change into passive voice
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What do we have to change into passive voice?
By the way, here are the rules:
Rules of Conversion of Active to Passive Voice:
1. The subject and object are interchanged
2. The preposition BY is added before the object
3. The verb is changed to past participle (3rd form of verb)
4. A new auxiliary is added to the Past Participle form of verb.
5. If the subject or the object in an active voice sentence is a pronoun (I, we, you, he, she, they, it) it changes: (I-me; we-us; you-you; he-him; she-her; they-them; it-it) and vice-versa. e.g. I wrote a letter – A letter was written by me. The prefect does keep accusing me daily – I am being accused by the prefect daily.
6. If the subject in the active voice sentence is unknown or unimportant or obvious, by + object is omitted. We make butter from cow’s milk. Butter is made from cow’s milk.
7. If the verb in the active voice sentence has a modal in it, the verb is changed to – modal + be + the past participle. e.g. Rajesh can lift this box. This box can be lifted by Rajesh.
8. When there are two objects, only one object is interchanged. The second object remains unchanged. (He told me a story – He- subject; me – object 1; a story – object 2) ( I was told a story by him; A story was told to me by him)
Examples:
Active Voice - I paint pictures.
Passive Voice - Pictures are painted by me.
Active Voice - I visit the museum everyday.
Passive Voice - The museum is visited by me everyday.
Active Voice - I read novels.
Passive Voice - Novels are read by me.
Active Voice - Water covers most of the Earth's surface.
Passive Voice - Most of the Earth's surface is covered by water.
Active Voice - Do not pluck flowers.
Passive Voice - Let the flowers not be plucked.
Active Voice - I play Badminton.
Passive Voice - Badminton is played by me.
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