Question

Change the following into Passive voice
1.had you not called him
2.how did you do it
3.My friend sent a gift
4.what do you want
5.This composition reads well

Answer 1

Answer:

1. Hasn't he being called by you?

2. How was it done by you?

3. A gift was sent by my friend.

4. What is wanted by you?

5. This composition is read well.

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Answer 2

Answer:

The sentences can be transformed into passive voice as follows-

1. Had he not been called by you?

2. How was it done by you?

3. A gift was sent by my friend.

4. What is wanted by you?

5. It is read well by this composition.    

Explanation:

• There exist two types of sentences i.e. active & passive in English, where the voice of a verb communicates whether the subject has done or received the activity/action.

• The active voice states that the subject/ doer has done the action that is communicated by the action word while the passive voice indicates the doer or practitioner has received the action/activity.

There are certain rules to transform the voices for different types of tenses.

1. Past perfect tense → (active) Had+ Verb3+ object→ (Passive)Had+object+ been+ Verb3+ by+ Subject.

2. Past simple tense → (active) Did+ subject+ Verb 1+ object → was/were+ object+ verb3+ by + subject

(active)Subject+ did+ Verb2+ object → Object+ was/were+by+ subject(passive)

3. Present simple tense → (active) Subject+Verb1+ s/es+object→ Object+is/am/are+verb3+ by+ subject

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