Active and passive voice

1. ACTIVE AND
PASSIVE VOICE
CLASS 8

2. A.V. Do the farmers grow wheat?
P.V. Is wheat grown by the farmers?

3. A.V. Does the farmer grow wheat?
P.V. Is wheat grown by the farmer?

4. A.V. Did the farmers grow wheat?
P.V. Was wheat grown by the farmers?

5. A.V. Does the farmer grow the crops every year?
P.V. Are the crops grown by the farmer every year?

6. A.V. Did the farmer grow crops every year?
P.V. Were the crops grown by the farmer every year?

7. Auxiliary verbs like ‘have’ and ‘has’

8. A.V. Have the farmers grown crops?
P.V. Have the crops been grown by the farmers?

9. A.V. The farmers have grown crops.
P.V. The crops have been grown by the farmers.

10. Has the farmer grown wheat?
Has wheat been grown by the farmer?

11. The farmer has grown wheat.
Wheat has been grown by the farmer.

12. Who were they inviting?
Who were being invited by them?

13. Who are they teaching? Who are
being taught by them?
Who will they select? Who will be
selected by them?

14. Who will they select?
Who will be selected by them?

15. What do the farmers grow?
What is grown by the farmers?

16. Which crop do the farmers grow?
Which crop is grown by the
farmers?

17. Why was the farmer growing
wheat?
Why was wheat being grown by
the farmer?

18. Why is the farmer growing wheat?
Why is wheat being grown by the
farmer?

19. Why is the farmer growing wheat?
Why is wheat being grown by the
farmer?

20. Why do farmers grow crops?
Why are crops grown by farmers?

21. Where does the farmer grow wheat?
Where is wheat grown by the farmer?

22. Where did the farmers grow crops?
Where were the crops grown (by the farmers)?

23. Where is the farmer growing wheat?
Where is the wheat being grown by the farmer?

24. Where are the farmers growing crops?
Where are the crops being grown by the farmers?

25. How did the farmer grow wheat?
How was the wheat grown by the farmer?

26. How is the farmer growing wheat?
How is wheat being grown by the farmer?

27. How was the farmer growing wheat?
How was the wheat being grown by the farmer?

28. How are the farmers growing crops?
How are the crops being grown by the farmers?

29. How were the farmers growing crops?
How were the crops being grown by the farmers?

30. Imperative Sentences : a. Order / Command – Passive structure
begins with ‘let’.
E.g. Tell the farmers to grow wheat. Let the farmers be told to
grow wheat.

31. Shut the door.
Let the door be shut.

32. Switch off the lights.
Let the lights be switched off.

33. Get out of this class.
You are ordered to get out of this class.

34. b. Advice / Suggestion – should / must + be + past participle
E.g. Grow wheat every year. Wheat should be grown every year.

35. Help the poor.
The poor must be helped.

36. Work hard.
You are advised to work hard.

37. c. Requests beginning with please / kindly
E.g. Please grow wheat this year. You are requested to grow
wheat this year.

38. Kindly grant me leave.
You are requested to grant me leave.

39. Please don’t open the window.
You are requested not to open the window.