Active & Passive voice

1. Active
and
Passive
voice

2. Defining “Voice”
❖VOICE- in English Grammar is the form a
transitive verb takes to indicate whether
the subject of the verb performs or
receives the action.
❖Ex:
❖Minu waters the plants. (The subject Minu
performs an action)
❖The lolly is eaten by Vinu. (The subject
lolly receives the action).

3. There are Two Types of
Voice
❑Active
❑Passive

4. Activevoice
 indicates that the subject of the verb is acting or
performing an action
Ex:
 The nurse is giving the medicine.
The nurse (subject) is performing the action of
giving (verb) the medicine.
 Krishna will read the report to the class Krishna
(subject) will carry out the action of
reading (verb)

5. Passive voice
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•
In a passive voice sentence, the subject and object
flip-flop or get interchanged.
The subject becomes the passive recipient of the
action.
Ex:
The medicine is being given by the nurse. The
medicine (subject) is being given (verb)
A book report will be given by Krishna to the class.
A book report (subject) will be given (verb).

6. How to rewrite Active & Passive Voice in
sentences ?
❖The passive voice requires a "double verb" and will
always consist of a form of the verb "to be" and the
past participle (usually the "en/ed/t" form) of another
verb.
❖to be + past participle
❖Ex:
❖Active: The children ate (simple past tense) the
cookies
❖Passive: The cookies were eaten (past participle)by
the children.

7. Examples
Tense Subject Verb Object
Simple Active Brian writes an article.
Present An article is written by Brian
Simple Brian wrote an article
Past An article was written by Brian.
Simple Brian will write an article
Future An article will be written by Brian
Present Brian has written an article.
Perfect An article has been written by Brian

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