Active and Passive Voice Examples with Answers
Active Voice Passive Voice
In this Chapter we read about passive and active voice. Active Voice Passive Voice in Grammar very Important topic.
Active Voice
When the subject of the┬аsentence┬аperforms the action in the┬аsentence.
рдЬрдм рдХрд░реНрддрд╛ рд╕реНрд╡рдпрдВ рдХрд╛рд░реНрдп рдХрд░рддрд╛ рд╣реИ рддреЛ рд╡рд╣ рд╡рд╛рдХреНрдп Active Voice рдореЗрдВ рд╣реЛрддрд╛ рд╣реИред┬а
Active Voice Example
– I cook food.
– He wrote a book.
– We are playing Football.
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Passive Voice
When the subject of the┬аsentence┬аhas an action done to it by someone or something else.
рдЗрд╕рдореЗрдВ subject рдХреЗ рдкреНрд░рддрд┐ рдХрд╛рд░реНрдп object рджреНрд╡рд╛рд░рд╛ рдХрд░рд╛рдпрд╛ рдЬрд╛рддрд╛ рд╣реИред
Passive Voice Examples with Answers
– Food cooked by me.
– Mohan is beaten by Ram.
– Football are being played by us.
Important Rules Active into Passive Voice
Active рд╕реЗ Passive рдореЗрдВ рдкрд░рд┐рд╡рд░реНрддрди рдХреЗ рдирд┐рдпрдо рдирд┐рдореНрдирд▓рд┐рдЦрд┐рдд рд╣реИ –
- Subject change into object
- Object change into subject
- ‘by’ used before object in passive voice
(Subject рдХреЛ object рд╡ object рдХреЛ subject рдмрдирд╛рдХрд░ рдирдП object рд╕реЗ рдкрд╣рд▓реЗ ‘by’ рд▓рдЧрддреЗ рд╣реИред)
рдпреЗ рдкрд░рд┐рд╡рд░реНрддрди рдирд┐рдореНрдирд▓рд┐рдЦрд┐рдд рдкреНрд░рдХрд╛рд░ рд╕реЗ рд╣реЛрдВрдЧреЗред
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- Always use main verb III form
- рдХрднреА-рдХрднреА рд╡рд╛рдХреНрдп рдореЗрдВ Direct object рдХреЗ рд╕рд╛рде-рд╕рд╛рде Indirect object рднреА рд╣реЛрддрд╛ рд╣реИред рдРрд╕реА рд╕реНрдерд┐рддрд┐ рдореЗрдВ рдХрд┐рд╕реА рднреА object рдХреЛ subject рдмрдирд╛рдпрд╛ рдЬрд╛ рд╕рдХрддрд╛ рд╣реИред Indirect object рд╕реЗ рдкрд╣рд▓реЗ ‘to’ рдпрд╛ ‘for’ рд▓рдЧрд╛рддреЗ рд╣реИред
Example –
Active – Teacher teaches us English.
Passive – English is taught to us by teacher.
Or
We are taught English by teacher.
- Passive voice рдореЗрдВ рд╣рдореЗрд╢рд╛ рд╣реА Verb рдХреА III form рдХрд╛ рдкреНрд░рдпреЛрдЧ рдХрд┐рдпрд╛ рдЬрд╛рддрд╛ рд╣реИред
- Passive Voice рдмрдирд╛рддреЗ рд╕рдордп рдпрджрд┐ рд╡рд╛рдХреНрдп рдореЗрдВ model (can, could, would, will, shall, should, may, might, must, ought to рдЖрджрд┐) рдЖрдпреЗ рддреЛ рдЗрдирдХреЗ рдмрд╛рдж be рдХрд╛ рдкреНрд░рдпреЛрдЧ рдХрд░рддреЗ рд╣реИред
- Do, does рдФрд░ did рдХреЗ рд╕реНрдерд╛рди рдкрд░ is/am/are/was/were рдХрд╛ рдкреНрд░рдпреЛрдЧ рдХрд░рддреЗ рд╣реИред
Example –
Active – You do not read this book.
Passive – This book is not read by you.
Active – You did not read the book.
Passive – The book was not read by you.
- Active рдХреЛ Passive рдореЗрдВ рдмрджрд▓рддреЗ рд╕рдордп continuous tense рдореЗрдВ Passive Voice рдореЗрдВ is/am/are рдпрд╛ was/were рдХреЗ рдмрд╛рдж ‘being’ рдХрд╛ рдкреНрд░рдпреЛрдЧ рдХрд░рддреЗ рд╣реИред
Example –
Active – She is playing Badminton.
Passive – Badminton is being played by her.
- Perfect Tense рдореЗрдВ Has/had/will have рдХреЗ рдмрд╛рдж ‘been’ рд▓рдЧрддреЗ рд╣реИред
Example –
Active – He has eaten it.
Passive – It has been eaten by him.
