Voice
Voice is a form of verb. It is of two types
Active voice
Passive voice
Active Voice::
If the subject represents the does of an action then the verb is said to be in active voice.
Eg:: He sells bangles here.
Subject - Raju
Verb - sells
Object - Bangles
Passive Voice ::
If we give more preference to the object then it is said to be in Passive voice.
Eg:: Bangles are sold by him here.
Subject - Object *subject to Object change* (When changing from active voice to passive voice the following pronouns change)
I - me ( “ I “ in active voice changes to “me” in Passive voice )
We - us
You - you
He - him
She - her
It - it
They - them
In Passive voice we must use v3 form and the statement starts with an object.
I sell bangles here. (Active Voice)
Bangles are sold by me here. ( Passive Voice )
They sell bangles here. (Active Voice)
Bangles are sold by them here. ( Passive voice )
Converting Active Voice in Present tense to Passive Voice
Simple present tense::
Active Voice:: Sub + v1/ v1+s / v1+es + object
Examples:
Ravi tells stories.
Many people speak english.
They bring cars to the institution daily.
passive voice:: Object + is /are /am +V3 + preposition + subject
Ravi tells stories. (Active Voice)
Stories are told by Ravi. ( passive voice )
Many people speak English.
English is spoken by many people. (passive voice )
They bring cars to the institution daily.
Cars are brought by them to the institution daily. (passive voice)
Present continuous tense::
Active Voice:: Sub+ is /are /am + V4 + object
Eg:: I am reading a book.
Passive voice:: Object + is being /are being / am being +V3 + preposition subject
I am reading a book. (Active voice)
Book is being read by me (Passive voice)
She is typing a letter (Active Voice )
A letter is being typed by her (Passive voice)
They aren't singing songs. (Active voice)
Songs are not being sung by them. (Passive voice)
Present Perfect Tense::
Active Voice:: Sub + has/ have + V3 + object
Passive voice:: Object + has been / have been + V3 + preposition + subject
Palle has completed the task. (Active Voice)
The task has been completed by Palle. (Passive Voice)
2 . Anjali has done it well. (Active voice)
It has been done well by Anjali. (Passive Voice)
Present Perfect continuous tense::
Active voice:: Sub + has been / have been + v4 + object.
No Passive voice for Present Perfect continuous tense.
Converting Active Voice in Past tense to Passive Voice
Simple past::
Active voice:: subject + v2 + object
Eg:: she created a blogspot yesterday
Passive voice :: Object + was/were + v3 + prep + subject
Eg:: A blogspot was created by her yesterday.
She trained us.
We were trained by her.
We got freedom in 1947.
Freedom was given to us in 1947
Past Continuous tense ::
Active voice:: Sub + was/were + v4 + object
Eg:: She was training us.
Passive voice:: Object + was being/ were being + v3 + preposition + subject
Eg :: we were being trained by her.
Past Perfect Tense::
Active voice:: Sub + had + v3 + object
Passive voice :: obj + had been + v3 + subject
Eg:: She had completed her homework. (Active Voice)
Her homework had been completed by her. (Passive voice)
They had purchased a car. (Active Voice)
A car had been purchased by them. (Passive voice)
Past Perfect continuous tense::
Active voice:: Sub + had been + v4 + object
No Passive voice for past perfect tense
Converting Active Voice in Past tense to Passive Voice
Simple Future Tense::
Active voice:: Sub + will / shall / can / may + v1 + object
Passive voice :: obj + won’t be / shan’t be / can’t be / may not be+ v3 + subject
Eg:: He will buy a car. (Active Voice)
A car will be bought by him. (Passive voice)
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