Here is detailed explanation of what is active and passive voice. How you can change active voice into passive voice following five steps. Slide view of these slides will enable you to understand it in one go.

1. ENGLISH LANGUAGE
MISS HAJRA AMIR

2. Topic: Grammar
Sub-topic: Active/Passive Voice
(Present Indefinite Tense)

3. Active Voice
• Active means Alert(‫)چست‬
• In active voice subject is the doer
of an action.
• e.g He plays games.
Passive Voice
• Passive means Lazy(‫)سست‬
• In Passive Voice subject is the
receiver of an action.
• e.g Games are played by him.

4. Steps for changing active voice into passive voice:
1. Change object into subject
2. Helping verbs(is,am, are)
3. 3rd form of verb
4. Add “by”
5. Change subject into object

5. When there is pronoun in subject or object, it will ne changed as
follows:
I ⇌ me
We ⇌ us
You ⇌ you
He ⇌ him
She ⇌ her
It ⇌ it
They ⇌ them
Noun ⇌ noun

6. Helping Verbs will be used as follows:
Is
Am
Are
He
She
It
Singular Noun e.g Boy, Car, Child etc.
I
We
You
They
Plural Noun e.g Boys, Cars, Children etc.

7. POSITIVE SENTENCES

8. He plays cricket.
playedisCricket
ObjectVerbSubject
by him.
Play
Played
Played

9. I teach him.
me.bytaughtisHe
Object/PronounVerbSubject/Pronoun
Teach
Taught
Taught

10. The boy reads a book
byreadis
ObjectVerbSubject
NounIndefinite article
NounDefinite article
A book the boy.
Read
Read
Read

11. NEGATIVE SENTENCES

12. We do not catch the fish.
bycaughtare
ObjectVerbSubject
NounDefinite article
Word of negationHelping Verb
The fish us.not
Catch
Caught
Caught

13. She does not clean the room.
bycleanedis
ObjectVerbSubject/ Pronoun
NounDefinite article
Word of negationHelping Verb
The room her.not
Clean
Cleaned
Cleaned

14. He does not teach me.
bytaughtam
Object/PronounVerbSubject/ Pronoun Word of negationHelping Verb
I him.not
Teach
Taught
Taught

15. INTERROGATIVE
SENTENCES

16. Does he teach me?
bytaughtI
Object/PronounVerbHelping Verb Subject/ Pronoun
Am him?
Teach
Taught
Taught

17. Does she clean the room?
bycleanedthe room
ObjectVerbHelping Verb
NounDefinite article
Subject/ Pronoun
Is her?
Clean
Cleaned
Cleaned

18. Do we catch the fish?
bycaughtthe fish
ObjectVerbHelping Verb
NounDefinite article
Subject/ Pronoun
Are us?
Catch
Caught
Caught

19. HOME TASK:
Practice Active/Passive Voice sentences of Present
Indefinite Tense.

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