change passive into active voice 2) some delicious meal was being cooked by my sister on last sunday
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Answer:
Explanation:
Compare these two sentences:
Active Voice: The cat kills the rat. Passive Voice: The rat is killed by the cat.
Both these sentences have the same meaning.
(ii) In the first sentence, the verb shows the subject (the cat) does
something.
We use active verbs to say what the subject does.
The verb ‘kills’ is an active verb.
(iii) In the second sentence, the form of the verb shows that something is done to the
Subject(the rat). We use a passive verb to say what is done to the subject. The verb ‘ is
killed’ is a passive verb.
(a) The Active Voice is so called because the subject acts.
(b) The Passive Voice is so called because the subject is not active. It is acted upon.
(c) It is more common, and usually preferable, to express actions in the active voice.
Sentences in the active voice are shorter and easier to read.
(d) However, the passive voice is preferred in these cases.
(i) When we do not know who has done the action.
To put such sentences in the active voice we would have to use a pronoun like
somebody or everybody.
The diamonds were stolen. (The thief is not known.)
The ball is lost. (We do not know who lost it.)
(ii) When the action itself is more important than knowing who or what caused it.
Kapil Dev was appointed the captain in 1983.
Tea is drunk all over the world.
To put this last sentence in the active voice, we would have to use a general term like
people.
People all over the world drink tea.
(iii) What we are saying or writing about is usually the subject of the sentence.
Hence, if we were talking about our national symbols, we could write:
The national anthem of India was written by Rabindranath Tagore. (passive)
But if we are talking about Rabindranath Tagore we would have written:
Rabindranath Tagore wrote the national anthem of India. (active)
(iv) Some verbs can have two objects, a direct and an indirect one.
Either can become the subject when the sentence is recast in the passive voice.
Answer:
My sister was cooking some delicious meal on last Sunday .