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chart shows the formation of sentences in passive voice in all kinds of states, that is, simple,
continuous, and perfect forms in all kinds of tenses, past, present, and future.

Tense Formation Examples (A – Active, P – Passive)
Simple am/is/are + past A: The Japanese make sushi.

Present participle P: Sushi is made by the Japanese.

Present am/is/are + being A: She is embroidering beautiful scarves.
Continuous + past participle P: Beautiful scarves are being embroidered by her.

Present has/have + been + A: Your company has cheated me.
Perfect past participle P: I have been cheated by your company.

Simple Past was/were + past A: The Roys invited the Khannas.
participle P: The Khannas were invited by the Roys.

Past was/were + being A: I was washing my car.

Continuous + past participle P: My car was being washed by me.
Past Perfect had + been + past A: The company had appointed a new manager when I

participle joined.

P: A new manager had been appointed when I joined.
Simple will be + past A: He will sell the house next month.
Future participle P: The house will be sold by him next month.

Future will + have been + A: We will have decorated the stage before the chief guest
Perfect past participle arrives.

P: The stage will have been decorated before the chief
guest arrives.

Remember

Verbs with no object (no one to receive the action) such as arrive, come, die, exist, go, happen,
have, live, occur, sleep, etc. do not have a passive form.

Formation of Passives with Modals
The passive voice can also be formed using modals. The modal can and its past form could is most
commonly used in the formation of passive sentences.

• They can eat the apple pie. (active)

• The apple pie can be eaten by them. (passive)
Formation of Interrogatives in Passive Voice

In interrogative sentences, the auxiliary verb in the active voice gets changed in the passive voice.

Here are some rules to be kept in mind while forming the interrogative sentences in passive voice.

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