Question

Rewrite the sentences in passive voice,
1. He opens the door. - The door is opened by him
2. We set the table.
3. She pays a lot of money.
4. I draw a picture. -
5. They wear blue shoes. -
6. They don't help you. -
7. He doesn't open the book. -
8. You do not write the letter. -
9. Does your mum pick you up? -
10. Does the police officer catch the thief? -
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Answer 1

Required Answer

1. He opens the door.

• The door is opened by him.

2. We set the table.

• The table is set by us.

3. She pays a lot of money.

• A lot of money is paid by her.

4. I draw a picture.

• A picture is drawn by me.

5. They wear blue shoes.

• Blue shoes are worn by them.

6. They don't help you.

• You are not helped by them.

7. He doesn't open the book.

• The book is not opened by him.

8. You do not write the letter.

• The letter is not written by you.

9. Does your mum pick you up?

• Are you picked up by your mum.

10. Does the police officer catch the thief?

• Was thief caught by the police officer.

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In english language, there are two types of voices :-

1. Active voice
2. Passive voice

$\red{\bigstar}$ Active voice

• In active voice, the subject of the verb is the person or thing doing the action.

• Active voice ↦ Subject + Verb + Object.

• She watered the plants.

$\red{\bigstar}$ Passive voice

• In passive voice, action is done to the subject.

• Passive voice ↦ Object + Verb + Subject.

• Plants were watered by her.

Answer 2

Answer -

Rewrite the sentence in passive voice -

1) He opens the door .

• The door is opened by him .

2) We set the table .

• The table is set by us .

3) She pays a lot of money .

• A lot of money is paid by her .

4) I draw a picture .

• A picture is drawn by me .

5) They wear blue shoes .

• Blue shoes are worn by them .

6) They don't help you .

• You are not helped by them .

7) He doesn't open the book .

• The book is not opened by him .

8) You do not write the letter .

• The letter is not written by you .

9) Does your mum pick you up ?

• Are you picked up by your mum .

10) Does the police officer caught the thief ?

• Was thief caught by the police officer.

☃More to know -

What is passive and active voice ?

➜ A verb is in the Active voice when its form shows that the person or thing denoted by the subject does something or, in other words , is the doer of the action .

Example - Tom does something .

➜ A verb is in the passive voice when its form shows that something is done to the person or thing denoted by the subject .

Example - John is helped by tom

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✨ The agent of a verb in the passive voice should be avoided when :

• It is understood from the rest of the sentence.
• We can infer it .
• The agent is of no interest to us .

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⛄ When a sentence is changed from the active voice to the passive voice , the object to the active verb becomes the subject to the passive verb .

✨Verb which take two objects after them in the active voice , can use either of the two as a subject of the passive verb and retain the other as the object .

✨The active voice is used when the doer is to be made prominent .

✨ The passive voice is used when the person or thing acted upon is to be made prominent .

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⛄ Examples ⛄

a) Active - Sita loves savitri .

passive - Savitri is loved by sita .

b) Active - Who did this ?

Passive - By whom was this done ?

c) Active - He handed her a chair .

Passive - She was handed a chair .

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