Voice Change — Quick Revision

Core Formula

Active: Subject + Verb + Object Passive: Object + be + V3 + by + Subject

Tense-wise Passive Structure

Tense	Passive =
Simple Present	is/am/are + V3
Present Continuous	is/am/are + being + V3
Present Perfect	has/have + been + V3
Simple Past	was/were + V3
Past Continuous	was/were + being + V3
Past Perfect	had + been + V3
Simple Future	will + be + V3
Modal	modal + be + V3

Special Cases

Imperative: Let + object + be + V3

• "Close the window" → "Let the window be closed"

Quasi-passive (looks active, means passive):

• The book reads well / Rice sells cheap / Honey tastes sweet

Double object: Either object can become subject

• "He gave me a book" → "I was given a book" OR "A book was given to me"

Complex (People say...):

• "It is said that..." OR "He is said to be..."

No Passive Possible

• Intransitive verbs (no object): sleep, laugh, go, come
• Perfect Continuous tenses have no passive form

Top Traps

• Quasi-passive ≠ active voice (even though structure looks active)
• "Let the door be opened" — don't forget "be"
• Match the tense exactly — past stays past