Active Voice tells what a person or thing does.
Passive Voice tells what is done to someone or something.
Let us look at tenses in Active and Passive voice.
Look at the sentences in this manner: Active - Passive
PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE
The teacher punishes me. - I am punished by the teacher.
PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE
The teacher is punishing me. - I am being punished by the teacher.
The teacher is punishing the boy. - The boy is being punished by the teacher.
The teacher is punishing the boys. - The boys are being punished by the teacher.
PAST SIMPLE
The teacher punished me. - I was punished by the teacher.
The teacher punished the boys. - The boys were punished by the teacher.
PAST CONTINUOUS
The teacher was punishing me. - I was being punished by the teacher.
The teacher was punishing the boys. - The boys were being punished by the teacher.
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