Question

Change in Passive voice:-
We accepted his invitation.
His dinner surprised us.
We ate all the snacks and drank all the juices.
He gave us a special drink that we never had drunk.
After the dinner he took us to the river bank.

Answer 1

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1. His invitation was accepted by us.

2. We were surprised by his dinner.

3. All the snacks were eaten by us and all the juices were drunk by us.

4. A special drink was given us by him that we had never drunk.

5. We were taken to the river bank by him after the dinner.

Know More:-

• What is Voice of a verb?

The voice of a verb expresses whether the subject in the sentence has performed or received the action. There are two types of voices:

1) Active Voice

2) Passive Voice

• Active Voice:- It is the form of the verb which means the action is performed by the subject in a sentence.
• Eg: The author wrote several books.
• Here, the action is performed by the subject.

• Passive Voice:- Here, the action of the verb is done to the subject from/by the object in a sentence.
• Eg: Several books were written by the author.
• In this sentence, the the subject receives the action of the verb.

Few Examples:-

1. Active- Jane paints pictures

Passive- Pictures are painted by Jane.

2. Active- I made a cake.

Passive- A cake was made by me.

3. Active- The teacher will inform it to us.

Passive- It will be informed to us by the teacher.

Answer 2

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Given Sentences:-

1. We accepted his invitation.
2. His dinner surprised us.
3. We ate all the snacks and drank all the juices.
4. He gave us a special drink that we never had drunk.
5. After the dinner he took us to the river bank.

Answer:-

1. His invitation was accepted by us.

2. We were surprised by his dinner.

3. All the snacks were eaten by us and all the juices were drunk by us.

4. A special drink was given us by him that we had never drunk.

5. We were taken to the river bank by him after the dinner.

Explore more:-

• A verb is said to be in the active voice when the subject of the verb is the doer of the action or acts or is active

• A verb is said to be in the Passive voice when the subject of the verb doesn't act but receives the action by someone or something.

Changing Sentence from Active to Passive voice:-

Active :- Sheela writes letter

Passive:- A letter is written by Sheela.

Note how the form has changed:-

• The Object of the Verb in Active Voice (a letter) becomes the Subject of the Verb in the passive voice

• The Subject in the Active Voice (Sheela) becomes the Object of the Verb in the Passive voice.And the Preposition by has been used before it.

• An appropriate form of the Verb to be (is) has been used followed by the Third form(Past Participle) of the Verb (write)