Active and passive voice examples
Present
a) Present simple
eg: Brendon plays cricket.
Cricket is played by Brendon
b) Present continuous
eg: Brendon is playing cricket.
Cricket is being played by Brendon
c) Present perfect
eg: Brendon has played cricket.
Cricket has been played by Brendon
Explanation: Following the structure we can see now that some of the tenses and pronouns
changed, that’s because after we change the order it must come first the object than the linking verb
followed by the past participle of the main verb.
Past tense
a) Past simple
Eg: Brendon played cricket.
Cricket was played by Brendon.
b) Past continuous
Eg: Brendon was playing cricket.
Cricket was being played by Brendon.
c) Past perfect
Eg: Brendon had played cricket.
Cricket had been played by brendon.
Explanation: Here instead of adding the linking verb in the present we use it in the past.
