How to make Past Perfect Passive Voice With Examples.

PAST PERFECT TENSE PASSIVE VOICE

(in Urdu we say: aa ja chuka tha, ee ja chuki thi, ay ja chuky thy wagera.)

FORMULA:

SUBJECT+ HAD + BEEN+ 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 had taught English (active)

English had been 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 HAD PLAYED CRICKET	CRICKET HAD BEEN PLAYED BY ME
WE HAD TYPED LETTERS	LETTERS HAD BEEN TYPED BY US
YOU HAD CHECKED THE FILES	THE FILES HAD BEEN CHECKED BY YOU
THEY HAD RECEIVED THE GUESTS	THE GUESTS HAD BEEN RECEIVED BY THEM
HE HAD DRIVEN A CAR	A CAR HAD BEEN  DRIVEN BY HIM
SHE HAD MADE TEA	TEA HAD BEEN MADE BY HER

 

ACTIVE NEGATIVE  SENTENCES	PASSIVE NEGATIVE SENTENCES
I HADN’T PLAYED CRICKET	CRICKET HADN’T BEEN PLAYED BY ME
WE HADN’T TYPED LETTERS	LETTERS HADN’T BEEN TYPED BY US
YOU HADN’T CHECKED THE FILES	THE FILES HADN’T BEEN CHECKED BY YOU
THEY HADN’T RECEIVED THE GUESTS	THE GUESTS HADN’T BEEN RECEIVED BY THEM
HE HADN’T DRIVEN A CAR	A CAR HADN’T BEEN DRIVEN BY HIM
SHE HADN’T MADE TEA	TEA HADN’T BEEN MADE BY HER

 

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

ACTIVE NEGATIVE QUESTION SENTENCES	PASSIVE NEGATIVE QUESTION SENTENCES
HADN’T I PLAYED CRICKET?	HADN’T CRICKET BEEN PLAYED BY ME?
HADN’T WE TYPED LETTERS?	HADN’T LETTERS BEEN TYPED BY US?
HADN’T YOU CHECKED THE FILES?	HADN’T THE FILES BEEN CHECKED BY YOU?
HADN’T THEY RECEIVED THE GUESTS?	HADN’T THE GUESTS BEEN RECEIVED BY THEM?
HADN’T HE DRIVEN A CAR?	HADN’T A CAR BEEN DRIVEN BY HIM?
HADN’T SHE MADE TEA?	HADN’T TEA BEEN MADE BY HER?

 

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

WHAT HAD HAPPENED IN THE PAST?

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

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

THE PATIENTS HAD BEEN TREATED IN THE HOSPITALS.

THE FOOD HAD BEEN SERVED IN THE RESTAURANTS.

THE LAWS HAD BEEN MADE IN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY.

THE CLASSES HAD BEEN TAKEN IN THE COLLEGE.