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Active and Passive Voice Rules for Past Simple Tense
Active Voice Passive Voice
(Auxiliary Verb- was/were)
Subject + V2+ object Object+ was/were V3+ by + subject
Subject +did+ not+v1+ object Object + was/were+ not +V3+ by Subject
Did+ subject+V1+ object+? Was/were + Object+ V3+ by subject +?
Examples:
Active: Reema cleaned the floor. Active: Aisha bought a bicycle.
Passive: The floor was cleaned by Reema. Passive: A bicycle was bought by Aisha.
