Question

Q1. Change the following sentences into Passive voice, by choosing from the given option: 1) She decorates the house during festivals. a) The house is being decorated by her during festivals. b) The house is decorated by her during festivals. c) The house has been decorated by her during festivals. 2) The children were reading books in the library. a) Books were being read by the children in the library. b) Books have been read by the children in the library. c) The books are being read by the children in the library. 3) Why is she plucking the flowers? a) Why were the flowers plucked by her? b) Why are the flowers being plucked by her? c) Why were the flowers being plucked by her?​

Answer 1

1 - b) The house is being decorated by her during the festivals

2 - a) Books were being read by the children in the library

3 - b) Why are the flowers being plucked by her ?

Answer 2

ANSWER :

• 1) She decorates the house during festivals.

✠ Passive Voice :- b) The house is decorated by her during festivals.

• 2) The children were reading books in the library.

✠ Passive Voice :- a) Books were being read by the children in the library.

• 3) Why is she plucking the flowers ?

✠ Passive Voice :- b) Why are the flowers being plucked by her ?

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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.