Question

What are voice in grammar?​

Answer 1

• Voice is that form of the transitive verb that shows whether the subject of the sentence is the doer of the action or has the action done to it.

• Rules for the Change of Voice:

• The object of the active sentence becomes the subject of the verb in the passive voice. The preposition ‘by’ is put before it.

• The main verb of the active sentence changes into the past participle.

• The form of the verb to be (am, is, are, was, were, being, been) is placed before the main verb according to the tense.

• The auxiliary verb is changed according to the new subject in number and person.

Answer 2

Answer

Voice, in grammar, form of a verb indicating the relation between the participants in a narrated event (subject, object) and the event itself. Common distinctions of voice found in languages are those of active, passive, and middle voice.