Question

Explain Active Passive Voice

Answer 1

active voice - the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb; "`The boy threw the ball' uses the active voice"
 
passive voice - the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action denoted by the verb; "`The ball was thrown by the boy' uses the passive voice"; "`The ball was thrown' is an 
abbreviated passive"

Answer 2

$\bf{ \color{red}{ACTIVE \: AND \: PASSIVE \: VOICE}}$

A Verb is said to be in the Active Voice when the person or think denoted by the Subject acts or is active. [So, the Verb shot is Active.]

A Verb is said to be in the Passive Voice when the person or thing denoted by the Subject does not act, but suffers the action done by something, or by someone. [So, the Verb was shot is Passive.]

$\bf \underline{ \color{orange}{RULES \: OF \: CHANGING \: VOICE}}$

• Simple Present : is/am/are + Past participle

• Simple Past : was/were + Past participle

• Present Perfect : have/has been + Past participle

• Past Perfect : had been + Participle

• Present Continuous : is/am/are being + Past participle

• Past Continuous : was/were being + Past participle

$\bf{ \color{deepskyblue}{FROM \: \: ACTIVE \: \: INTO \: PASSIVE }}$

➠ We can turn Active into Passive by taking the Object in the Active Voice and making it the Subject in the Passive Voice.

$\bf{ \color{green}{PRESENT \: \: TENSE}}$

Active : Birds build nests.

Passive : Nests are built by birds.

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Active : Children are flying kites.

Passive : Kites are being flown by children.

$\bf{ \color{green}{PAST \: \: TENSE}}$

Active : The police caught the thief.

Passive : The thief was caught by the police.

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Active : They had won the match.

Passive : The match had been won by them.

$\bf{ \color{green}{FUTURE \: \: TENSE}}$

Active : We shall pardon her.

Passive : She will be pardoned by us.

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Active : I shall have written the letter.

Passive : The letter will have been written by me.

$\bf{ \color{green}{MISCELLANEOUS \: \: EXAMPLES}}$

Active : I have cut a stick.

Passive : A stick has been cut by me.

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Active : The teacher will forgive him.

Passive : He will be forgiven by the teacher.