Question

Q.06 Change the sentences from the active voice to the passive voice.
1) I bought a new watch.
2) Mother is preparing food.
3) The police arrested the thief.
4) The watchman opened the door.
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Answer 1

Answer:

1 a new watch was bought by me.

2 the food is being prepared by mother.

3 the thief were arrested by the police.

4 the door was opened by the watchman .

Explanation:

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Answer 2

ANSWER :

To Change the sentences from the active voice to the passive voice :-

• 1) I bought a new watch.

➩ A new watch was bought by me.

• 2) Mother is preparing food.

➩ Food is being prepared by mother.

• 3) The police arrested the thief.

➩ The thief was arrested by the police.

• 4) The watchman opened the door.

➩ The door was opened by the watchman.

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MORE TO KNOW :

❖ What is 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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❖ What are the two types of Voice ?

• [1] Active Voice.

• [2] Passive Voice.

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❖ What is 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 is shown by the verb.

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❖ What is 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.