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Example : She helps me

(Subject) (verb) (object)

I am helped by her

(object as a subject) (III form of verb) (subject as an object)

According to the tense and the subject, use an appropriate form of the verb 'be '

such as present ( , am , are ), past (was , were ), perfect (been ), continuous (being ), to
is
- infinitives (to be ), imperative and modules (be ).

Convert the given verb into past participle form as shown in the table given below :

Tense Active voice Passive voice

Simple present eats/eat is/are/am + eaten

Present continuous is/are/am + eating is/are/am + being + eaten

Present perfect has/have + eaten has/have +been+eaten

Present perfect continuous has/have + been +eating (no passive form)

Simple past ate was/were + eaten

Past continuous was/were +eating was/were + being + eaten

Past perfect continuous had + been + eating (no passive form)

Simple future will/shall + eat will be + eaten

Future continuous will be + eating (no passive form)

Future perfect will/shall have + eaten will have +been+eaten

Future perfect continuous will/shall have been +eating (no passive form)

If the subject or object in a sentence in the active voice is a pronoun, it changes its form as

shown in the table here except ‘you’, ‘it’ and ‘name’ of the personal pronouns and one has

to be careful about it.

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