B. Given below are a few sentences with two objects. Convert them into passive voice.
1. The coach will give cricket bats to the players tomorrow.
2. Souvik lent the car to Akhil.
3. Shobhit showed the new school building to Vikas.
4. Mother promised Sahil a new mobile phone.
5. We gave our teacher a scrapbook when she retired.
Answers
Answers:
1) Cricket bats will be given to the players by the coach.
2) The car was lent to Akhil by Souvik.
3) The new school building was shown to Vikas by Shobhit.
4) A new mobile phone was promised to Sahil by his mother.
5) A scrapbook was given to our teacher when she retired.
Knowledge Bytes:
→ Active Voice
When a verb is in active voice, the verb represents the doer (subject) the action.
→ Passive Voice
We can say that a verb is in the passive voice when the object of the sentence becomes the subject. The preference is for the person who receives the action.
For example,
✳ I bought a new car. ----- Active voice
In this sentence, the emphasis is on the pronoun 'I' which is the subject and the object is 'a new car'.
✳ A new car was bought by me. ----- Passive voice
Here, we can see that the object becomes the subject- 'A new car' and the subject becomes the object of the sentence.
→ Active voice tells the meaning of a sentence in a simple manner while passive voice tells the meaning of the sentence in a much more complicated manner.