CHANGE OF VOICE IN CASE OF PAST PERFECT TENSE

 

At the time of changing active voice into passive voice, subject and object are interchanged. Helping verb ‘had’ is replaced with ‘had been’. Using 3^rd form of verb, subject follows ‘by’.

1.  Affirmative:

Active voice  : Subject + had+ 3rd form of Verb + object. Passive voice: Object + had + been + 3rd form of verb + by + Subject.

a.  Active voice     :  She had washed the clothes.

Passive voice   :  The clothes had been washed by her.

b. Active voice     :  He had made a serious mistake.

Passive voice   :  A serious mistake had been made by him.

2.  Negative:

Active voice  : Subject + had +not + 3rd form of Verb + object. Passive voice: Object + had + not + been + 3rd form of verb + by + Subject.

a.  Active voice     :  She had never visited Agra.

     Passive voice   :  Agra had never been visited by her.

b.  Active voice     :  We had not heard the news before.

     Passive voice   :  The news had not been heard by us before.

3.  Interrogative:

Active voice  : Had+ subject + 3rd form of Verb + object? Passive voice: Had + object + been + 3rd form of verb + by + Subject?

a.  Active voice     :  Had they ploughed the field?

     Passive voice   :  Had the field been ploughed by them?

b.  Active voice     :  How had you completed the job in time?

     Passive voice   :  How had the job been completed by you in time?