![]() ![]() Note: Verbs that have no object (no one to “receive” the action) cannot be put into the passive, such as, arrive, come, die, exist, go, happen, have, live, occur sleep, etc. Joan’s travel plans have to be arranged by December.Ĭriminals must be stopped before they commit crimes.Īll of the rules for passive negatives and questions are the same as for the active voice. ![]() He said the documents could be issued within the week.Ī babysitter has to be arranged for this evening. The crates will have been loaded by then.Ī passport can only be issued at the embassy. Add a form of the verb to be before the main verb in the sentence. The car will have been loaded by the time he gets home. Here are the basic steps to convert active voice to passive voice: Place the object (the recipient of the action) at the beginning of the sentence. The new manager had been hired before John left the company.Īll the employees had hired before the store opened. The rights to his book have been sold for $250,000. That start-up has been sold for $5 million. New houses are going to be built in our neighborhood. The documents will all be signed by next week.Ī bridge is going to be built within the next two years. Their cars were being washed while they were in the mall shopping. You may only convert a sentence from the passive voice into the active voice if there is an identifiable agent of the verb. The dog was being washed when I got home. We were invited to Daniel and Mary’s wedding. John was invited to speak at the conference. I am being sent to work in the London office. Each tense has its own passive voice which is created by using a form of the auxiliary verb to be + V3 (past participle)Īuxiliary verb + sample V3 (past participle) The passive voice is not a tense in English. ![]()
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