Question

what were they doing change into passive voicemail​

Answer 1

Topic – Voice Change

GiveN SenteNce:

1) What were they doing ?

• What was being done by them?

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★What is Active voice?

$\implies$ It is called Active because here the verb suggests the action.Here the Subject of the sentence, whether a person or thing, is involved in an act. In Active Voice, the Subject of the Verb is the doer of the action and thus active.

Read these sentences carefully.

1. I help my friends
2. Somebody picked my pocket

• In the above sentences, I and Somebody are the Subjects. They are active. They have done something - help and picked. Hence these Verbs are in Active Voice

★What is Passive Voice?

$\implies$ It is called Passive because the person or thing denoted by the Subject is not at all Active but Passive. It is not involved in action but action is done to it. In other words, it is acted upon.

Read these sentences carefully.

1. My friends were helped by me.
2. My pocket was picked by somebody.

• In these sentences, the Subjects are my friends and my pocket. None of them is active. They are merely the receivers of the actions done by others i.e. by me and by the somebody. Hence these actions or Verbs are in the Passive Voice.

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In Passive voice , we always use the third form of the verb

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Here are the pronouns which changed from Active voice to Passive voice

1. I is changed into me
2. We is changed into us
3. You remains you
4. He is changed into him
5. She is changed into her
6. They is changed into them

Answer 2

★Required Answer:-

Active voice: what were they doing change?

Passive Voice: what was being done by them?

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★ What is Active voice?

A verb is said to be in the active voice when the subject of the verb is the doer of the action or acts or is active.

Examples:

1. He helps the poor.
2. A poet writes poem

★ What is Passive voice?

A verb is said to be in the Passive voice when the subject of the verb doesn't act but receives the action by someone or something.

Examples:

1. The poor is helped by him.
2. Poems are written by a poet.

Changing Sentence from Active to Passive voice:-

Active :- Sheela writes letter

Passive:- A letter is written by Sheela.

Note how the form has changed:-

1. The Object of the Verb in Active Voice (a letter) becomes the Subject of the Verb in the passive voice
2. The Subject in the Active Voice (Sheela) becomes the Object of the Verb in the Passive voice.And the Preposition by has been used before it.
3. An appropriate form of the Verb to be (is) has been used followed by the Third form(Past Participle) of the Verb (write)