Berdasarkan keenam poin di atas maka passive voice mengikuti pola sebagai berikut:
Subject + be + Verb3 + by + Object + modifier
Pola active dan passive voice pada tiap tensis
a. Jika active voice dalam simple present tense, maka ‘be’ passive voice-nya adalah is, am atau are.
Contoh:
* Active : He meets them everyday.
* Passive : They are met by him everyday.
* Active : She waters this plant every two days.
* Passive : This plant is watered by her every two days.
b. Jika active voice dalam simple past tense, maka ‘be’ passive voice-nya adalah was atau were
Contoh:
* Active : He met them yesterday
* Passive : They were met by him yesterday
* Active : She watered this plant this morning
* Passive : This plant was watered by her this morning
c. Jika active voice dalam present perfect tense, maka ‘be’ passive voice-nya adalah been yang diletakkan setelah auxiliary has atau have, sehingga menjadi ‘has been’ atau ‘have been’
Contoh:
* Active : He has met them
* Passive : They have been met by him
* Active : She has watered this plant for 5 minutes.
* Passive : This plant has been watered by her for 5 minutes.
d. Jika active voice dalam past perfect tense, maka ‘be’ passive voice-nya adalah been yang diletakkan setelah auxiliary had, sehingga menjadi had been
Contoh:
* Active : He had met them before I came.
* Passive : They had been met by him before I came.
* Active : She had watered this plant for 5 minutes when I got here
* Passive : This plant had been watered by her for 5 minutes when I got here
e. Jika active voice dalam simple future tense, maka ‘be’ passive voice-nya adalah be
Contoh:
* Active : He will meet them tomorrow.
* Passive : They will be met by him tomorrow.
* Active : She will water this plant this afternoon.
* Passive : This plant will be watered by her this afternoon.
* Active : The farmers are going to harvest the crops next week
* Passive : The crops are going to be harvested by the farmers next week.
f. Jika active voice dalam future perfect tense, maka ‘be’ passive voice-nya adalah been yang diletakkan setelah auxiliary will have, sehingga menjadi ‘will have been’
Contoh:
* Active : He will have met them before I get there tomorrow.
* Passive : They will have been met by him before I get there tomorrow.
* Active : She will have watered this plant before I get here this afternoon.
* Passive : This plant will have been watered by her before I get here this afternoon.
g. Jika active voice dalam past future perfect tense, maka ‘be’ passive voice-nya adalah been yang diletakkan setelah auxiliary would have, sehingga menjadi ‘would have been’.
Contoh:
* Active : He would have met them.
* Passive : They would have been met by him.
* Active : She would have watered this plant.
* Passive : This plant would have been watered by her.
h. Jika active voice dalam present continuous tense, maka ‘be’ passive voice-nya adalah (is, am atau are) + being.
Contoh:
* Active : He is meeting them now.
* Passive : They are being met by him now.
* Active : She is watering this plant now.
* Passive : This plant is being watered by her now.
i. Jika active voice dalam past continuous tense, maka ‘be’ passive voice-nya adalah (was atau were) + being.
Contoh:
* Active : He was meeting them.
* Passive : They were being met by him.
* Active : She was watering this plant.
* Passive : This plant was being watered by her.
j. Jika active voice dalam perfect continuous tense, maka ‘be’ passive voice-nya adalah (has/have) been + being.
Contoh:
* Active : He has been meeting them.
* Passive : They have been being met by him.
* Active : She has been watering this plant.
* Passive : This plant has been being watered by her.
k. Jika active voice dalam past perfect continuous tense, maka ‘be’ passive voice-nya adalah had been + being.
Contoh:
* Active : He had been meeting them.
* Passive : They had been being met by him.
* Active : She had been watering this plant.
* Passive : This plant had been being watered by her.
l. Jika active voice dalam future continuous tense, maka ‘be’ passive voice-nya adalah will be + being.
Contoh:
* Active : He will be meeting them.
* Passive : They will be being met by him.
* Active : She will be watering this plant.
* Passive : This plant will be being watered by her.
m. Jika active voice dalam past future continuous tense, maka ‘be’ passive voice-nya adalah would be + being.
Contoh:
* Active : He would be meeting them.
* Passive : They would be being met by him.
* Active : She would be watering this plant.
* Passive : This plant would be being watered by her.
n. Jika active voice dalam future perfect continuous tense, maka ‘be’ passive voice-nya adalah will have been + being.
Contoh:
* Active : He will have been meeting them.
* Passive : They will have been being met by him.
* Active : She will have been watering this plant.
* Passive : This plant will have been being watered by her.
o. Jika active voice dalam past future perfect continuous tense, maka ‘be’ passive voice-nya adalah would have been + being.
Contoh:
* Active : He would be meeting them.
* Passive : They would be being met by him.
* Active : She would be watering this plant.
* Passive : This plant would be being watered by her.