Question

Change "Applying a high voltage produces cathode rays" into a passive voice

Answer 1

⚽️ Active to Passive voice:

Applying a high voltage produces cathode rays

Cathode rays are produced by applying a high voltage.

⚽️ Grammer Bites:

The important steps to be followed:

• The object of the verb is changed to the subject position and the subject to the object position.
• Verb in active voice is changed into its Passive form(Past participle form).

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⚠️ Verbs in present continuous tense, past continuous tense and future continuous tense cannot be changed into passive voice.

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• In passive voice, 'by' is placed before the object.
• If there are modals in the sentence, then the form is $\boxed{ \rm{modal + be + past \: participle}}$
• The pronouns in the active are also changed accordingly like I becomes me, they becomes them etc.
• For order making sentences, the passive form is $\boxed{ \rm{let + object + be + past \: participle}}$
• For Advice making sentences, the passive form is $\boxed{ \rm{should \: or \: must + be + past \: participle}}$

✏ Examples:

• Animals eat grass.
• Grass is eaten by animals.
• The girls have eaten all the pastries.
• All the pastries have been en eaten by the girls.
• Is the boy playing football?
• Is the football being played by the boy?
• Did Ram tell the truth?
• Was the truth told by Ram?
• Close the main gate.
• Let the main gate be closed.
• Eat nutritious food.
• Nutrious food should be eaten.

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Answer 2

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⚽Active to passive voice

Applying a high Voltage produces cathode rays.

Cathode rays are produced by applying a high voltage.

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⚽Important points:-

• A verb is in the active voice when the person or thing denoted by the subject is "doer" of the action.
• A verb is in the passive voice when the person or thing denoted by subject is the "receiver" of the action.

Structure of active voice sentence:-

Subject+verb+object

Structure of passive voice sentence:-

Object+verb+by+subject

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