Passive Voice(Past Perfect)

Someone had paid the electrician for his work.

(Change to the passive from.)

• for his work the electrician had paid someone.

• The electrician had been paid for his work.

• The electrician had been paying for his work.

• The electrician was paid for his work.

When we first met, they had already offered me a job at the bank.

(Chang to the passive form.)

• I had already been offered a job at the bank, when we first met.

• They had already been offered me a job at the bank, when we first met.

• A job was offered to me, when we first met.

• A job had already been offering to me, when we first met.

A man had requested the stranger to leave the meeting.

(Change to the passive form.)

• A man had been requested by the stranger to leave the meeting.

• The stranger was requested to leave the meeting.

• The stranger had been requested to leave the meeting.

• The stranger had been being requested to leave the meeting.

A young women gad asked the rest of us to be there at 8 o'clock.

(Change to the passive from.)

• The rest of us had been asked to be there at 8 o'clock.

• We were asked to be there at 8 o'clock.

• A young woman had been asked to be there at 8 o'clock.

• The rest of us was asked to be there at 8 o'clock.

They had eaten all the dinner before they finished the conversation.

(Change to the passive form.)

• Before they finished the conversation, the dinner were eaten.

• Before they finished the conversation, the dinner was eaten.

• Before they finished the conversation, the dinner had been eaten.

• The dinner was being eaten before the conversation was finished.

She had preferred tea until she started drinking coffee.

• Active

• passive

My watch had been stolen when I got home.

• Active

• Passive

The doors had been painted when it started to rain.

• Active

• Passive

We had watched TV for two hours before we fell asleep.

• Active

• Passive

I had worn blue shoes.

(Change to the passive form.)

• Blue shoes had been worn by me.

• I had been worn blue shoes.

• Blue shoes were worn by me.

• Blue shoes had been being worn by me.