Rules for changing Active Voice into Passive Voice:
Rules for changing
Active Voice into Passive Voice:
·
Identify the subject,
the verb and the object: SVO
·
Change the object into
subject
·
Put the suitable
helping verb or auxiliary verb. In case helping verb is given, use the same.
But note that the helping verb given agrees with the object.
·
Change the verb into
past participle of the verb.
·
Add the preposition
"by"
·
Change the subject
into object.
Active Voice
|
Passive Voice
|
I write a letter
|
A letter is written
by me
|
We must keep the
rule
|
The rule must be
kept by us
|
You bought a book
|
A book have been
bought by you
|
He closed the window
|
The window was
closed by him
|
She was writing
letters
|
Letters were being
written by her
|
I had posted a
letter
|
A letter had been
posted by me
|
I do not drink tea
|
Tea is not drunk by
me
|
She does not eat a
mango
|
A mango is not eaten
by her
|
He will have
finished his work
|
The work will have
been finished by him
|
They are digging a
well
|
A well is being dug
by them
|
Imperative Sentence :
If the given sentence in the active voice is in the imperative, to get the passive voice use ‘Let’. Hence
Passive Voice = Let + Object + be + Past Participle
If the given sentence in the active voice is in the imperative, to get the passive voice use ‘Let’. Hence
Passive Voice = Let + Object + be + Past Participle
Active Voice
|
Passive Voice
|
Help me
|
Let me be helped
|
Sing a song
|
Let a song be sing
|
Open the door
|
Let the door be
opened
|
Don’t eat this fruit
|
Let not this fruit
be eaten
|
Questions in the Passive :
If the question in the Active Voice begins with a Helping verb the Passive voice must also begin with a suitable helping verb. Supposing the question begins with ‘Wh or How’ form (what, when, how ...) the Passive Voice must begin with the same.
If the question in the Active Voice begins with a Helping verb the Passive voice must also begin with a suitable helping verb. Supposing the question begins with ‘Wh or How’ form (what, when, how ...) the Passive Voice must begin with the same.
Active Voice
|
Passive Voice
|
Are you writing a
letter?
|
Is a letter being
written by you?
|
Is she beating the
child?
|
Is the child beaten
by her?
|
Will you accept the
position?
|
Will the position be
accepted by you?
|
Who broke the
window?
|
By whom was the
window broken?
|
Why did you write
such a letter?
|
Why was such a
letter written by you?
|
Where can you hide
this box?
|
Where can this box
be hidden by you?
|
Sentence
with two objects:
If a sentence contains two
objects namely Indirect Object and Direct Object in the Active Voice, two forms
of Passive Voice can be formed.
·
She brought me a cup
of coffee. (AV)
I was brought a cup of coffee by her. (PV) (or)
A cup of coffee was brought [to] me by her. (PV)
I was brought a cup of coffee by her. (PV) (or)
A cup of coffee was brought [to] me by her. (PV)
·
The teacher teaches us
grammar. (AV)
We are taught grammar by the teacher. (PV) (or)
Grammar is taught [to] us by the teacher. (PV)
We are taught grammar by the teacher. (PV) (or)
Grammar is taught [to] us by the teacher. (PV)
·
They made him king.
(AV)
He was made king by them. (PV)
He was made king by them. (PV)
Infinitive and Gerund
:
·
I want to shoot the
tiger. (AV)
I want the tiger to be shoot. (PV)
I want the tiger to be shoot. (PV)
I
remember my father taking me to the theatre. (AV)
I remember being taken to the theatre by my father. (PV)
General rules for active voice and passive voice
What Is Voice? What are the Types of Voice?
What Is the Active Voice and Passive Voice?
Active and passive voice Rule with tenses,
Active and passive voice with Imperative Sentences
Active and passive voice Rule with modals
Active and Passive Voice rules - Simple Present tense
Active and Passive Voice – Present Continuous Tense
Active and Passive Voice rules – Present Perfect Tense
Active and Passive Voice rules – Past Indefinite Tense
Active and Passive Voice rules – Past continuous tense
Active and Passive Voice rules – Past perfect tense
Active and Passive Voice rules - Simple future tense
Active and Passive Voice rules Future perfect Tense
How to convert active voice sentence
How to form passive forms of verbs?
Rules for changing Active Voice into Passive Voice:
Changing Passive Voice to Active Voice.
I remember being taken to the theatre by my father. (PV)
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