Passive Voice

Passive voice is a grammatical voice in which the subject receives the action of a transitive verb, and passive refers more generally to verbs using this construction and the passages in which they are used.


Simple present
active:The company ship the computer to many foreign countries.
passive:Computers are shipped to many foreign countries.

Present Progressive
active:The chef is preparing the food.
passive:The food is being prepared.

Simple Past
active:The delivery man delivered the package yesterday.
passive:The package was delivered yesterday.

Past Progressive
active:The producer was making an announcement.
passive:An announcement was being made.

Future
active:Our representative will pick up the computer.
passive:The computer will be picked up.

Present Perfect
active:Someone has made the arrangements for us.
passive:The arrangements have been made for us.

Past Perfect
active:They had given us visas for three months.
passive:They had given us visas for three months.

Modals
active:You can use the computer.
passive:The computer can be used.

Subject/Object
active:They sent the man a package.
passive:The man was sent a package.