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Tense (helping verb) are change by following rules –
- Present simple (s/es) into Present┬аcontinuous (is/am/are) + M.V. III form
- Present continuous (is/am/are) into Present continuous (is/am/are) + being + M.V. III form
- Present perfect (has/have) into Present perfect continuous (has/have + been) + M.V III form
- Past simple (m.v II form/did) into Past continuous (is/am/are) + M.V. III form
- Past continuous (is/am/are) into Past continuous (is/am/are) + being + M.V. III form┬а
- Past perfect (had) into Past perfect continuous (had been) + M.V. III form
- Future simple (will/shall) into Future continuous (will/shall + be) + M.V III form
- Future perfect (will/shall + have) into Future perfect continuous (will/shall + have + been)
- Model into Model + be
- Model + have into model + have + been┬а
Now we read all above point with example and formulas, active and passive voice examples for all tenses
1.┬аPresent simple into Present┬аcontinuous┬а:-
Formula – Object + is/am/are + M.V. III form + by + subject.
Example – ┬аActive voice – I read a book.
┬а ┬а ┬а ┬а ┬а ┬а ┬а ┬а ┬а Passive voice – A book is read by me.
Here Active sentence subject “I” change into object “me” and by used before subject in passive voice.
Main verb’s III form used every passive voice.
2. Present continuous into Present continuous + being┬а:-
formula – Object + is/am/are + being + M.V. III + by + subject.
Example – Active voice – We are cooking rice and pulse.
┬а ┬а ┬а ┬а ┬а ┬а ┬а ┬а ┬а ┬аPassive voice – Rice and pulse are being cooked by us.
Here Active sentence subject “We” change into object “us” and by used before subject in passive voice.
Main verb’s III form used every passive voice.
3. Present perfect into Present perfect continuous + M.V. III form :-
Formula – Object + has/have + been + M.V. III + by + subject.
Example – Active voice – He has washed my car.
┬а ┬а ┬а ┬а ┬а ┬а ┬а ┬а ┬а ┬аPassive voice – My car has been washed by him.
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Here Active sentence subject “He” change into object “him” and by used before subject in passive voice.
Main verb’s III form used every passive voice.
4.┬аPast simple into Past continuous + M.V. III form┬а:-
Formula – Object + was/were + M.V. III + by + subject.
Example – Active voice – I sold a bag yesterday.
┬а ┬а ┬а ┬а ┬а ┬а ┬а ┬а ┬а ┬аPassive voice – A bag was sold by me yesterday.
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Here Active sentence subject “I” change into object “me” and by used before subject in passive voice.
Main verb’s III form used every passive voice.
5.┬аPast continuous into Past continuous + being + M.V. III form┬а:-
Formula – Object + was/were + being + M.V. III + by + subject.
Example – Active voice – My house was painting John and party then.
┬а ┬а ┬а ┬а ┬а ┬а ┬а ┬а ┬а ┬аPassive voice – John and party were being painted by my house.
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Here Active sentence subject “My house” change into object and object “John and party” change in to subject.┬а┬а
Main verb’s III form used every passive voice.
6.┬аPast perfect into Past perfect continuous + M.V. III form┬а:-
Formula – Object + has/have + been + M.V. III + by + subject.
Example – Active voice – We have watched T.V. in my room.
┬а ┬а ┬а ┬а ┬а ┬а ┬а ┬а ┬а ┬аPassive voice – T.V. has been watched by us in my room.
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Here Active sentence subject “We” change into object and object “us” change in to subject.┬а┬а
Main verb’s III form used every passive voice.
7.┬аFuture simple into Future continuous ┬а+ M.V. III form┬а:-
Formula – Object + will/shall + M.V. III + by + subject.
Example – Active voice – They will send a gift.
┬а ┬а ┬а ┬а ┬а ┬а ┬а ┬а ┬а ┬аPassive voice – A gift will be sent by them
┬а
Here Active sentence subject “They” change into object and object “them” change in to subject.┬а
Main verb’s III form used every passive voice.
8. Future continuous into Future perfect continuous ┬а+ M.V. III form┬а:-
Formula – Object + will/shall + be + M.V. III + by + subject.
Example – Active voice – They will be send a gift.
┬а ┬а ┬а ┬а ┬а ┬а ┬а ┬а ┬а ┬аPassive voice – A gift will have been sent by them
┬а
Here Active sentence subject “They” change into object and object “them” change in to subject.┬а
Main verb’s III form used every passive voice.
9.┬аFuture going to into Future going to + be ┬а+ M.V. III form┬а:-
Formula – Object + is/am/are + going to + be + M.V. III + by + subject.
Example – Active voice – Maria is going to call John.
┬а ┬а ┬а ┬а ┬а ┬а ┬а ┬а ┬а ┬аPassive voice – John is going to be called by Maria
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Here Active sentence subject “Maria” change into object and object “Maria” change in to subject.┬а
Main verb’s III form used every passive voice.
