Question

Change the voice.

1. I play chess daily.
2. we wrote letters last week.
3. shilpa will buy books.
4. Samir reads a book.
5. boys won the match yesterday ​

Answer 1

Required Answer:

1. I play chess daily.

Answer: Chess is played by me daily.

2. We wrote letters last week.

Answer: Letters were written by us last week.

3. Shilpa will buy books.

Answer: Books will be bought by Shilpa.

4. Samir reads a book.

Answer: A book is read by Samir.

5. Boys won the match yesterday.

Answer: The match was won by boys yesterday.

What is an active and a passive voice?

• Active voice: When the subject carry out an action then it is said to be in the active voice. Format: Subject + V1 + Object
• Passive voice: When the object carry out an action then it is said to be in passive voice. Format: Object + am/is/are + V3 + by + subject.

Answer 2

TOPIC:- VOICE CHANGE

Required answer:-

1. I play chess daily

• Passive - Chess is played by me daily.

2. We wrote letters last week.

• Passive - Letters were written by us last week.

3. Shilpa will buy books.

• Passive - Books will be bought by Shilpa.

4. Samir reads a book.

• Passive - A book is read by Samir.

5. Boys won the match yesterday.

• Passive - The match was won by boys yesterday.

Explanation:-

1. The places of subject and the object must be interchanged with each other, while interchanging, pronominal changes also takes place, in a way that the subject pronoun changes to object pronoun.
2. Then a suitable helping verb/ auxiliary verb have to be inserted according to the tense of the sentence.
3. The form of the verb has to be changed to the third form, i.e, to the past participle form.
4. The preposition "by" has to be inserted before the subject.

This is how the given sentences have been changed to passive voice!

Know more!!

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎In English Grammar, there are two types of voices, namely, active voice and passive voice. Let's know what are they!

$\bigstar$ Active voice: A sentence is said to be in active voice if it's subject performs the action to its object.

• ‎Structure – Subject + Verb + Object
• Example – We are chopping vegetables.

$\bigstar$ Passive voice: The sentences where its subject receives the action from the object are said to be in passive voice.

• ‎‎Structure – Object + Helping verb + Verb 3 + by + Subject
• Example – Vegetables are being chopped by us.

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