Question

Convert the following sentences into passive voice.
They had presented the play in the auditorium.
The mason has built the houses.
The master is beating the servant.
The children protect the animals.

Answer 1

Convert the following sentences into passive voice.

1) They had presented the play in the auditorium.

ans) The play had been presented by them in the auditorium.

2) The mason has built the houses.

ans) The houses had been built by the mason.

3) The master is beating the servant.

ans) The servant had been beaten by the master.

4) The children protect the animals.

ans) The animals had been protected by the students.

Hope it helps.

Answer 2

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Convert the following sentences into passive voice:-

1) They had presented the play in the auditorium.

2) The mason has built the houses.

3) The master is beating the servant.

4) The children protect the animals.

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• 1). The play had been presented by Them in the auditorium.

• 2). The houses had been built by the mason.

• 3). The servant had been beaten by the master.

• 4). The animals had been protected by the students.

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What types of Voice:

There are two types of voice:

• Active voice
• passive Voice

Active Voice:

In an active form, subject acts.

We can define this as -

• An active voice is a sentence in which a verb shows that subject does an action.

Active Form:-

• Subject + Verb + Object
• Jeremy + washes + the dishes.
• The professor + teaches + the student.

Characteristics of active voice:-

We shall see the characteristics of this form. In an active voice :-

• The subject of a sentence in an active form is at the starting of the sentence.
• The subject is followed by the form of ‘to be’, verb, and object.
• We can say that verb is in the Active Voice.
• An active voice tells clearly about the actor who has done it.

Pattern of sentence:

The pattern of a sentence in this voice is:

• Subject+ Verb+ Object

Example with explanation -

• My son has built a website.

In the above sentence, we have a subject (my son), a verb (has built), and the object of the verb (website).

Passive voice:

In passive voice, the action is done.

We define this form as-

• Passive voice is the sentence in which the form of verb shows that an action is done to the subject.

Passive Form:

• Subject + be + past participle + by + Agent
• The dishes + were + washed (+ by + John).
• The students + are + taught + by + Sally.

The Characteristics of this form are -

• When we change the sentence from active to passive voice, the object becomes the subject.
• We can use sentences with only transitive verbs in passive voice that is we can change the sentences having objects into this voice.
• This form may or may not tell clearly about the actor who has done it.
• To make clear the action who has done it we should add ‘by’.

Pattern of sentence :

The pattern of a sentence in this voice-

• Subject+ form of ‘to be’ + past participle of verb+ by + object.

Example with explanation:

• A website has been built.

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• A website has been built by my son.

In the above sentence, we have-

• the direct object of the verb (a website)
• the verb is in passive form (has been built)
• The subject is missing but we can add ‘by’ and make the subject clear.

We can have a passive and active form of following tenses with examples of three persons to understand easily.

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