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    The document provides examples of how to change sentences from active to passive voice for different tenses, including present, past, perfect and modal verbs. It demonstrates rewriting active sentences by moving the object to the subject position and using appropriate helping verbs along with the past participle of the main verb. The transformations are shown using abbreviations for active, passive, subject and object.

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    Rules to change active to passive voice.

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    The document provides examples of how to change sentences from active to passive voice for different tenses, including present, past, perfect and modal verbs. It demonstrates rewriting active sentences by moving the object to the subject position and using appropriate helping verbs along with the past participle of the main verb. The transformations are shown using abbreviations for active, passive, subject and object.

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    Active Passive Voice

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    Vinod Varghese Antony
    The document provides examples of how to change sentences from active to passive voice for different tenses, including present, past, perfect and modal verbs. It demonstrates rewriting active sentences by moving the object to the subject position and using appropriate helping verbs along with the past participle of the main verb. The transformations are shown using abbreviations for active, passive, subject and object.

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    Voices

    Changing Assertive Active sentences into Passive

    Present Simple
    A- David writes a novel.
    P- A Novel is written by David
    [O+ am/is/are + V3 + by + S]
    A- Active voice
    Present Progressive
    P- Passive voice
    A- David is writing a novel.
    P- A novel is being written by David. S- Subject
    [O + am/is/are + being + V3 + by + S] O- Object
    V3- Past participle of the verb
    Present Perfect
    A- David has written a novel.
    P- A novel has been written by David.
    [O + has/have + been + V3 + by + S]

    Past Simple
    A- David wrote a novel.
    P- A novel was written by David.
    [O + was/were + V3 + by + S]

    Past Progressive
    A- David was writing a novel.
    P- A novel was being written by David.
    [O + was/were + being + V3 + by + S]

    Past Perfect
    A- David had written a novel.
    P- A novel had been written by David.
    [O + had + been + V3 + by + S]

    Modal verbs
    A- David will/shall/can… write a novel.
    P- A novel will/shall/can… be written by David.
    [O + will/shall/can… + be + V3 + by + S]
    Changing Imperative Active sentences into Passive

    A- Open the door.


    P- Let the door be opened.
    [Let + O + be + V3]

    [Note: Avoid agent wherever required.]

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