Verbs. Active and passive voice. Level: beginner. Transitive verbs have both active and passive forms: Passive forms are made up of the verb be with a past participle: If we want to show the person or thing doing the action, we use by: She was attacked by a dangerous dog. The money was stolen by her husband. Active and passive voice 1. Active Voice: Passive Voice: Present Simple Tense: I write a novel. A novel is written by me. Present Continuous Tense: I'm making a cake. Cake is being made. Present Perfect: I have played the game. A game has been played by me. Past Tense: She delivered the letters. The letters were delivered. Past Continuous: She was delivering the letters. Rumus dan contoh passive voice pada beberapa macam tenses dapat dilihat pada tabel sebagai berikut. simple present tense. am/is/are + past participle. present continuous tense. am/is/are + being + past participle. present perfect tense. has/have + been + past participle. simple past tense. was/were + past participle. Past simple passive voice. There are several reasons why we use the passive voice in English. In these notes, we are going to focus on the past simple in the passive voice. Generally, we use the passive voice when the focus is on the action and NOT on WHO or WHAT is performing the action. Past simple passive voice construction: was/were + past Changing of Active Voice into Passive Voice. Present Tense Simple Present Tense Active Passive e.g. She plucks flowers from the plant. (Active Voice) (Passive Voice) Past Continuous Tense Active S + was/were + V 1 + ing + O Passive O + was/were + being + V 3 + by + S. Active and Passive Voice Rules for Past Continuous Tense. Back to: Active-Passive Voices. Rule for changing voice of past continuous tense -. Active Voice. Passive Voice. Subject + was/were + verb [ing] + object. Object + Was/were + being +verb [past participle] +by/with/to + object. In passive voice of continuous past tense - positive, negative, interrogative and negative interrogative, we use past participle (third form) of verb. Keep in mind that we should arrange the sentence in the following form- Active sentence- subject + was / were + present participle (- ing form ) of the verb + object. Past continuous tense: Present Perfect Tense: This tense is used to describe an action that had begun in the past, continues into the present and has just been completed. The time of occurrence of the action is generally not mentioned. Learn the rules for changing tenses between Active Voice and Passive Voice. Solved Example for You. Q. XKOwbi.