PASSIVE TO ACTIVE. Active / Passive Verb Forms. Sentences can be active or passive. Therefore, tenses also have "active forms" and "passive forms. " You must learn to recognize the difference to successfully speak English. Active Form In active sentences, the thing doing the action is the subject of the sentence and the thing receiving the action is the object. Most sentences are active. [Thing doing action] + [verb] + [thing receiving action] Examples: Passive Form In passive sentences, the thing receiving the action is the subject of the sentence and the thing doing the action is optionally included near the end of the sentence. [Thing receiving action] + [be] + [past participle of verb] + [by] + [thing doing action] Active / Passive Overview Your personal online English school. Passive voice exercises. Passive_mixed_tenses. Quiz XXVIII. Mixed Tenses IV. Active & Passive Tenses (A Story)