Active and Passive Voice Examples with Answers
| Tense | Active Voice | Passive Voice |
| Present Simple | She delivers the letters. | The letters are delivered. |
| Past Simple | She delivered the letters. | The letters were delivered. |
| Future Simple | She will deliver the letters. | The letters will be delivered. |
| Present Continuous |
She is delivering the letters. | The letters are being delivered. |
| Past Continuous | She was delivering the letters. | The letters were being delivered. |
| Going to | She is going to deliver the letters. | The letters are going to be delivered. |
| Present Perfect | She has delivered the letters. | The letters have been delivered. |
| Past Perfect | She had delivered the letters. | The letters had been delivered. |
| Infinitive | She has to deliver the letters. | The letters have to be delivered. |
| Modals | She must deliver the letters. | The letters must be delivered. |
Active Voice
- After counting the money, he turned to me and said that he did not want to talk more about this issue.
Passive Voice
- After the money was counted, I was contacted and was told not to talk more about this subject.
Active Voice
- After finishing his homework, he quickly checked and managed to upload his homework to the system. That’s why his friends expect the teacher to give him a really high grade.
Passive Voice
- After the assignment was finished by him, it was quickly checked and uploaded to the system. Therefore, it is thought by his friends that a high grade will be given to him by the teacher.
Active Voice
- If you want to use the TV smoothly after repairing it, you should periodically maintain it and contact the technical support team if you have a problem.
Passive Voice
- In order for the television to be used without any problems after it is repaired, it should be periodically maintained and the technical support team should be contacted in case of a problem.
Active Voice
- Did they tell you that we were talking to him?
Passive Voice
- Have you been told that we are talking to him?
Active Voice
- I pay the bills every month and after this process you do not thank me in any way. Such behavior is breaking me.
Passive Voice
- The bills are paid by me every month and after this process, I am not thanked by you in any way. I am broken by these behaviors.
Active Voice
- Since the people I speak to ask me not to raise this issue any more, you will never hear this sentence from me anymore.
Passive Voice
- This sentence will certainly not be heard from me, as I am asked to not raise this issue further by the people I am talking to.
