Active and Passive Voice Simple Present Tense Rules & Examples

Active and Passive Voice Simple Present Tense : The structural pattern for changing voice in simple present tense is –

Active and Passive Voice Simple Present Tense

Formula	Active voice	Passive voice (auxiliary verb- is/are+by)
Simple	subject+verb+object	object+is/are+past participle(V3)+ by+subject
Negative	subject+do/does not+verb+object	object+is/are+not+past participle(V3)+by+suject
Interrogative	do/does+subject+verb+object	is/are+object+past participle(V3)+by+subject
Interrogative+Negative	do/does+subject+not+verb+object	is/are+object+not+past participle(V3)+by+subject

Active: He plays football.

Passive: Football is played by him.

Active: He does not play football.

Passive: Football is not played by him.

Active: Does he play football?

Passive: Is football played by him?

Active: Does he not play football?

Passive: Is he not play football?

Active: She writes a book.

Passive: A book is written by her.

Active: She does not write a book.

Passive: A book is not written by her.

Active: Does she write a book?

Passive: Is a book written by her?

Active: Does she not write a book?

Passive: Is a book not written by her?

Active: Hewlett-Packard types a document.

Passive: A document is written by Hewlett-Packard.

Active: Hewlett-Packard does not type a document.

Passive: A document is not typed by Hewlett-Packard.

Active: Does Hewlett-Packard type a document?

Passive: Is a document typed by Hewlett-Packard?

Active: Does Hewlett-Packard not type a document?

Passive: Is a document not typed by Hewlett-Packard?

Active: A cat drinks milk.

Passive: Milk is drunk by a cat.

Active: A cat does not drink milk.

Passive: Milk is not drunk by a cat.

Active Voice	Passive Voice
SUBJECT + VERB(S/ES/IES) + OBJECT	OBJECT + AM/IS/ARE + VERB(PAST PARTICIPLE) + BY/TO/WITH + SUBJECT

Active Voice	Passive Voice
He plays hockey.	Hockey is played by him.
Mother gives me money for my study.	Money is given to me for my study by mother
I do my homework every day.	My homework is done every day by me.
Lata sings classical songs.	Classical songs are sung by Lata.
The farmers produce food for everyone.	Food for everyone is produced by the farmers.
I read a poetry every day.	A poetry is read every day by me.
The magician knows wonderful tricks.	Wonderful tricks are known by the magician.
The trees give us oxygen.	Oxygen is given to us by the trees.
The bees collect honey from the flowers.	Honey is collected from the flowers by the bees.
The tiger hunts deer.	Deer is hunted by the tiger.