- Passive: A letter is written by her.
Present Continuous
- Active: They are painting the house.
- Passive: The house is being painted by them.
Present Perfect
- Active: He has finished the project.
- Passive: The project has been finished by him.
Present Perfect Continuous
- Active: She has been teaching the class for hours.
- Passive: The class has been being taught by her for hours.
Past Simple
- Active: John repaired the car.
- Passive: The car was repaired by John.
Past Continuous
- Active: They were watching a movie.
- Passive: A movie was being watched by them.
- Active: She had completed the assignment.
- Passive: The assignment had been completed by her.
Past Perfect Continuous
- Active: He had been building the shed for weeks.
- Passive: The shed had been being built by him for weeks.
Future Simple
- Active: They will clean the room.
- Passive: The room will be cleaned by them.
- Future Continuous
- Active: She will be preparing dinner.
- Passive: Dinner will be being prepared by her.
- Future Perfect
- Active: He will have submitted the report.
- Passive: The report will have been submitted by him.
- Future Perfect Continuous
- Active: They will have been renovating the house for months.
- Passive: The house will have been being renovated by them for months.
- Present Simple (Modal: can)
- Active: She can solve the puzzle.
- Passive: The puzzle can be solved by her.
- Past Simple (Modal: could)
- Active: He could fix the computer.
- Passive: The computer could be fixed by him.
- Future Simple (Modal: will)
- Active: They will deliver the package.
- Passive: The package will be delivered by them.
- Present Perfect (Modal: have to)
- Active: She has to complete the form.
- Passive: The form has to be completed by her.
- Past Continuous (Modal: was going to)
- Active: He was going to organize the event.
- Passive: The event was going to be organized by him.
- Present Simple (Modal: should)
- Active: They should review the documents.
- Passive: The documents should be reviewed by them.
- Past Perfect (Modal: had to)
- Active: She had to sign the contract.
- Passive: The contract had to be signed by her.
- Future Perfect (Modal: will have to)
- Active: He will have to finalize the deal.
- Passive: The deal will have to be finalized by him.
Notes: Examples of Active Voice to Passive Voice
- The passive voice is formed using a form of the verb “to be” + the past participle of the main verb.
- In some cases, especially with perfect continuous tenses, the passive voice can sound awkward or is rarely used in practice, but it is grammatically possible.
- The agent (the doer of the action, e.g., “by her”) is sometimes omitted in passive voice when the focus is on the action or the doer is unknown/irrelevant.
- Modal verbs (e.g., can, should, have to) are included to show how they interact with passive voice across tenses.
Also Read: Active and Passive Voice: Step-by-Step Guide
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