Question

Why do they beat him ?
passive voice

Answer 1

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In passive voice, the verb shows that something is done by the subject.

Conversion of a Sentence into Passive Voice.

• Replace the subject by the object.
• Use relevant helping verb + third form of the verb after the object.
• Put 'by' after the third form of the verb.
• Put the subject of the active voice after 'by'.

Now, Given Sentence -

Why do they beat him?

Passive Voice-

Why is he beaten by them?

Answer 2

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Active: Why do they beat him?

Passive: Why was he beaten by them?

Active: Active voice means that a sentence has a subject that acts upon its verb.

Passive: Passive voice means that a subject is a recipient of a verb's action.

Some rules for active and passive voice

Rule 1. There is no passive form of a verb in the perfect continuous.

Rule 2. The last word of any passive of a verb will be the first past perfect.

Examples

Active: He drinks milk.

Passive: Milk is drunk by him.

Active: She was sung a song.

Passive: A song has been sung by her.

Active: It will be useless to kill insects.

Passive: Killing insects is useless.

Active: She eats a mango

Passive: A mango is eaten by her.

Active: They invite me.

Passive: I am invited by them.