

In above sentence, we can see the changes in the transformation of active to passive voice as: Object in active (a picture) + was + past participle of ‘draw’ (drawn)+ by + subject in active (her) + remaining word.Passive voice of this sentence is in the form. Passive: A picture was drawn by her yesterday. Subject + past tense of ‘draw’ + object.

Now we shall see an example of simple past tense passive voice -Īctive: She drew a picture yesterday. Passive sentence- object of the active sentence + was / were + past participle ( third form ) of the verb + by + subject of the active sentenceĮxample of Active - Passive Voice- Transformation.Active sentence- subject + past tense of verb + object.Keep in mind that we should arrange the sentence in the following form. In passive voice of simple past tense– positive, negative, interrogative and negative interrogative, we use past participle (third form) of verb. if subject is plural or second person, we use helping verb ‘were’.

for subject of third person and singular number that is ‘he, she or it’, helping verb ‘was’ is used.if subject of passive voice is first person and singular number that is ‘I’, we use helping verb ‘was’.In this, we use helping verb according to the subject that is. Passive Voice of Simple Past Tense- Formation In this topic, we shall discuss the formation and changing active to passive voice of simple past tense. In passive voice of simple past tense of affirmative sentence, we use auxiliary verb was /were with past participle that is third form of verb.
