F Change these sentences to the passive voice.
1. The witness gave a detailed account of the incident to the police.
2. The students are putting up charts on the wall.
3. 'Hurrah! We won the trophy!'
4. 'How beautifully you have painted the portrait!'
5. The air hostess requested the passengers to remain seated during stormy weathe
6. Keep all your books neatly in a row.
Answers
Required Answer:
1. The police was given a detailed account of the incident by the witness.
2. Ch arts on the wall are being put by the students.
3. Hurrah the trophy was won by us!
4. How beautifully the portrait have been painted by you!
5. The passengers was requested to remain seated by the the air hostess during the stormy weather.
6. Your book must be neatly in a row.
Voice:
Form of verb that indicates whether the subject is the actioner or the receiver is call`ed voice.
Active Voice:
In this voice, the subject is the performer while the object is the receiver.
- Subject is the performer.
- Object is the receiver.
Passive Voice:
In this voice, the subject is the receiver while the object is the performer.
- Subject is the receiver.
- Object is the performer.
Required answer:-
- The police was given a detailed account of the incident by the witness.
- Charts on the wall are being put by the students.
- Hurrah the trophy was won by us!
- How beautifully the portrait have been painted by you
- The passengers was requested to remain seated by the the air hostess during the stormy weather.
- Your book must be neatly in a row.
Know more:-
Active voice
In active voice subject performs the action and object receives the action.
For example,
I love my country
Here, I is the subject , love is the action and country receives the action
In the active sentences the sentence structure is straightforward
subject + verb + object
Passive voice
It is used to show interest in the person or object experiences an action rather than the person who is performing.
Here, let us take the previous example so that you can understand it better
For example:-
I love my country
Here, I is doing the action Sentence structure is Subject + verb + object
In the passive sentence the object takes the place of the subject and subject takes the place of object with a by being added to it.
Like this,
My country is loved by me.