Friday 23 October 2015

Convert Past Perfect tense to Passive Voice

How to Convert Past Perfect tense to Passive Voice?

Convert Past Perfect tense to Passive Voice

In the Past Perfect, we use Past Participle with the Helping verb 'had', but when we convert Past Perfect tense to passive Voice we the Helping Verb 'had' will automatically convert to the helping verb 'had been'.
The Following rules will be applied when we convert Past perfect to Passive Voice.

  1. The Subject & Object will interchange.
  2. Past Participle will be used.
  3. By will be used after the main verb and before the subject.
  4. 'Had been' will be the helping verb.
  5. Pronouns will Change to their passive forms.
For Example:
Active Voice: We had taken the meal.
Passive Voice: The meal had been taken by us.

Active Voice: She had written the Public Notice.
Passive Voice: The Public notice had been written by her.

Active Voice: They had slapped that smart girl.
Passive Voice:  That smart Girl had been slapped by them.

Active Voice: He had been snatched the Mobile phone.
Passive Voice: The Mobile phone had been snatched by him.

Active Voice: We had painted the old model car.
Passive Voice: The Old model car had been painted by us.

Negative Sentences: 

We Place 'not' among Had been (Had + not + been) when we convert Past perfect to passive voice.
For Example:
Active Voice: He had not washed the hands.
Passive The Hands had not been washed by him.

Active Voice: You had not  Achieved a big milestone.
Passive Voice: A big milestone had not been achieved by you.

Active Voice:  She had not paid the money.
Passive Voice: The money had not been paid by her.

Active Voice: They had not learned the Passive Voice of Past perfect tense.
Passive Voice: The Passive voice of Past perfect had not been Learned by them.

Active Voice: She had not called the Police.
Passive Voice: The Police had not been called by her.

Interrogative Sentences:

It's very Easy to convert Past Perfect tense to Passive voice, In Interrogative sentences of Past Perfect we use 'Had' Before the Subject of the sentence, but when we convert it to Passive voice, the 'had' will remain constant before the subject while Been will come after the subject.
Examples:
Active Voice: Had he Helped her?
Passive Voice:  Has she Been helped by him?

Active Voice: Has they shared the whole story?
Passive Voice: Had the Whole story been shared by them?

Active Voice: Had you loved that Old man?
Passive Voice: Had That old man been loved by you?

Active Voice: Had she done the evening walk?
Passive Voice: Had the evening walk been done by her?

Active Voice:  Had we understood the wildlife lecture?
Passive Voice: Had the Wildlife lecture been understood by us?

Closing Words:

This was a brief lecture on How to convert past perfect tense to passive voice.
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2 comments:

  1. How to turn into passive form a long sentence like...1) His uncle had told him about the particular vacancy.
    Is this answer correct-} He had been told about the particular vacancy by his uncle or-} He had been told by his uncle about the particular vacancy

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  2. He had spoken the truth before the case ended

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