Question

Q:7 Change the following into passive voice. (4 marks)
1. The farmers were sowing the seeds.
2. The teacher punished ail the pupils.
3. Bisma will play the role of the princess in the play.
4. I have taught him a lesson.​

Answer 1

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1. The farmers were sowing the seeds.

Ans)The seeds were being sown by the farmer.

2. The teacher punished all the pupils.

Ans) All the pupils were punished by the teacher.

3. Bisma will play the role of the princess in the play.

Ans) In the play the role of princess will be played by Bisma.

4. I have taught him a lesson.

Ans) A lesson has been taught to him by me.

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★PASSIVE VOICE

When the object of the Active Voice becomes the subject, the Verb is said to be in the Passive Voice.

★Examples:

• A circular was brought to my class by the principal's assistant.
• A mistake was made by me.

The subject dominates in Active Voice but the object dominates in passive voice.

★NOTE: It is only the form of the verb in a sentence which shows whether the subject is the doer or reciever of the action. A sentence in passive voice may or may not have the'by' phrase attached.

★RULES FOR CHANGING A VERB FROM THE ACTIVE TO PASSIVE VOICE:

• The object of the Active verb is made the subject of the passive verb.

• The subject of the Active verb is made of the object of some preposition.

• The verb of Active Voice gets the past participle form of the Finite Verb and some form of the verb 'to be' (be,is,am,are,has been,was,were,had been,will be,is being,etc) will be used before it in the Passive Voice.

• Some vague and indefinite subjects like ( everyone,they, People, someone, somebody, everybody, anybody,etc) are dropped if they are the subjects of the Active Voice. If so, the preposition' by' is also not used.

• The tense of the verb does not change.

★Example: He has done his work. (Active)

His work has been done by him(Passive)

Answer 2

Answer :

1. The seeds were being sown by the farmer .
2. All the pupils were punished by the teacher .
3. In the play the role of princess will be played by Bisma.
4. A lesson has been taught to him by me .

All the above sentences are in passive voice .

In Passive voice the subject is not mor of importance but the object is so the object is placed at the beginning of the sentence was the subject is placed at the ending of the sentence. In short we can say that subject and object interchange their places .

The differences between active and passive voice can be seen by the placement of subject and object and also by the usage of the preposition by .

|| ★ || How to change the voice || ★ ||

• Identify the subject and object .

• Interchange their places .

• Add or remove the preposition by before the subject according to the need .

• Don't change the tense

Examples :

• Anku caught the ball . → The ball was caught by Anku

• Onions were being cut by her . → She was cutting onions .