Question

He shuts the gate.

(Change the voice)

Answer 1

The gate is shut by him.

• There are two types of voice in English grammar, 1) Active voice , 2) Passive voice.
• The given sentence is in the active voice form.
• In order to change the given sentence into passive voice form, we have simply interchanged the positions of subject and object with each other.
• Other grammatical changes are also performed in order to get a grammatically correct sentence.

Answer 2

He shuts the gate. (Change the voice)

Answer:

He shuts the gate (Active voice)

The gate is shut by him (Passive voice)

The given statement is in the simple present tense. so the structure of the passive statement is as follows :

Passive: Obj + is/am/are + V3 + by + Sub.

Verb1. Verb2. Verb3.

Shut. Shut. Shut

• Keep in mind its tense while converting active to passive voice or vice verse.

• Exchange the places of the subject and object.

• While converting a sentence from active to passive, we should convert the main verb into its past participle which is also known as the third form of a verb.

• We should use the word "by" in the passive sentence.