The Differentiation Between Active & Passive Voice

The Differentiation Between Active and Passive Voice

	Active	Passive
Simple Present	Once a week, Tom cleans the house.	Once a week, the house is cleaned by Tom.
Present Continuous	Right now, Sarah is writing the letter.	Right now, the letter is being written by Sarah.
Simple Past	Sam repaired the car.	The car was repaired by Sam.
Past Continuous	The salesman was helping the customer when the thief came into the store.	The customer was being helped by the salesman when the thief came into the store.
Present Perfect	Many tourists have visited that castle.	That castle has been visited by many tourists.
Present Perfect Continuous	Recently, John has been doing the work.	Recently, the work has been being done by John.
Past Perfect	George had repaired many cars before he received his mechanic’s license.	Many cars had been repaired by George before he received his mechanic’s license.
Past Perfect Continuous	Chef Jones had been preparing the restaurant’s fantastic dinners for two years before he moved to Paris.	The restaurant’s fantastic dinners had been being prepared by Chef Jones for two years before he moved to Paris.
Simple Futurewill	Someone will finish the work by 5:00 PM.	The work will be finished by 5:00 PM.
Simple Futurebe going to	Sally is going to make a beautiful dinner tonight.	A beautiful dinner is going to be made by Sally tonight.
Future Continuouswill	At 8:00 PM tonight, John will be washing the dishes.	At 8:00 PM tonight, the dishes will be being washed by John.
Future Continuousbe going to	At 8:00 PM tonight, John is going to be washing the dishes.	At 8:00 PM tonight, the dishes are going to be being washed by John.
Future Perfectwill	They will have completed the project before the deadline.	The project will have been completed before the deadline.