Question

Change the given sentences into passive voice

1. The labourers have called off the strike.
2. I want you to buy this book.
3. Why are the students making noise.
4. Bobby did not forget the hot chocolate cake.
5. Don't touch it
6. The smoke of the factory had polluted the fresh air

Answer 1

1. The strike has been called off by the labourers .
2. I want this book to be bought by you .
3. Why is noise being made by the students ?
4. The hot chocolate cake was not forgotten by Bobby.
5. It should not be touched.
6. The fresh air has been polluted by the smoke of the factory .

|| ★ || How to change voice ? || ★ ||

• Identify the subject and object

• Interchange their places

• Add or remove the preposition by according to the need.

• Dont change the tense

• Use past participle form of the verb in passive voice .

Examples :

• I am visiting him . = He is being visited by me .

• He stole her purse . = Her purse was stolen by him .

Answer 2

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Change the given sentences into passive voice

• The labourers have called off the strike.

• I want you to buy this book.

• Why are the students making noise ?

• Bobby did not forget the hot chocolate cake.

• Don't touch it .

• The smoke of the factory had polluted the fresh air.

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The labourers have called off the strike.

• The strike has been called off by the labourers.

I want you to buy this book.

• I want this book to be bought by you .

Why are the students making noise ?

• Why is noise being made by the students ?

Bobby did not forget the hot chocolate cake.

• The hot chocolate cake was not forgotten by Bobby.

Don't touch it

• Let it not be touched

The smoke of the factory had polluted the fresh air

• The fresh air had been polluted by the smoke of the factory .

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• Passive Voice Formula : S + to be + past participle + by object

Some tips to change into passive voice :

• Make the object of the sentence into the subject of the passive sentence
• Use the verb “to be” in the same tense as the main verb of the active sentence
• Use the past participle of the main verb of the active sentence.

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She sent an email to Rishi

• An email has been sent to Rishi

Khan will have written the novel by tomorrow

• The novel will have been written ny Khan my tomorrow

The grandmother feeds the sparrows daily

• The sparrows are fed by the grandmother daily.

Will the new teacher test our french ?

• Will our French be tested by the new teacher ?