Question

10. Change the voice of the following sentences.
i) My father is drafting the letter.
ii) The students are playing a friendly basketball tournament.
Richard was making some kites.
iv) Radhika has done the work.
v) My sister has just plucked some flowers for 'puja'.
vi) Robin has already prepared the tea.
vii) The naughty boys have just broken the window panes.
viii) My cousin has already found his lost watch.
ix) My uncle gave me a bicycle.
x) We elected him our captain.​

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10. Change the voice of the following sentences.

i) My father is drafting the letter.

⟶ The letter has been drafted by my father.

ii) The students are playing a friendly basketball tournament.

⟶ A friendly basketball tournament were being played by the students.

iii) Richard was making some kites.

⟶ Some kites was being made by Richard.

iv) Radhika has done the work.

⟶ The work has being done by Radhika.

v) My sister has just plucked some flowers for 'puja'.

⟶ Some flowers for 'puja' has being just plucked by my sister.

vi) Robin has already prepared the tea.

⟶ The tea has being already prepared by Robin.

vii) The naughty boys have just broken the window panes.

⟶ The window panes had being just broken by the naughty boys.

viii) My cousin has already found his lost watch.

⟶ His lost watch has being already found by my cousin.

ix) My uncle gave me a bicycle.

⟶ A bicycle had being given by my uncle.

x) We elected him our captain.

⟶ He was elected captain by us.

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Voice change are of two types –

They are –

• Active Voice
• Passive Voice

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✓ What is Active Voice ?

⟶ Active voice means that a sentence has a subject that acts upon its verb.

Example :

• Monkeys adore bananas.
• The squirrel was chased by the dog.

Formula for Active Voice :

Subject + to be (is, am, are) + present participle + object.

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✓ What is Passive Voice ?

⟶ Passive voice means that a subject is a recipient of a verb’s action.

Example :

• Bananas are adorned by monkeys.

• The squirrel was chased by the dog.

Formula for Passive Voice :

S + to be (is, am, are) + being + past participle + by object.

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