Read the following sentences and find out if they are active or
passive, by identifying the verbs, the subject, and the object:
My father helps me.
She has confessed her fault.
The poor are helped by us.
Where was the diary found by you?
She had already taken the medicine.
Would a cup of tea be taken by you?
Promise should be kept.
She will help me with money.
Who will shut the door?
They did not expect me.
A bridge was being built.
Answers
ANSWER :
★ My father helps me.
- ↬ This sentence is in Active Voice.
- ↬ Subject :- My father
- ↬ Verb :- Help
- ↬ Object :- Me
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❒ Passive Voice :-
- ↬ I am helped by my father.
- ↬ Subject :- I
- ↬ Verb :- Help
- ↬ Object :- My father
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★ She has confessed her fault.
- ↬ This sentence is in Active Voice.
- ↬ Subject :- She
- ↬ Verb :- Confess
- ↬ Object :- Her fault
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❒ Passive Voice :-
- ↬ Her fault has been confessed by her.
- ↬ Subject :- Her fault
- ↬ Verb :- Confess
- ↬ Object :- Her
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★ The poor are helped by us.
- ↬ This sentence is in Passive Voice.
- ↬ Subject :- The poor
- ↬ Verb :- Help
- ↬ Object :- Us
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❒ Active Voice :-
- ↬ We help the poor.
- ↬ Subject :- We
- ↬ Verb :- Help
- ↬ Object :- The poor
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★ Where was the diary found by you ?
- ↬ This sentence is in Passive Voice.
- ↬ Subject :- The diary
- ↬ Verb :- Find
- ↬ Object :- You
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❒ Active Voice :-
- ↬ Where did you find the diary ?
- ↬ Subject :- You
- ↬ Verb :- Find
- ↬ Object :- The diary
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★ She had already taken the medicine.
- ↬ This sentence is in Active Voice.
- ↬ Subject :- She
- ↬ Verb :- Take
- ↬ Object :- The medicine
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❒ Passive Voice :-
- ↬ The medicine had been already taken by her.
- ↬ Subject :- The medicine
- ↬ Verb :- Take
- ↬ Object :- Her
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★ Would a cup of tea be taken by you ?
- ↬ This sentence is in Passive Voice.
- ↬ Subject :- A cup of tea
- ↬ Verb :- Take
- ↬ Object :- You
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❒ Active Voice :-
- ↬ Would you take a cup of tea ?
- ↬ Subject :- You
- ↬ Verb :- Take
- ↬ Object :- A cup of tea
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★ Promise should be kept.
- ↬ This sentence is in Passive Voice.
- ↬ Subject :- Promise
- ↬ Verb :- Keep
- ↬ Object :- In this sentence, the object is omitted. The object may be One, Everyone etc.
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❒ Active Voice :-
- ↬ Everyone should keep his/her promise.
Or,
- ↬ One should keep one's promise.
- ↬ Subject :- Everyone or One
- ↬ Verb :- Keep
- ↬ Object :- Promise
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★ She will help me with money.
- ↬ This sentence is in Active Voice.
- ↬ Subject :- She
- ↬ Verb :- Help
- ↬ Object :- Me
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❒ Passive Voice :-
- ↬ I will be helped with money by her.
- ↬ Subject :- I
- ↬ Verb :- Help
- ↬ Object :- Her.
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★ Who will shut the door ?
- ↬ This sentence is in Active Voice.
- ↬ Subject :- Who
- ↬ Verb :- Shut
- ↬ Object :- The door
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❒ Passive Voice :-
- ↬ By whom the door will be shut ?
- ↬ Subject :- The door
- ↬ Verb :- Shut
- ↬ Object :- Whom
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★ They did not expect me.
- ↬ This sentence is in Active Voice.
- ↬ Subject :- They
- ↬ Verb :- Expect
- ↬ Object :- Me
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❒ Passive Voice :-
- ↬ I was not expected by them.
- ↬ Subject :- I
- ↬ Verb :- Expect
- ↬ Object :- Them
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★ A bridge was being built.
- ↬ This sentence is in Passive Voice.
- ↬ Subject :- A bridge
- ↬ Verb :- Build
- ↬ Object :- In this sentence, the object is omitted. The object may be The workers, They etc.
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❒ Active Voice :-
- ↬ The workers are building a bridge.
Or,
- ↬ They are building a bridge.
- ↬ Subject :- The workers or They
- ↬ Verb :- Build
- ↬ Object :- A bridge
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NOTE :
- ✎ The subject of active voice becomes the object of passive voice.
- ✎ The object of active voice becomes the subject of passive voice.
- ✎ In some sentences, the object is omitted from the passive voice.