Level beginner Transitive verbs have both active and passive forms: Passive forms are made up of the verb be with a past participle: If we want to show the person or thing doing the action, we use by: She was attacked by a dangerous dog. The money was stolen by her husband. Active and passive voice 1 Active and passive voice 2 1 Simple Present Tense: Active Voice: The dog chases the cat. Passive Voice: The cat is chased by the dog. 2. Present Continuous Tense: Active Voice: I am eating breakfast. Passive Voice: Breakfast is being eaten by me. 3. Present Perfect Tense: Active Voice: She has written a letter. Passive Voice: A letter has been written by her. 4. ActiveVoice and Passive Voice Rules Chart. The rules for an active and passive voice for different types of tenses are given here, such as: Present simple tense; Present continuous tense; Present perfect tense; Past simple tense; Past continuous tense; Past perfect tense; Future simple tense; Future perfect tense PassiveVoice vs. Active Voice | Rules & Examples. Passive vs active voice for different tenses in English, please note that: V1: Base Form of Verb; V2: Past Simple; V3: Past Participle; Active vs Passive Voice for Present Simple Tense. Active voice: S + V1; Passive voice: S + am/ is/ are + V3; Example: I make a cake. (Active) A cake is made by UnderstandEnglish Active and Passive Voice rules with examples. Know the basic rules to convert Object+ Verb + Subject Therefore an Active Voice statement always begins with the Subject, followed by the verb and the Object respectively. On the contrary a Passive Voice statement begins with the Object, followed by the verb and then the Subject at last. USINGTHE AUXILIARY VERB "BE" The passive voice is formed by using a form of the auxiliary verb "be" (be, am, is, are, was, were, being, been) followed by the past participle of the main verb. Active Passive He loves me. We took our children to the circus. A thief stole my money. am loved. The children were taken to the circus. KkMm.