Question

change the following sentences to passive voice
1. I did not beat her
2. mother made a cake yesterday
3.she has written a novel
4. the police have caught the theif
5. nurses look after patients

Answer 1

1. she was not beaten by me
2. a cake was made by mother the day before
3. a novel has been written by her
4. the theif was caught by the police
5. the patients was looked after by the nurses

Answer 2

Answer:

1. She was not beaten by me.
2. A cake was made by mother yesterday.
3. A novel has been written by her.
4. The thief has been caught by the police.
5. The patient has been looked after by the Nurses.

Explanation:

The passive voice of a sentence is used to emphasize on an action or verb and an object of sentence rather than the subject of sentence. In passive voice, the object of sentence comes first.

For example:

1. ‘I‘ is subject and ‘her’ is an object, but when written in passive voice ‘her’ (she used in place of her ) become the subject and main verb ‘beaten' is changed to its past form, that is ‘beaten'.
2. ’the cake‘ is an object and ‘mother‘ is the subject. In passive sentence, the object become subject. In this case, the main verb ‘made' remains same because it is already in its past form.
3. ‘She‘ is the subject and ‘the novel‘ is the object. In passive sentence, the object becomes the subject and the main verb ‘written‘ remains same because it is already in its past form.
4. ‘the police’ is the subject and ‘the thief’ is the object in sentence. In passive sentence, the object becomes the subject and main verb ‘ caught ‘ is changed into its present perfect continuous tense.