Easiest way to convert Active voice sentences to Passive Voice in simple present tense.

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1. The book is kept on the table, this is

 A passive sentence

 An active sentence

2. He tells me a story. The passive voice of this sentence is:

 A story is told to me.

 I am told a story by him.

3. He is finishing the project.

 The project is being finished by him.

 The project is finished by him.

4. Why is the mason building the wall?

 Why is the wall building the mason?

 Why is the wall being built by the mason?

5. James has eaten the chocolates.

 The chocolates are eaten by James.

 The chocolates have been eaten by James.

6. Who breaks the window?

 By whom is the window broken?

 Whom is breaking the window?

7. Why has he taken the books?

 Why has the books been taken by him?

 Why have the books been taken by him?

8. The children are writing a story.

 A story is being written by the children.

 A story is written by the children.

9. Richa makes new friends at the university.

 New friends are made by Richa at the university.

 New friends are being made by Richa.

10. Why are you troubling him?

 Why are you being troubled?

 Why is he being troubled by you?

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In this English Grammar lesson, you are going to learn how to make active voice sentences in the present tense into passive voice sentences. The active voice is used to give importance to the subject or the doer of the action and the passive voice gives importance to the object.

There are basic steps you follow to convert the sentences from active to passive.

• Interchange the subject and object
• Take the main verb in its past participle form.
• Do not change the tense of the original sentence, so add an auxiliary verb.
• Ensure the doer of the action does not change once the sentence is in the passive voice.

Example 01: Mother writes an email. (active)

An email is written by mother. (passive)

Example 02: Sam is fixing the computer. (active)

The computer is being fixed by Sam.

Example 03: John has helped Maria. (active)

Maria has been helped by John. (passive)

Example 04: Why does your brother sing such sad songs? (active)

Why are such sad songs sung by your brother? (passive)

Example 05: Who is doing the dishes? (active)

By whom are the dishes being done? (passive)

Example 06: Why have you called me here? (active)

Why have I been called here by you? (passive)