Question

pleeease explain me the rules of active and Passive voice

Answer 1

⚫The rules of active and passive voice

✨There are two basic rules for converting sentences from Active Voice into Passive Voice, which are common for all tenses. The places of subjectand object will be interchanged in the sentence. Only 3rd form of the verb or Past Participle (e.g. written) will be used as a main verb in Passive Voice.✨

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Answer 2

What is Voice?


The voice of a verb tells whether the subject of the sentence performs or receives the action.

i) Birds build nests.

ii) Nests are built by birds.


Types of Voice:


Active Voice: the subject performs the action expressed by the verb.

Usage: when more clarity and straightforward relation is required between verb and subject.

Passive Voice: the subject receives the action expressed by the verb.

Usage: when the action is the focus, not the subject or when the doer is unknown.


Rules of Conversion from Active to Passive Voice:


1.     Identify the subject, the verb and the object: S+V+O

2.     Change the object into subject

3.     Put the suitable helping verb or auxiliary verb

4.     Change the verb into past participle of the verb

5.     Add the preposition "by“

6.     Change the subject into object

Example:

Active Voice: Sameer wrote a letter.(Subject) + (verb) + (object).

Passive Voice: A letter was written by Sameer. (Object) + (auxiliary verb) + (past participle) + (by subject).


Passive Voice for all tenses:


The rules for using Auxiliary verb for Passive Voice is different for each tense.


1.Simple Present Tense:

Active Voice: She writes a letter.

Passive Voice: A letter is written by her.


2.Present Progressive Tense:

Active Voice: They are eating oranges.

Passive Voice: Oranges are being eaten by them.


3.Present Perfect Tense:

Active Voice: Has she completed the work?

Passive Voice: Has the work been completed by her?


4.Simple Past Tense:

Active Voice: He did not buy a book.

Passive Voice: A book was not bought by him.


5.Past Progressive Tense:

Active Voice: She was washing a shirt.

Passive Voice: A shirt was being washed by her.


6.Past Perfect Tense:

Active Voice: They had won the match.

Passive Voice: The match had been won by them.


7.Simple Future Tense:

Active Voice: She will write a poem.

Passive Voice: A poem will be written by her.


8.Future Perfect Tense:

Active Voice: He will have received the letter.

Passive Voice: The letter will have beenreceived by him.


[Note: Passive voice cannot be formed for active voice sentences in the Present Perfect Continuous, Past Perfect Continuous, Future Continuous or Future Perfect Continuous.]

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Tips on using Voice:


Tip #1: Let

If the given sentence in the active voice is in the imperative form, to get the passive voice use ‘Let’. 

Formation of Passive Voice = Let + Object + be + Past Participle

Examples:

Active: Help me.

Passive: Let me be helped.

Active: Open the door.

Passive: Let the door be opened.


Tip #2: Helping verbs like am, is, are, was, were, will, have, should, could, will

If the question in the Active Voice begins with a Helping verb the Passive voice must also begin with a suitable helping verb.

Active: Are you writing a letter?

Passive: Is a letter being written by you?

Active: Will you write a letter?

Passive: Will a letter be written by you?

What, When, Who, Why, How:

If the question begins with ‘Wh’ or How’ form (what, when, how, etc.) the Passive Voice must begin with the same. Only ‘who’ gets replaced by ‘By whom’.

Active: Why did you break the box?

Passive: Why was the box broken by you?

Active: Who broke the window?

Passive: By whom was the window broken