How to convert a sentence to active or passive voice?
Answers
Active voice
- A verb is in the Active voice when its form shows that the person or thing denoted by the subject does something; or is the doer of the active.
Example
- Ram helps Sita.
- The chemist will have closed the shop by eight o'clock.
- We shall have painted the whole house by twelve o'clock.
- Cats catch mice.
Passive voice
- A verb is in passive voice when its form shows that something is done to the person or thing denoted by the subject.
Example
- Sita is helped by Ram.
- The shop will have been closed by the chemist by eight o'clock.
- The whole house shall have been painted by us by twelve o'clock.
- Mice are caught by cats.
Important points
- A verb is in the active voice when the person or thing denoted by the subject is "doer" of the action.
- A verb is in the passive voice when the person or thing denoted by subject is the "receiver" of the action.
Structure of active voice sentence
Structure of passive voice sentence
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A voice is a form of a verb which tends to express its relation with the subject. It gives the sense that whether the subject is doing something or something is being done by the subject.
In active voice, the verb shows that the subject does something.
In passive voice, the verb shows that something is done by the subject.
Conversion of a sentence into passive voice(General Rules)
- Replace the subject by the object.
- Use relevant helping verb + third form of the verb after the object.
- Put 'by' after the third form of the verb.
- Put the subject of the active voice after 'by'.
For Example-
Mrs Divya teaches us English. (Active Voice)
English is taught to us by Mrs Divya. (Passive Voice)
Conversion of a sentence into active voice(General Rules)
- Find the subject or doer in the sentence and keep it at first so so that in the new sentence formation, Subject is dong the verb.
- Keep the object of the sentence after the verb.
- Do valid changes in the verb.
For Example-
A poem is being read by her. (Passive Voice)
She is reading a poem. (Active Voice)