Active passive

Voice is the medium
of communication
through which we
correspond……
What is voice?

The voices of verb is defined as the quality of verb that
indicates whether its subject acts or is acted upon.
It has two types:
1. The active voice
2. The passive voice.

The active voice is the "normal"
voice. This is the voice that we
use most of the time. In the
active voice, the object receives
the action of the verb OR when
we talk in general is called active
voice.
He sweeps the room.

The passive voice is less
usual. In the passive
voice, the subject
receives the action of the
verb. We use the passive
voice when we want to
make the active object
more important. OR
official language is
called passive voice.

INDEFINITE CONTINIOUS PERFECT
PRESENT Is,Are,Am Is,Are,Am being Has, have been
PAST Was ,Were Was, Were being Had been
FUTURE Will be Not changeable Will have been

 There are eight tenses which are changeable
present indefinite tense
present continuous tense
present perfect tense
past indefinite tense
past continuous tense
past perfect tense
future indefinite tense
future perfect tense

 Four types of tenses are not changeable
present perfect continuous tense
past perfect continuous tense
future perfect continuous tense
future continuous tense

 There are some rules to change the active
voice into passive voice.
 The subject of active voice changes into object
of passive voice
 The object of active voice changes into subject
of passive voice
 Subjective case of personal pronoun changes
into objective case of personal pronoun(he,
she, they = him,her,them)
 Objective case of personal pronoun changes
into subjective case of personal pronoun(him
,her ,them = he, she ,they )

 Helping verb is used according the subject
of passive voice.
3rd form of the verb is used(past
participle)
Two member of BE family is not used in
one sentence
Universal truth and intransitive verbs are
not changeable
By phrase is used where it is
necessary(agent)

1.PRESENT INDEFINITE TENSE
ACTIVE VOICE PASSIVE VOICE
She writes a letter A letter is written by her.
They drive a car A car is driven by them
2.PRESENT CONTINIOUS TENSE
She is writing a letter A letter is being written by her
They are driving a car A car is being driven by them

3.PRESENT PERFECT TENSE
She has written a letter A letter has been written by her
They have driven a car A car has been driven by them
4.PAST INDEFINITE TENSE
He read the book The book was read by him
We completed the task The task was completed by us

5.PAST CONTINIOUS TENSE
He was reading the book The book was being read by him
We were completing the task The task was being completed by us
6.PAST PERFECT TENSE
He had read the book The book had been read by him
We had completed the task The task had been completed by us

7.FUTURE INDEFINITE TENSE
I will help him He will be helped by me
You will push her She will be pushed by you
8.FUTURE PERFECT TENSE
I will have helped him He will have been helped by me
You will have pushed her She will have been pushed by you.

I paint my car My car is painted by me
Rabia sings a song A song is sung by Rabia
I do not paint my car My car is not painted by me
Rabia does not sing a song A song is not sung by Rabia.

Do I paint my car? Is my car painted by me?
Does Rabia sing a song? Is a song sung by Rabia?
When did you speak English? When was English spoken by you?
Who teased Saima? By whom was saima tease?
Who do we obey? Who was obeyed by us?

Sadia can ride a motor bike A motor bike can be ridden by Sadia
Masood may wash the dishes The dishes may be washed by
Masood
Ayesha always hands in her
assignment on time.
The assignment is always handed in
by Ayesha on time
Sarwer picked up her bag Her bag was picked up by Sarwer.

Sir mehmood makes us present our
presentation
We are made present our presentation
by Sir mehmood
Maliha has helped me to make tea I have been helped to make tea by
Maliha.
Asia loves to eat green chili. Asia loves green chili to be eaten.
They believe him to be dangerous He is believed to be dangerous

Open the door Let the door be opened
Cut the vegetable Let the vegetable be cut
Somebody has stolen sayeda’s note
book.
Sayeda’s note book has been stolen.
Everyone should pay attention in the
class
Attention should be payed in the class

Passive Active
My shoes were ruined by the rain. The rain ruined my shoes.
My homework was eaten by the dog. The dog ate my homework.
Dinner was burned by Dad. Dad burned dinner.
Her condition was improved by medication. Medication improved her condition.
We were made more miserable by the heat. The heat made us more miserable.
He itched due to a mosquito bite. The mosquito bite made him itch.
Many patients were seen by the doctor. The doctor saw many patients.
We lost the game due to the pitcher's error. The pitcher's error lost us the game.
They were driven here by Sue. Sue drove them here.
We were directed by him. He directed us.

