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Active Voice and Passive Voice - An Explanation
When an action is done, there are two nouns (objects) are involved, one is the doer and the other is the sufferer
The hunter killed the tiger
The tiger was killed by hunter.
Here hunter is the doer, tiger is the sufferer. The verb killed supports the doer, so it is said to be active.
In the second sentence, the verb was killed supports the sufferer, the tiger.
The doer is not active here.So the verb is said to be passive.
Sometimes there are two possible ways of writing in passive Voice That is when an object is involved between two persons
Simple Present
• He gives me a book
• A book is given to me by him
• I am given a book by him
Simple Past
• He gave me a book
• A book was given to me by him
• I was given a book by him
Simple Future
• He will give me a book
• A book will be given to me by him
• I will be given a book by him
The first one is ActiveSecond and Third are in PassiveHe and me are two personsBook is the objectSicne there is an object we can write passive in two ways
Present Continuous
• He is giving me a book
• A book is being given to me by him
• I am being given a book by him
Past Continuous
• He was giving me a book
• A book was being given to me by him
• I was being given a book by him
Future Continuous
• He will be giving me a book
• A book will be being given to me by him
• I will be being given a book by him
Present Perfect
• He has given me a book
• A book has been given by him to me
• I have been given a book by him
Past Perfect
• He had given me a book
• A book had been given by him to me
• I had been given a book by him
Future Perfect
• He will have given me a book
• A book will have been given by him to me
• I will have been given a book by him
Present Perfect Continuous
• He has been giving me books
• A book has been being given by him
• to me.
• I have been being given a book by him
Past Perfect Continuous
• He had been giving me books
• A book has been being given by him to me
• I have been being given a book by him
Future Perfect Continuous
• He will have been giving me books
• A book has been being given by him to me
• I will have been being given a book by him