Question

II. Change the following from Active to passive voice.
1. They are picking some flowers.
2. The postman was delivering the letters.
3. We shall finish the whole work by Six’O clock.
4. All laughed at her.
5. When did you write this letter.​

Answer 1

1. some flowers are being picked by them
2. The letter was being delivered by the postman.
3. the whole work shall be finished with in 6:00 clock by us
4. She was laughed upon by all.
5. when was the letter is written by you?

Answer 2

ANSWER :

• 1. They are picking some flowers.

➨ Some flowers are being picked by them.

• 2. The postman was delivering the letters.

➨ The letters were being delivered by the postman.

• 3. We shall finish the whole work by Six o' clock.

➨ The whole work will be finished by us by Six o' clock.

• 4. All laughed at her.

➨ She was laughed at by all.

• 5. When did you write this letter ?

➨ When was this letter written by you ?

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MORE TO KNOW :

❖ Voice :-

• ➯ In English grammar, Voice refers to a form of verb which shows whether what is denoted by the subject does something or has something done to it.

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❖ Types of Voice :-

• [1] Active Voice.

• [2] Passive Voice.

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❖ Active Voice :-

• ➯ Active Voice refers to the voice that a sentence has a subject which acts upon its verb.

• ➯ In Active Voice, the subject is the doer of the action. The subject may be a person or a thing who does something. The verb in Active Voice shows the action of the subject.

• ➯ Active Voice is so called because the subject of a sentence of Active Voice perform/ does/acts upon the action shows by the verb.

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❖ Passive Voice :-

• ➯ Passive Voice refers to the voice that the subject of a sentence is a recipient of the action of the verb.

• ➯ Passive Voice represents a sentence where the subject of the sentence receives the action, performed by the verb, i.e., the verb's action is done or performed by the subject.

• ➯ Passive Voice is so called because the subject of a sentence of Passive Voice suffers/receives the action of verb instead of directly acting upon the verb's action.