In Passive voice sentences, The Subject and Object will cross (interchange) their places, and the word "By" will be fixed right after the past participle ( the Third form of the verb) & before the subject.
The Following are some of the major and commonly used Past Modals and their Passive voice.
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Passive Voice for May have:
May have will change into 'May have been' in the passive voice.
For Example:
Active voice: we may have satisfied all the new customers.
Passive voice: All the new customers may have been satisfied by us.
Active voice [Negative sentence]: we may not have satisfied all the new customers.
Passive voice [negative sentence]: All the new customers may not have been satisfied by us.
Passive Voice for Should have:
'Should have' will change into 'should have been' in the passive voice.
For example:
Active voice: They should have fulfilled all the dreams.
Passive voice: All the dreams should have been fulfilled by them.
Active Voice [Negative sentence]: They should not have fulfilled all the dreams.
Passive voice [negative sentence]: All of the dreams should not have been fulfilled by them.
Passive voice for must have:
The 'must have' will change into 'Must have been' in the passive voice.
For Example:
Active voice: Smith must have started a new side Business.
Passive voice: A new side business must have been started by smith.
Active voice [negative sentence]: Smith must not have started a new side business.
Passive voice [negative sentence]: A new side business must not have been started by smith.
Passive voice for might have:
The 'Might have' will convert into 'might have been' in the passive voice phrases.
For Example:
Active voice: The girls might have learned the passive voice for past modals.
Passive voice: The passive voice for past modals might have been learned by the girls.
Active voice [negative sentence]: The girls might not have learned the passive voice for past modals.
Passive voice [negative sentence]" The passive voice for past modals might not have been learned by the girls.
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