Question

Change into passive voice:-

1) The company requires staff to watch a safety video every year.
2). Tom painted the entire house.

3) The cleaning crew vacuums and dusts the office every night.

4) The homeowners remodeled the house to help it sell.

5) His grandmother looked after him.

6) She has created this masterpiece.

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Answer 1

Answer:

1:- The staff are required by the company to watch a safety video every year.

2:- The entire house is painted by Tom.

3:- The office is vacuumed and dusted by the cleaning crew every night.

4:- The house was remodeled by the homeowners to help it sell.

5:-He was looked after by his grandmother.

6:- a masterpiece was been created by her.

Answer 2

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1) The company requires staff to watch a safety video every year.

${\implies}$ The staff are required by the company to watch a safety video every year.

2) Tom painted the entire house.

${\implies}$ The entire house was painted by Tom.

3) The cleaning crew vacuums and dusts the office every night.

${\implies}$ Every night, the office is vacuumed and dusted by the cleaning crew.

4) The homeowners remodeled the house to help it sell.

${\implies}$ The house was remodeled by the homeowners to help it sell.

5) His grandmother looked after him.

${\implies}$ He was looked after by his grandmother.

6) She has created this masterpiece.

${\implies}$ This masterpiece has been created by her.

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$\bf\underline{What\: types\: of\: Voices?}$

There are two types of Voice:-

• Active voice
• passive voice

$\sf\underline\red{Active\: Voice –}$

When an action performed by the subject is expressed by the verb, it is an active voice. Active voice is used when more straightforward relation and clarity is required between the subject and the verb.

$\sf\underline{Active\: Voice\: example:–}$

• Hens lay eggs.
• Birds build nests.

Structure:

• Subject + Verb + Object.

$\sf\underline\orange{Passive \:Voice –}$

When the action expressed by the verb is received by the subject, it is passive voice. Passive voice is used when the doer of the action is not known and the focus of the sentence is on the action and not the subject.

$\sf\underline{Passive\: Voice\: Examples:}$

• Eggs are laid by hens.
• Nests are built by birds.

Structure:

• Object + Verb + Subject.

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