Grammar -Grade 10 Passive Voice -Past Perfect Tense

Past Perfect Tense

Passive Voice

 

Look at the following sentences

These sentences tell us about what happened before Kokila  went  to his job interview






He had been told about the particular vacancy by his uncle.





This advertisement had been seen by her father.

Hardworking and talented young people had been invited by them.



An A pass for English had been specified by them.




Any experience had not been asked by them.


The interview had already been started by them.

 


The above sentences are written in 

Passive Voice

Passive form is used when we are interested on

 what had happened or to whom it had happened


Look at how the passive voice is formed

He                                                                                                           told

This advertisement                                                                             seen

Hardworking and talented young people had been                  invited

An A pass for English                               had not been              specified

Any experience                                                                                   asked

The interview                                                                                       started

 

In Passive

 the doer of the action

is  not important or we are not interested about  

 therefore 

 the receiver of the action 

becomes

 the subject

 of the passive sentence

 When forming passive sentences in the past perfect tense following structure is used

 

Subject+ had been+ verb past participle + agent +adverbial

   This advertisement had been seen by her father in the morning.


When forming Negative sentences

 

Subject+ had not been+ verb past participle + agent +adverbial

Any experience had not been asked by them for the job.

 

When forming Interrogative sentences

 

Had + Subject+ been+ verb past participle + agent +adverbial

Had he been invited by them for the interview?

or

When +had + Subject+ been+ verb past participle + agent +adverbial


When  had he been invited by them for the interview? 


Do the following activities

 Activity 1

Form passive sentences using the following words

  1. The car                 -        wash
  2. The car                 -        wash
  3. The heavy box    -        carry
  4. The students       -        teach
  5. The flowers         -        plucked

Activity 2

Rewrite the sentences in passive voice.

1.      I had worn blue shoes.  

2.    Joe had cleaned the tables.

3.    We had lost the key.  

4.    They had started a fight.  

5.     I had been reading an article.  

6.    I had not closed the window.  

7.     They had not bought the paper.  

8.    She had not noticed me.  

9.    Had she solved the problem?  

10.   Had he recorded that song?  

Activity 3 

Now form passive sentences -negative form

  1. drink         -            tea
  2. plough      -            the field
  3. eat             -            lunch
  4. pick           -            the flowers
  5. read          -            the books

 Activity 4

Now form passive sentences- interrogative form

  1. The car                 -        wash
  2. The car                 -        wash
  3. The heavy box    -        carry
  4. The students       -        teach
  5. The flowers         -        plucked

 

 


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