Question

2 Convert active voices into passive voices. 3 MARKS
i) They wrote a letter yesterday.
ii) She has sent him to the market.
iii) Are you painting the wall?​

Answer 1

Required Answer:

1. They wrote a letter yesterday.

Answer: A letter was written by them yesterday.

2. She has sent him to the market.

Answer: He had been sent to the market by her.

3. Are you painting the wall?

Answer: Are the wall being painted by you?

Active Voice:

The sentence where subject is the actioner and the object is the receiver then the sentence is in active voice.

Passive Voice:

The sentence where subject is the receiver and the object is the actioner then the sentence is in passive voice.

Format:

Simple Tense:

• Active voice: Subject + V1 + Object
• Passive voice: Object + V3 + by + Subject

Continuous Tense:

• Active voice: Subject + is/ am/ are + V1 +ing + Object
• Passive voice: Object + is/am/are + being + V3 + by + Subject

Perfect Tense:

• Active voice: Subject + has/have +V3 + Object
• Passive voice: Object + has/have + been + V3 + by + Subject

Answer 2

⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ Voice

Voice refers to the form of a verb that indicates when a grammatical subject performs the action or is the receiver of the action.

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀Active Voice

When a sentence is written in the active voice, the subject performs the action.

For an Example :-

$\implies$ He loves me.

$\implies$We took our children to the circus.

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Passive Voice

In the passive voice, the subject receives the action.

For an Example :-

$\implies$I am loved.

$\implies$The children were taken to the circus.

Form Of Present Perfect Tense

Use the present perfect to describe an action occurring in the past but relevant to the present, or extending to the present.

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Active

• has/have + -ed/-en

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Passive

• has/have + been + -ed/-en

Active - Hunter has opened a language institute in East Harlem.

Passive - The language institute has been opened to relocate students off the main campus.

Form of Simple Past Tense

Use the simple past to indicate a general or habitual action occurring in the past or at a

specific time in the past.

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Active

• base + -ed or irregular form

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Passive

• was/were + -ed/-en

Active - Our family bought all our clothes at Sears when I was young.

Passive - The clothes were bought by my mother.

Now , let's do the given Questions :

1. They wrote a letter yesterday.

$\implies$A letter was written by them yesterday.

2. She has sent him to the market.

$\implies$He had been sent to the market by her.

3. Are you painting the wall?

$\implies$Are the wall being painted by you?

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