Active voice and passive voice are two different ways to structure a sentence, based on the relationship between the subject and the action of the verb. In active voice, the subject performs the action, while in passive voice, the subject receives the action.
Here's a tabular format with examples for each tense in English:
Tense | Active Voice | Passive Voice |
Present Simple | Affirmative: I eat an apple. | Affirmative: An apple is eaten by me. |
Negative: I do not eat an apple. | Negative: An apple is not eaten by me. |
Interrogative: Do I eat an apple? | Interrogative: Is an apple eaten by me? |
Past Simple | Affirmative: I ate an apple. | Affirmative: An apple was eaten by me. |
Negative: I did not eat an apple. | Negative: An apple was not eaten by me. |
Interrogative: Did I eat an apple? | Interrogative: Was an apple eaten by me? |
Present Continuous | Affirmative: I am eating an apple. | Affirmative: An apple is being eaten by me. |
Negative: I am not eating an apple. | Negative: An apple is not being eaten by me. |
Interrogative: Am I eating an apple? | Interrogative: Is an apple being eaten by me? |
Past Continuous | Affirmative: I was eating an apple. | Affirmative: An apple was being eaten by me. |
Negative: I was not eating an apple. | Negative: An apple was not being eaten by me. |
Interrogative: Was I eating an apple? | Interrogative: Was an apple being eaten by me? |
Present Perfect | Affirmative: I have eaten an apple. | Affirmative: An apple has been eaten by me. |
Negative: I have not eaten an apple. | Negative: An apple has not been eaten by me. |
Interrogative: Have I eaten an apple? | Interrogative: Has an apple been eaten by me? |
Past Perfect | Affirmative: I had eaten an apple. | Affirmative: An apple had been eaten by me. |
Negative: I had not eaten an apple. | Negative: An apple had not been eaten by me. |
Interrogative: Had I eaten an apple? | Interrogative: Had an apple been eaten by me? |
Future Simple | Affirmative: I will eat an apple. | Affirmative: An apple will be eaten by me. |
Negative: I will not eat an apple. | Negative: An apple will not be eaten by me. |
Interrogative: Will I eat an apple? | Interrogative: Will an apple be eaten by me? |
Note: In passive voice constructions, the auxiliary verb "be" is combined with the past participle of the main verb. The tense of the passive sentence is determined by the tense of the auxiliary verb.
