ACTIVE
AND PASSIVE VOICE
Voice: Voice refers to a change in the verb form
without a change in the tense.
Active Voice: A sentence in which the subject is active
i.e. the doer of action, is said to be in Active Voice.
Passive Voice: A sentence is said to be in Passive Voice
when the Subject is passive i.e. the receiver of action.
NOTE : In Passive Voice, the Subject and Object interchange places.
The Passive Voice exists only if its Active form contains an Object (transitive
verb). Sentences having two objects will have two Passive Voice forms.
Eg: 1. Sita ate an apple(Active Voice)
An apple was eaten by Sita(Passive Voice)
2. Sita gave me an apple(Active Voice)
An apple was given to me by Sita (Passive Voice 1)
I was given an apple by Sita (Passive Voice 2)
3. Sita goes for a walk (Active Voice)
(Passive Voice is not possible)
Passive Voice for the above sentence is not possible because the verb is
intransitive i. e. it doesn’t possess an object.
Note: i) Object answers the questions ‘what’ or
‘whom’
ii)
The object in passive Voice usually takes ’by’
(exceptions –
pleased with, surprised at etc.)
iii) Imperative Sentences (orders, wishes, commands, requests) begin with
‘Let’ or ‘You are/ He is……………requested/ordered to ……………..’ in Passive voice.
iv) Some objects in Passive Voice are retained (e.g.: by her/him) while
some are dropped (e.g.: by somebody/someone)
v) Interrogatives (questions) beginning with
’Who’ take ‘By Whom’ in the Passive Voice.
vi) To make the conversion easier, Interrogatives beginning with
Do, Does, Did can be first changed into +ve Assertive(statement/ ‘Yes’
answer) and then changed into Passive Assertive and finally into Passive
Interrogative.
Eg: Did you see Ravi yesterday? (
Interrogative – Active Voice)
You saw Ravi yesterday. (+ Assertive)
Ravi was seen by you yesterday. (
Passive +ve Assertive)
Was Ravi seen by you yesterday? (Interrogative
– Passive Voice )
vii)
Interrogatives starting with Is, Are, Where, When, Why, Can & What
begin with the same question words in Passive form also.
VOICE CONVERSION
TABLE USING THE VERB ‘EAT’ AS AN EAMPLE:
Note: eat/eats (V1) – ate(V2)
– eaten(V3)
TENSE
|
ACTIVE VOICE
|
PASSIVE VOICE(V3)
|
Simple Present
|
Eat/eats
|
Is/are eaten
|
Simple Past
|
ate
|
Was/were eaten
|
Simple Future
|
Shall/will eat
|
Shall/will be
eaten
|
Present Continuous
|
Am/is/are eating
|
is/are being
eaten
|
Past Continuous
|
Was/were eating
|
Was/were being
eaten
|
Future Continuous
|
Shall/will be
eating
|
- Not Possible -
|
Present Perfect
|
Has/have eaten
|
Has/have been
eaten
|
Past Perfect
|
Had eaten
|
Had been eaten
|
Future Perfect
|
Shall/will have
eaten
|
Shall/will have
been eaten
|
Present Perfect Continuous
|
Has/have been
eating
|
- Not
Possible –
|
Past Perfect Continuous
|
Had been eating
|
- Not
Possible –
|
Future Perfect Continuous
|
Shall/will have
been eating
|
- Not
Possible –
|
EXERCISES
1. I am doing it.
2. They will give
it.
3. He was carrying
water.
4. I must buy a
bike.
5. I have seen him.
6. Did he do it?
7. Does he sell
rice?
8. Do they keep
cattle?
9. Does Gopal look
after the family?
10. Do you know
him?
11. Can you do the
work?
12. What are you
doing?
13. Who rang the
bell?
14.Where did he
keep the book?
15. Why did she
call him?
16. Are they
watching a movie?
17. Is he playing
cricket?
18. He has watered
the plants.
19. Children hate
school.
20. Ramu ate three bananas.
21. He had finished
his work before the bell rang.
22. She laughed at
me.
23. He told me a
story.(2 objects)
24. I will have
finished the work by tomorrow.
25. Copy the
letter.
26. We found him
asleep.
27. Please enter by
that door.
28. Get out.
29. I know him.
30. May God bless
you.
Let the letter be copied
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