 Try out this example first. Look at this sentence: "The
thief smashedthe window." The red section, "The thief," is
the subject of the sentence, or the one doing the action. The
purple section, "smashed," is the verb, or action. The blue section,
"the window," is the object: something is happening to it. Keep
reading for more explanation, and look back at this example
sentence to follow along.
 Understand the subject of an active sentence. In an active
sentence, the subject is whatever does something. It can be a
person, a place, a thing, or even an idea. Here are some examples,
with the subject in red:
 Every morning, the sun rises.
 The tall woman will brush her teeth.
 Your bravery saved the town.

Find the verbs in active sentences. In active sentences,
the verb describes what the subject does. It can also
describe what the subject did in the past, or will do in
the future. Here are some examples, with the verb
colored purple:
 The tree grew very tall.
 My enemy is planning his attack.
 Learn about the object of the sentence. In many
active sentence, but not all of them, an action is done
to something else. Here are examples, with the object
colored blue:
 The dog ate the meat.
 The explorers discovered a new river

 Figure out how to tell the subject and object apart. If you're not
sure whether something is the subject or object, find yourself
the verb and ask yourself "What is (verb)-ing?" to find the
subject.[1] Ask "What is being (verb)ed?" to find the object.
Here's an example of a tricky sentence, step by step:
 "Everything in the world irritates her."
 Find the verb. The only word that describes an action is
"irritates", so "irritates" must be the verb.
 Find the subject. What is irritating? "Everything in the world"
is irritating, so the entire phrase "Everything in the world" is
the subject.
 Find the object. What is being irritated? The person described
as "her" is being irritated, so "her" is the object

 Look at this example. "The ball is thrown by the athlete." In this
passive sentence, the subject is "The ball". The verb, "was thrown",
describes what happened to the ball. The agent, the thing that did the
action, is "the athlete".
 Understand the subject of a passive sentence. The subject of a
passive sentence is having something done to it. This can be any
noun: a person, place, thing, or idea. Here are some examples, with
the subject written in red:
 This essay was written last year.
 The delicious dinner was cooked by a professional cook.
 Elephants are protected from hunters by international law

 Understand the verb in a passive sentence. In a passive
sentence, something happens to the subject. The verb is
the action that happens. It begins with a "to be" verb (for
example, "is," "was," "were," "has been," "will have
been"), then a verb in a past tense. Here are some
examples with the verb colored purple:
 The city was destroyed by the meteor.
 All the ice cream had been eaten already.
 The music was played beautifully.
 Find the agent in a passive sentence. Many passive
sentences do not include the agent at all. If an agent is
present, it describes what did the action. It usually comes
at the end of the sentence, after the word "by." Here are
some examples, with the agent colored brown:
 The child was raised by her mother.
 World War I was started by an assassin.

 Look for a passive verb. Passive verbs include a form of "to be" as well as a past
tense verb. For example, "was bitten" or "been blessed." This is one of the easiest
ways to tell a passive sentence apart, but the next step is also useful for figuring out
difficult sentences, and becoming familiar with how passive and active sentences
work.
 Rephrase the sentence and look at word order. Read the sentence, think about
what it means, and try to describe the topic as an active sentence: "someone that did
something." If the order of words is the same as the original sentence, the sentence is
active. If you had to change the order, the sentence is probably passive. Here are
some examples:
 "The flower bloomed every night." This sentence is about "a flower that
bloomed." You didn't have to change the sentence to say that, so it's an active
sentence.
 "The river was crossed by the oxen. This sentence is about "oxen that crossed a
river." You had to change the order of the nouns (river and oxen), so the original
sentence is passive.
 "The book was written two hundred years ago." This sentence is about "Someone
that wrote a book." You had to add a whole new noun (someone) to guess at who
did the writing! The original sentence is definitely passive.

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