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Auxiliary
Tense + Past Active/Passive Voice
Participle

subject + The traffic police stopped Tarun. (active)
was/were Tarun was stopped by the traffic police. (passive)
Simple Past + past
participle + We stopped further protests. (active)
by + object Further protests were stopped by us. (passive)

They were cleaning the room when we arrived. (active)
subject + The room was being cleaned when we arrived. (passive)
was/were +
Past They were cleaning the curtain when we were away.
Continuous being + past (active)
participle +
by + object The curtains were being cleaned by them when we were
away. (passive)
They had roasted the nuts. (active)
subject + had The nuts had been roasted by them. (passive)
+ been + past
Past Perfect The humans had created wheel ages ago. (active)
participle +
by object The wheel had been created by humans ages ago.
(passive)
subject + They will post the papers tomorrow. (active)
modal +
Simple be + past The papers will be posted tomorrow. (passive)
Future I shall complete the task tomorrow. (active)
participle +
by + object The task will be completed tomorrow. (passive)
They will have called you by 8 o’clock. (active)
subject +
modal + have You will have been called by them by 8 o’clock. (passive)
Future
Perfect been + past She will have cooked the food by evening. (active)
participle + The food will have been cooked by her by evening.
by + object
(passive)

We can teach English through correspondence. (active)
subject +
modal + English can be taught through correspondence.
Modals be + past (passive)
participle + May God bless you with health. (active)
object
May you be blessed with health. (passive)

Some General Rules of the Voice

Personal pronouns often get changed with change of voice: Often personal pronouns
get changed when a change of voice takes place.

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