Examples Active and Passive Voice

Example

        TENSE                             مثال

A letter is written by me.	is, am, are	Present Indefinite Tense
A letter was written by me.	was, were	Past Indefinite Tense
A letter will be written by me.	will be, shall be	Future Indefinite Tense
A letter was being written by me.	is being, am being, are being	Present Continuous Tense
A letter has been written by me.	was being, were being	Past Continuous Tense Present Perfect Tense
A letter had been written by me.	have been, has been, had been	Past Perfect Tense
A letter will have been written by me.	shall have been, will have been	Future Perfect Tense

Example

ACTIVE VOICE	PASSIVE VOICE
1.    She reads a story.	1.    A story is read by her.
2.    He killed a snake.	2.    A snake was killed by him.
3.    They will win a match.	3.    A match will be won by them.
4.    We are eating apples.	4.    Apples are being eaten by us.
5.    Children were catching butterflies.	5.    Butterflies were being caught by children.

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