Question

Directions: Select the correct passive form of the given sentence.

The masons are building the house.

1. The house is being built by the masons
2. The house is building the masons.
3. The house was being built by the masons.
4. The house has been built by the masons. 

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 1 : The house is being built by the masons

The correct answer is "The house is being built by the masons".

• In Active Voice, a sentence emphasizes the subject, performing an action.
• In Passive Voice, a sentence emphasizes the action or the object of the sentence.
• The given sentence is in the active voice and 'The masons' is the subject and 'the house' is the object.
• When we convert this sentence into passive voice, the subject 'The masons' of the active voice becomes the object, the object 'the house' becomes the subject.
• The passive format "is + being + V3 (built)" should be used.
• This is the active and passive voice rule for the present continuous tense.
• Hence, the correct answer is option 1.

• Verbs of passive format have a different set of tenses (*V3 - Past participle or Third form of the Verb) as given below in the table:   

TENSE	ACTIVE	PASSIVE	PASSIVE CONVERSION
Present Simple	He plays football	am/is/are + V3	Football is played by him
Present Continuous	He is/am/are playing football	am/is/are + being +V3	Football is being played by him
Present Perfect	He has played football	Has/have + been+ V3	Football has been played by him
Present Perfect Continuous	He has been playing football	Not used and unusual.	Not used and unusual
Past Simple	He played football	Was/were + V3	Football was played by him
Past Continuous	He was playing football	Was/were + being + V3	Football was being played by him
Past Perfect	He had played football	Had + been + V3	Football had been played by him
Past Perfect Continuous	He had been playing football	Not used and unusual	Not used and unusual
Future Simple	He will play football	Will + be + V3	Football will be played by him
Future Continuous	He will be playing football	Not used and unusual	Not used and unusual
Future Perfect	He will have played football	Will have been + V3	Football will have been played by him
Future Perfect Continuous	He will have been playing football	Not used and unusual	Not used and unusual