Question

change into passive voice.


(i) They are starting a new school. (ii) About 100 students have taken admission for the next session.
(iii) I have noticed that the campus is very beautiful.
(iv) The school authorities have employed a group of people for maintaining the campus.
(v) They water the flower plants regularly​

Answer 1

Answer:

a new school was started by them .

the plants are watered by them

Answer 2

(i) A new school is being started by them.

(ii) Admission for the next session has been taken by about 100 students.

(iii) The beautifulness of the campus has been noticed by me.

(iv) A group of people has been employed for maintaining the campus by the school authorities.

(v) The flower plants are watered regularly by them.

The above sentences are in the active voice. In the solution, the voices of the sentences have been changed to that of the passive voice.

While making these changes a few things are to be kept in mind. There are as follows-

• There is usually an addition of the word 'by' when a sentence is in the passive voice.
• It is usually placed towards the end of the sentence, before the subject.
• However, this can be avoided only when the subject can be easily assumed or guessed.
• The meaning of the sentence should be left untouched.