Passive Voice of Present Indefinite Tense

Passive Voice of Present Indefinite Tense

Rules of Active and Passive voice (mentioned below) shows that helping verb 'Is/Are/Am' is used with 3rd form of verb for making Passive Voice of Present Indefinite Tense.

In Active Voice of Present Indefinite Negative and Interrogative sentences, use of Do/Does is used but for making Passive Voice only helping verbs - 'Is/Are/Am' are used. Helping Verb in Passive Voice is used as per the Subject of the Passive Voice (Object of Active voice which becomes Subject of Passive Voice). If the Subject of Passive Voice is plural, Helping Verb of plurals will be used irrespective of the fact that in Active Voice, the subject was Singular.

In case of Negative sentence, 'Not' is added after helping verbs and in case of Interrogative sentence helping verb comes in the starting of the sentence.

In all types of sentences - Positive, Negative & Interrogative, 3rd form of verb is used in Passive Voice.




Rules

Type of Sentence	Rule of making Present Indefinite Tense (Active Voice)	Rule of converting Present Indefinite Tense (Active Voice) to Passive Voice
Positive	Subject + Verb (Ist form) + s/es + Object + (.)	Convert Object to Subject + Is/Are/Am + Verb (3rd form) + By + Convert Subject to Object + Remaining + (.)
Negative	Subject + Do/Does + not + Verb (Ist form) + Object + (.)	Convert Object to Subject + Is/Are/Am + Not + Verb (3rd form) + By + Convert Subject to Object + Remaining + (.)
Interrogative	Do/Does + Subject + Verb (Ist form) + Object + (?)	Is/Are/Am + Convert Object to Subject + Verb (3rd form) + By + Convert Subject to Object + Remaining + (?)

Examples

Active Voice	Passive Voice
Do you read English?	Is English read by you?
She drives my car.	My car is driven by her.
Vartika loves Kanika.	Kanika is loved by Vartika.
The gardener waters plants every day.	Plants are watered by the gardener every day.
Teachers do not punish students now-a-days.	Students are not punished by teachers now-a-days.
She gives her books to the poor boy.	The poor boy is given books by her.

Active Voice	Passive Voice
Do you know him?	Is he known by you?
He does not like my advice.	My advice is not liked by him.
Do they require my help in emergency?	Is my help required by them in emergency?
John completes the project in time.	The project is completed by John in time.
Fiona gives food to the beggar.	The beggar is given food by Fiona.
Fiona gives food to the beggar.	The food is given to the beggar by Fiona.