Change the following sentence into passive voice.
He was painting the wall.
Answers
The Wall was being painted by him.
Explanation:
When subject does something in a sentence it is said to be an active voice.
Ex: Rammana constructed a house
[subject + Verb + Object}
When something is done to the substance in a sentence it is said to be in passive voice.
Ex:A house was constructed by Rammana
[Subject+Helping verb +V3+By+Object]
Note
✍️I is generally singular but in perfect tense we must treat it as plural.
✍️You is always plural.
The above given sentence(He was painting the wall) is past continuous
Rule
[Subject+Was/were+ Being+V3+By+ Object]
He ---->subject
Was painting ---->Verb
The wall ----->Object
Additional information:
The action or information in sentence can be expressed in two ways.
so,
sentence in English can be active or passive
- In a sentence in the active voice the subject performs the action and the object receives it.
- In the sentence of the passive voice the subject allows the action to be performed on it.
- The subject in active voice moves to the object in position.
We usually use passive voice for emphasis
Ex: A tree in our garden was uprooted by a storm.
When the identity of subject is not clear.
Ex: The glass was broken (By some unknown person)
Here is the correct answer along with its explanation:
The wall was being painted by him.
When we change voice of a sentence, we have to change the active voice verb into passive voice verb or vice versa.
in the given sentence the verb was in past continuous tense.
The active and passive voice tense forms in this tense are as follows:
S+was/were+V1+ing+O.
O+was/were+being+V3+S.