Past Perfect Tense-Passive Voice
The Passive Voice of the Past Perfect Tense can be made according to the following procedures depending on the specific type of sentence.
Passive Voice of Assertive Sentences of Past Perfect Tense
The Passive Voice of the Assertive Sentence of Past Perfect Tense can be made by applying the following sequence of rules:
- Convert the object of the Active Voice Sentence into the subject of the Passive Voice Sentence.
- Use the helping verb had been with the subject of the Passive Voice Sentence.
- Use 3rd form of Verb.
- Then use the word “by”, in order to show the doer.
- Then convert the subject of the Active Voice sentence into the object of the Passive Voice sentence.
- In the end, add the remaining words if there are any in the Active Voice Sentence.
Examples of Passive Voice of Assertive Sentences of Past Perfect Tense
- She had lost a ticket.
- A ticket had been lost by her.
- You had stolen my watch.
- My watch had been stolen by you.
- He had planted a tree.
- A tree had been planted by him.
- We had attended the meeting.
- The meeting had been attended by us.
- She had prepared tea.
- Tea had been prepared by her.
- You had sent a telegram to him.
- A telegram had been sent by you to him.
- I had rung the bell.
- The bell had been rung by me.
- He had stolen the cow.
- The cow had been stolen by him.
- She had saved that boy.
- That boy had been saved by her.
- We had spoiled four tickets.
- Four tickets had been spoiled by us.
- I had put out the light.
- The light had been put out by me.
- He had delivered a wonderful speech last week.
- A wonderful speech had been delivered by him last week.
- Her friends had praised her.
- She had been praised by her friends.
- I had already bought a scooter.
- A scooter had already been bought by me.
- I had reported the matter to the police.
- The matter had been reported to the police by me.
- My uncle had already milked the cow.
- The cow had already been milked by my uncle.
- They had taken tea before they left for Peshawar.
- Tea had been taken by them before they left for Peshawar.
- He had already marked my paper.
- My paper had already been marked by him.
- Your servant had stolen my wristwatch.
- My wristwatch had been stolen by your servant.
- He had called us names already.
- Names had been called us by him already.
- We had been called names by him already.
Passive Voice of Negative Sentences of Past Perfect Tense
The Passive Voice of Negative Sentence of Past Perfect Tense can be made by applying the following rules:
- Convert the object of the Active Voice Sentence into the subject of the Passive Voice Sentence.
- Use the helping verb had with the subject of the Passive Voice Sentence.
- Then use the word “not”, in order to show the negativity of the sentence.
- Then use the additional helping verb “been”, in order to show the tense of completion.
- Use 3rd form of Verb.
- Then use the word “by”, in order to show the doer.
- Then convert the subject of the Active Voice sentence into the object of the Passive Voice sentence.
- In the end, add the remaining words if there are any in the Active Voice Sentence.
Examples of Passive Voice of Negative Sentences of Past Perfect Tense
- I had not tested his eyes.
- His eyes had not been tested by me.
- You had not supported them.
- They had not been supported by you.
- I had not marked those papers.
- Those papers had not been marked by me.
- We had not plucked these flowers.
- These flowers had not been plucked by us.
- She had not fulfilled her promise.
- Her promise had not been fulfilled by her.
- We had not won the trophy.
- The trophy had not been won by us.
- Her mother had not pardoned her.
- She had not been pardoned by her mother.
- They had not built that house.
- That house had not been built by them.
- You had not prepared tea.
- Tea had not been prepared by you.
- I had not poisoned the dog.
- The dog had not been poisoned by me.
- The police had not completed their case.
- Their case had not been completed by the police.
- She had not deceived us.
- We had not been deceived by her.
- They had not defeated us.
- We had not been defeated by them.
- We had not bought tickets for the journey.
- Tickets had not been bought for the journey by us.
- I had not stopped the train.
- The train had not been stopped by me.
- She had not heard the news of her uncle’s death.
- The news of her uncle’s death had not been heard by her.
Passive Voice of Interrogative Sentences of Past Perfect Tense
The Passive Voice of Interrogative Sentence of Past Perfect Tense can be made by applying the following sequence of rules:
- Use the helping verb had with the subject of the Passive Voice Sentence.
- Convert the object of the Active Voice Sentence into the subject of the Passive Voice Sentence.
- Then use the additional helping verb “been”, in order to show the tense of completion.
- Use 3rd form of Verb.
