I am writing a poem voice change present continuous
Answers
A poem is being written by me.
Explanation ↴
The given sentence is in present continuous tense and we know that the passive voice form in the present continuous tense is made by putting am/is/are + being before the past participle form of the main verb.
Extra Information ↴
(1) The object in the active voice becomes the subject in the passive voice.
(2) The subject in the active voice becomes the object in the passive voice. It is generally preceded by the preposition 'by'.
(3) The main verb (the finite verb) of the sentence is changed into its past participle form, and it is preceded by the correct form of 'be' verb in the passive voice.
Given :
- I am writing a poem.
Observation :
- Subject of the given sentence 'is'.
- Object of the given sentence 'a poem'
- Verb of the given sentence 'writing'
- Auxiliary verb of the given sentence 'am'.
- The given active sentence was in present continuous tense.
Required Answer :
- A poem is being written by me.
Explanation :
- As we know the given active sentence was in Present continuous tense, the passive structure of the sentence will be :
- The suitable auxiliary verb of the passive form of the sentence was 'is'.
- The past participle form of the given verb is written.
- The interchange of subject and object of the sentence was generally proceeded by preposition 'by'
- The subject from 'I' changes to object pronoun 'me'
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- The dog chased the cat
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The first sentence is about the dog, and says what it did. The second sentence is about the cat, and says what happened to it. The first sentence is in Active Voice and the second sentence is in the Passive Voice.In an active sentence the does the action, while in the passive sentence the action is done to the subject. The subject of the passive voice is the same as the object of the active voice.The passive form of a verb is be(is,was,has been,ect.) + past participle.