Active and Passive Voice: Future Tenses and Modal Verbs

Welcome to an important lesson on Active and Passive Voice! Here, we’ll explore their usage in Future Simple, Future Perfect, and Modal Verbs. Learn the rules, forms, and examples to enhance your grammar and communication skills.

What Are Active and Passive Voice?

Active Voice

The subject performs the action.
Focuses on who is doing the action.
Example: “The chef will cook the meal.”

Passive Voice

The object of the action becomes the focus.
Used when the doer is unknown, unimportant, or obvious.
Example: “The meal will be cooked by the chef.”

🔹 General Rule:

🌟 The object of the active sentence becomes the subject of the passive sentence.

1. Future Simple Tense

🔹 Form:

Active Voice: Subject + will + verb + object

Example: The chef will cook the meal.

Passive Voice: Object + will be + past participle + by + subject

Example: The meal will be cooked by the chef.

Examples:

🖊️ Active: She will write a letter.
➡️ Passive: A letter will be written by her.
📖 Active: He will read the book.
➡️ Passive: The book will be read by him.
🎤 Active: They will sing a song.
➡️ Passive: A song will be sung by them.
📺 Active: I will watch a movie.
➡️ Passive: A movie will be watched by me.
💼 Active: She will manage the project.
➡️ Passive: The project will be managed by her.
🏀 Active: He will play basketball.
➡️ Passive: Basketball will be played by him.
🚗 Active: They will drive the car.
➡️ Passive: The car will be driven by them.
🎂 Active: I will bake a cake.
➡️ Passive: A cake will be baked by me.
📚 Active: She will study history.
➡️ Passive: History will be studied by her.
🍎 Active: He will eat an apple.
➡️ Passive: An apple will be eaten by him.
🌟 Active: We will teach English.
➡️ Passive: English will be taught by us.
✈️ Active: They will book tickets.
➡️ Passive: Tickets will be booked by them.
🖌️ Active: I will paint the wall.
➡️ Passive: The wall will be painted by me.
🎸 Active: She will play the guitar.
➡️ Passive: The guitar will be played by her.
🏠 Active: He will clean the house.
➡️ Passive: The house will be cleaned by him.
🎥 Active: They will watch the show
➡️ Passive: The show will be watched by them.
📋 Active: I will complete the task.
➡️ Passive: The task will be completed by me.
🍳 Active: She will cook dinner.
➡️ Passive: Dinner will be cooked by her.
📝 Active: He will write the report.
➡️ Passive: The report will be written by him.
📞 Active: They will make the call.
➡️ Passive: The call will be made by them.

2. Future Perfect Tense

🔹 Form:

Active Voice: Subject + will have + past participle + object

Example: The chef will have cooked the meal.

Passive Voice: Object + will have been + past participle + by + subject

Example: The meal will have been cooked by the chef.

Examples:

🖊️ Active: She will have written a letter.
➡️ Passive: A letter will have been written by her.
📖 Active: He will have read the book.
➡️ Passive: The book will have been read by him.
🎤 Active: They will have sung a song.
➡️ Passive: A song will have been sung by them.
📺 Active: I will have watched a movie.
➡️ Passive: A movie will have been watched by me.
💼 Active: She will have managed the project.
➡️ Passive: The project will have been managed by her.
🏀 Active: He will have played basketball.
➡️ Passive: Basketball will have been played by him.
🚗 Active: They will have driven the car.
➡️ Passive: The car will have been driven by them.
🎂 Active: I will have baked a cake.
➡️ Passive: A cake will have been baked by me.
📚 Active: She will have studied history.
➡️ Passive: History will have been studied by her.
🍎 Active: He will have eaten an apple.
➡️ Passive: An apple will have been eaten by him.
🌟 Active: We will have taught English.
➡️ Passive: English will have been taught by us.
✈️ Active: They will have booked tickets.
➡️ Passive: Tickets will have been booked by them.
🖌️ Active: I will have painted the wall.
➡️ Passive: The wall will have been painted by me.
🎸 Active: She will have played the guitar.
➡️ Passive: The guitar will have been played by her.
🏠 Active: He will have cleaned the house.
➡️ Passive: The house will have been cleaned by him.
🎥 Active: They will have watched the show.
➡️ Passive: The show will have been watched by them.
📋 Active: I will have completed the task.
➡️ Passive: The task will have been completed by me.
🍳 Active: She will have cooked dinner.
➡️ Passive: Dinner will have been cooked by her.
📝 Active: He will have written the report.
➡️ Passive: The report will have been written by him.
📞 Active: They will have made the call.
➡️ Passive: The call will have been made by them.

3. Modal Verbs

🔹 Form:

🌟 Active Voice: Subject + modal verb + verb + object

Example: The chef can cook the meal.

🌟 Passive Voice: Object + modal verb + be + past participle + by + subject

Example: The meal can be cooked by the chef.

Examples:

🖊️ Active: She can write a letter.
➡️ Passive: A letter can be written by her.
📖 Active: He may read the book.
➡️ Passive: The book may be read by him.
🎤 Active: They must sing a song.
➡️ Passive: A song must be sung by them.
📺 Active: I should watch a movie.
➡️ Passive: A movie should be watched by me.
💼 Active: She could manage the project.
➡️ Passive: The project could be managed by her.
🏀 Active: He might play basketball.
➡️ Passive: Basketball might be played by him.
🚗 Active: They must drive the car.
➡️ Passive: The car must be driven by them.
🎂 Active: I can bake a cake.
➡️ Passive: A cake can be baked by me.
📚 Active: She should study history.
➡️ Passive: History should be studied by her.
🍎 Active: He must eat an apple.
➡️ Passive: An apple must be eaten by him.
🌟 Active: We can teach English.
➡️ Passive: English can be taught by us.
✈️ Active: They might book tickets.
➡️ Passive: Tickets might be booked by them.
🖌️ Active: I could paint the wall.
➡️ Passive: The wall could be painted by me.
🎸 Active: She may play the guitar.
➡️ Passive: The guitar may be played by her.
🏠 Active: He should clean the house.
➡️ Passive: The house should be cleaned by him.
🎥 Active: They can watch the show.
➡️ Passive: The show can be watched by them.
📋 Active: I must complete the task.
➡️ Passive: The task must be completed by me.
🍳 Active: She could cook dinner.
➡️ Passive: Dinner could be cooked by her.
📝 Active: He might write the report.
➡️ Passive: The report might be written by him.
📞 Active: They should make the call.
➡️ Passive: The call should be made by them.

Quick Reference Table

Tense/Modal	Active Voice	Passive Voice
Future Simple	She will write a letter.	A letter will be written by her.
Future Perfect	She will have written a letter.	A letter will have been written by her.
Modal Verbs	She can write a letter.	A letter can be written by her.