Question

Change the active voice sentences to passive voice.

The artist sings a song as he paints.

Answer 1

a song is been sung by an artist while painting

Answer 2

Answer:

Passive voice : A song is sung by the artist as he paints.

Explanation:

Active voice : The artist sings a song as he paints.

Passive voice : A song is sung by the artist as he paints.

• Here both the sentences are describing the same action - Artists singing a song while he paints.
• With the first sentence making Song as a subject and in second sentence making Artist as a subject.

The use of a connecting verb form (such as was or had been) followed by another verb in its past participle form is a common way to identify the passive voice.

Usefullness of passive voice:

The use of the passive voice is frequently criticised as being evasive and ineffective.

However, it is helpful when you want to highlight the fact that an activity occurred rather than the person who carried it out.

It is also useful in situations when the agent—the person who really performs the action—is not known.