- Then use the word “by”, in order to show the doer.
- Then convert the subject of the Active Voice sentence into the object of the Passive Voice sentence.
- Then put the remaining words if there are any in the Active Voice Sentence.
- In the end, use the sign of interrogation “?”, in order to show the interrogative nature of the sentence.
Examples of Passive Voice of Interrogative Sentences of Past Perfect Tense
- Had I spoken the truth?
- Had the truth been spoken by me?
- Had they burnt those papers?
- Had those papers been burnt by them?
- Had the guard given the green signal?
- Had the green signal been given by the guard?
- Had they forgiven us?
- Had we been forgiven by them?
- Had she cooked everything?
- Had everything been cooked by her?
- Had he signed my passport?
- Had my passport been signed by him?
- Had they defeated us?
- Had we been defeated by them?
- Had they killed the snake?
- Had the snake been killed by them?
- Had she painted this picture?
- Had this painting been painted by her?
- Had he chosen a very big fish?
- Had a very big fish been chosen by him?
- Had she turned off the tap?
- Had the tap been turned off by her?
- Had he sewn that shirt?
- Had that shirt been sewn by him?
- Had I looted them?
- Had they been looted by me?
- Had the police caught him?
- Had he been caught by the police?
- Had the judge dismissed his case?
- Had his case been dismissed by the judge?
- Had he not pulled the chain in order to stop the train?
- Had the chain not been pulled by him in order to stop the train?
- Had they crossed the river by means of boats?
- Had the river been crossed by them by means of boats?
- Had he already posted those letters?
- Had those letters been already posted by him?
- Had she won the prize?
- Had the prize been won by her?
- Had you beaten him?
- Had he been beaten by you?
- Had they won the trophy?
- Had the trophy been won by them?
Passive Voice of Negative-Interrogative Sentences of Past Perfect Tense
The Passive Voice of Negative- Interrogative Sentence of Past Perfect Tense can be made by applying the following sequence of rules:
- Use the helping verb had with the subject of the Passive Voice Sentence.
- Convert the object of the Negative- Interrogative Sentence into the subject of the Passive Voice Sentence.
- Use the word “not”, in order to show the negativity of the sentence.
- Then use the additional helping verb “been”, in order to show the tense of completion.
- Use 3rd form of Verb.
- Then use the word “by”, in order to show the doer.
- Then convert the subject of the Active Voice sentence into the object of the Passive Voice sentence.
- Then put the remaining words if there are any in the Active Voice Sentence.
- In the end, use the sign of interrogation “?”, in order to show the interrogative nature of the sentence.
Examples of Passive Voice of Negative-Interrogative Sentences of Past Perfect Tense
- Had I not spoken the truth?
- Had the truth not been spoken by me?
- Had they not burnt those papers?
- Had those papers not been burnt by them?
- Had the guard not given the green signal?
- Had the green signal not been given by the guard?
- Had they not forgiven us?
- Had we not been forgiven by them?
- Had she not cooked everything?
- Had everything not been cooked by her?
- Had he not signed my passport?
- Had my passport not been signed by him?
- Had they not defeated us?
- Had we not been defeated by them?
- Had they not killed the snake?
- Had the snake not been killed by them?
- Had she not painted this picture?
- Had this painting not been painted by her?
- Had he not chosen a very big fish?
- Had a very big fish not been chosen by him?
- Had she not turned off the tap?
- Had the tap not been turned off by her?
- Had he not sewn that shirt?
- Had that shirt not been sewn by him?
- Had I not looted them?
- Had they not been looted by me?
- Had the police not caught him?
- Had he not been caught by the police?
- Had the judge not dismissed his case?
- Had his case not been dismissed by the judge?
- Had he not pulled the chain in order to stop the train?
- Had the chain not been pulled by him in order to stop the train?
- Had they not crossed the river by means of boats?
- Had the river not been crossed by them by means of boats.
- Had he not already posted those letters?
- Had those letters not been already posted by him?
- Had she not won the prize?
- Had the prize not been won by her?
- Had you not beaten him?
- Had he not been beaten by you?
- Had they not won the trophy?
- Had the trophy not been won by them?
Past Perfect Tense-Active Voice:
In the Active Voice Sentence of the Past Perfect Tense, “had” is used as a helping verb to show the completed actions of the past time. The following article has full rules for making Active Voice Sentences of Past Perfect Tense: