Question

He had killed a dog

Change into Passive ​

Answer 1

Given statement is, "He had killed a dog."

First have a look at the tense used in the statement. It's past perfect tense.

Statements of past perfect tense in active voice are in the form, "Subject + had + V₃ form of verb + Object".

So the statements in passive voice will be, "Object + had been + V₃ form of the verb + by + Subject."

In this expansion, if the subject is a noun phrase, we write the same, but if it is a subjective pronoun, we use the equivalent objective pronoun.

Likewise, if the object is a noun phrase, we write the same, but if it is an objective pronoun, we use the equivalent subjective pronoun.

Expand the given sentence.

"He + had + killed + a dog."

Here, 'He' is the subject, 'had' is used, 'killed' is the V₃ form of the verb, and 'a dog' is the object.

Since the subject 'he' is a subjective pronoun, we use the equivalent objective pronoun 'him' in passive voice.

The object 'a dog' is just a noun phrase, so we use the same in passive voice too.

So the expansion of the statement in passive form will be,

A dog + had been + killed + by + him.

⇒  A dog had been killed by him.

Answer 2

Question:-

⇒ He had killed a dog. Change into Passive..!!

Answer:-

⇒ A dog had been killed by him.

Changing a sentence into the passive voice

Active verb form: second form of the verb. Passive verb form: was/were + past participle form of the verb.