Passive voice of -
• Take one litre of milk.
• Boil it until it becomes thick.
• Add 100 gm sugar to it.
• Put 100 gm cocoa powder after a few minutes.
• Boil the mixture for five minutes.
• Grease a bowl with oil.
• Pour the mixture into it.
• Keep it in a freezer.
Answers
1. One litre of milk is taken
2. It is boiled until it becomes thick.
3. 100 gm sugar is added to it.
4. 100 gm cocoa powder is put into it after a few minutes.
5. The mixture is boiled for five minutes.
6. A bowl is greased with oil.
7. Mixture is poured into it.
8. It is kept in freezer.
Converting active to passive voice:
1) One litre of milk is taken
2) It is boiled until it becomes thick.
3) 100 gm sugar is added to it.
4) 100 gm cocoa powder is put into it after a few minutes.
5) The mixture is boiled for five minutes.
6) A bowl is greased with oil.
7) Mixture is poured into it.
8) It is kept in freezer.
Additional information:
Changing the sentence from active to passive voice:
Examples:
Active voice:
Children leave all sorts of things in school busses.
Passive voice:
All sorts of things are left in school buses by children.
Active voice:
Your conduct puzzles me.
Passive voice:
I'm puzzled by your conduct.
Active voice:
A gardener regularly trims the hedge in my lawn.
Passive voice:
The hedge is regularly trimed in my lawn by a gardener.
Active voice:
I take good care of my toys.
Passive voice:
Good care of my toys is taken by me.
Active voice:
This book contains many colourful pictures.
Passive voice:
Many colourful pictures are contained in this book.
Active voice:
People do not take the laws seriously
Passive voice:
The laws aren't taken seriously by the people.
Active voice:
Does he know me?
Passive voice:
Am I known to him ?
Active voice:
Don't rumours cause much damage ?
Passive voice:
Isn't much damage caused by the rumours?
Active voice:
What do you need?
Passive voice:
What is needed by you?
Active voice:
How much money do you save in a year?
Passive voice:
How much money is saved in a year by you?
Rules for changing active to passive voice:
➡ Converting active to passive voice the tense should be changed.
➡ We can't change future continues tenses to passive voice.
Example:
Works ↔ Worked
Plays ↔ Played
Cause ↔ Caused
Save ↔ Saved
Give ↔ Given
Leave ↔ Left