

Add the preposition “by” before the subject (person or thing performing the action).Īctive voice: “Security guards patrol the warehouse every night.”.Use the past participle of the main verb in the active voice sentence as the verb in the passive voice sentence.Use the same tense for the “to be” verb as the main verb tense of the active voice sentence. Add a form of the verb “to be” before the main verb in the sentence.Place the object (the recipient of the action) at the beginning of the sentence.Here are the basic steps to convert active voice to passive voice: Although it occurs less often there will be times when you want to translate sentences to passive voice from active voice.
