How to make Past Indefinite Passive Voice With Examples.

 PAST INDEFINITE TENSE PASSIVE VOICE

 (in Urdu we say: aa jata tha, ee jati thi, ay jaty thy wagera.)

FORMULA:

SUBJECT+ WAS, WERE + VERB (3^RD FORM) + BY + OBJECT

Remember:

1. IN PASSIVE VOICE WE ALWAYS USE VERB TO BE

2. PAST PARTICIPLE (3^RD FORM)

3. BY BEFORE OBJECT

4. TRANSITIVE VERB

5. WHEN YOU ARE CHANGING THE SENTENCES FROM ACTIVE TO PASSIVE     CHANGE THE PLACES OF THE SUBJECTS.

For example:

• I taught English (active)
• English was taught by me. (Passive)

You can see in the above given sentences the subject “I” of the active sentence becomes the object “me” of passive sentence.

NOTE THE CHANGES:

ACTIVE SUBJECTS	PASSIVE OBJECTS
I	ME
WE	US
YOU	YOU
THEY	THEM
HE	HIM
SHE	HER

 

ACTIVE POSITIVE SENTENCES	PASSIVE POSITIVE SENTENCES
I PLAYED CRICKET	CRICKET WAS PLAYED BY ME
WE TYPED LETTERS	LETTERS WERE TYPED BY US
YOU CHECKED THE FILES	THE FILES WERE CHECKED BY YOU
THEY RECEIVED THE GUESTS	THE GUESTS WERE RECEIVED BY THEM
HE DROVE A CAR	A CAR WAS  DRIVEN BY HIM
SHE MADE TEA	TEA WAS MADE BY HER

 

ACTIVE NEGATIVE SENTENCES	PASSIVE NEGATIVE SENTENCES
I DIDN’T PLAY CRICKET	CRICKET WASN’T PLAYED BY ME
WE DIDN’T  TYPE LETTERS	LETTERS WEREN’T TYPED BY US
YOU DIDN’T CHECK THE FILES	THE FILES WEREN’T CHECKED BY YOU
THEY DIDN’T RECEIVE THE GUESTS	THE GUESTS WEREN’T RECEIVED BY THEM
HE DIDN’T DRIVE A CAR	A CAR WASN’T DRIVEN BY HIM
SHE DIDN’T MAKE TEA	TEA WASN’T MADE BY HER

 

ACTIVE POSITIVE QUESTION SENTENCES	PASSIVE POSITIVE QUESTION SENTENCES
DID I PLAY CRICKET?	WAS CRICKET PLAYED BY ME?
DID WE TYPE LETTERS?	WERE LETTERS TYPED BY US?
DID YOU CHECK THE FILES?	WERE THE FILES CHECKED BY YOU?
DID THEY RECEIVE THE GUESTS?	WERE THE GUESTS RECEIVED BY THEM?
DID HE DRIVE A CAR?	WAS A CAR DRIVEN BY HIM?
DID SHE MAKE TEA?	WAS TEA MADE BY HER?

 

ACTIVE NEGATIVE QUESTION SENTENCES	PASSIVE NEGATIVE QUESTION SENTENCES
DIDN’T I PLAY CRICKET?	WASN’T CRICKET PLAYED BY ME?
DIDN’T WE TYPE LETTERS?	WEREN’T LETTERS TYPED BY US?
DIDN’T YOU CHECK THE FILES?	WEREN’T THE FILES CHECKED BY YOU?
DIDN’T THEY RECEIVE THE GUESTS?	WEREN’T THE GUESTS RECEIVED BY THEM?
DIDN’T HE DRIVE A CAR?	WASN’T A CAR DRIVEN BY HIM?
DIDN’T SHE MAKE TEA?	WASN’T TEA MADE BY HER?

 

NOTE: “BY” IS NOT NECESSARY FOR EVERY PASSIVE SENTENCE WHEN THE AGENT OR DOER IN NOT IMPORTANT.

WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY?

The venue was decided. The invitation cards were printed. The guests were invited. The cake was ordered. It was decorated. The sitting arrangement was made. Candle was lighted. The cake was cut. The birthday song was sung. The gifts were given. The cake was served with other refreshment etc.

THERE ARE MANY MORE SENTENCES SHOW THE PAST ACTIVITY USING PASSIVE VOICE WITHOUT BY LIKE:

THE PATIENTS WERE TREATED IN THE HOSPITALS.

THE FOOD WAS SERVED IN THE RESTAURANTS.

THE LAWS WERE MADE IN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY.

THE CLASSES WERE TAKEN IN THE COLLEGE.