The structure of sentences in future simple tense (future simple) in active voice (active voice) in English is as follows:
Subject + will/shall + first form of the verb + object
The same sentences in English, but in passive voice (passive voice), follow this structure:
Object of the active sentence + will/shall + be + past participle form of the verb + by + subject of the active sentence
- Active: I will write a letter.
- Passive: A letter will be written by me.
- Active: She will help me.
- Passive: I will be helped by her.
- Active: John will learn the lesson.
- Passive: The lesson will be learnt by John.
Converting a negative sentence to passive voice (passive voice):
- Active: She will not help us.
- Passive: We will not be helped by her.
- Active: We will not visit the hill station this year.
- Passive: The hill station will not be visited by us this year.
- Active: We shall not betray our country.
- Passive: Our country shall not be betrayed by us.
Converting a question sentence to passive voice (passive voice):
Active: Will you help him?- Passive: Will he be helped by you?
- Active: Will you not help me?
- Passive: Shall I not be helped by you?
- Active: Will they accept our invitation?
- Passive: Will our invitation be accepted by them?
Future Perfect Tense
Active: Subject + will/shall + have + past participle form of the verb + object
Passive: Object of the active sentence + will/shall + have + been + past participle form of the verb + by + subject of the active sentence
- Active: We shall not have accepted the invitation.
- Passive: The invitation shall not have been accepted by us.
- Active: She will have finished her work.
- Passive: Her work will have been finished by her.
- Active: They will have elected him their leader.
- Passive: He will have been elected their leader (by them).
Converting a question sentence to passive voice (passive voice):
- Active: Will she have cooked the food?
- Passive: Will the food have been cooked by her?
- Active: Will they have received our letter?
- Passive: Will our letter have been received by them?
- Active: Will they have caught the train?
- Passive: Will the train have been caught by them?
- Active: Who will have opposed you?
- Passive: By whom will you have been opposed?
- Notes
Sentences in active voice in future perfect continuous tense cannot be converted to passive voice (passive voice).
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