In the lesson below I am going to elaborate active and passive voice of past perfect tense. Active and passive structures for affirmative, interrogative, negative, negative interrogative and WH/ information questions along with examples. In addition, click Active and Passive Voice Complete Rules, you might find this useful too.
Active and Passive Voice of Past Perfect Tense
Affirmatives
- Active: S + had + V3 + object + ROTS
They had played cricket before the rain stated. - Passive: S + had + been + V3 + prep + object + ROTS
Cricket had been played by them before the rain started.
Interrogatives
- Active: Had + S + V3 + object + ROTS
Had they played cricket before the rain started? - Passive: Had + S + been + V3 + prep + object + ROTS
Had cricket been played by them before the rain started?
Negatives
- Active: S + had + not + V3 + object + ROTS
They had not/hadn`t played cricket before the rain started. - Passive: S + had + not + been + V3 + prep + object + ROTS
Cricket had not/hadn`t been played by them before the rain started.
Negative interrogatives
- Active: Had not + S + V3 + object + ROTS
Hadn`t they played cricket before the rain started? - Passive: Had not + S + been + V3 + prep + object + ROTS
Hadn`t cricket been played by them before the rain started?
WH/Information Questions
- Active: WH + had + S + V3 + object + ROTS
Where had they played cricket before the rain started? - Passive: WH + had + S + been + V3 + prep + object + ROTS
Where had cricket been played by them before the rain started?
More Sentences:
Affirmative:
- Active: They had won the cricket match.
- Passive: The cricket match had been won by them.
Negative:
- Active: They had not won the cricket match.
- Passive: The cricket match had not been won by them.
Interrogative:
- Active: Had they won the cricket match?
- Passive: Had the cricket match been won by them?
Negative Interrogative:
- Active: Hadn’t they won the cricket match?
- Passive: Hadn’t the cricket match been won by them?
WH/ information question:
- Active: When had they won the cricket match?
- Passive: When had the cricket match been won by them?
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Conclusion:
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