english active passive voice
DESCRIPTION
Doer takes an active part Doer is given importance Doer is given prominent place The subject is the doer of the actionTRANSCRIPT
Voice Definition
Voice is a form of verb
It shows whether the subject does something or has something done to it
Types of Voices
Active Voice
Passive Voice
ACTIVE VOICE Doer takes an active part Doer is given importance Doer is given prominent place The subject is the doer of the action
PASSIVE VOICE
Object is given importance Receiver is given a prominent place Doer is in passive state Subject represents the person or
thing that has some thing done to him or it
Nalini saw a beautiful film. A-V
Nalini---subject-doer
Saw—verb2(past)
A beautiful film—object-receiver
A beautiful film was seen by Nalini. P-V
Sumithra presented the power point. A-V
The power point was presented by Sumithra. P-V
Object becomes subject
Verb becomes verb3-past participle
Add Be form
Subject becomes object
Add preposition “by” before object
The Pronoun changes A.V P.V I Me We Us You You He Him She Her It It They Them
Rani eats a banana. A-V
A banana is eaten by Rani. P-V
She takes coffee every morning. A-V
Coffee is taken by her every morning. P_v
I like flowers. A-V
Flowers are liked by me. P-v
She cuts Vegetables
Vegetbles are cut by her
They play cricket
Cricket is played by them
Mahesh is teaching English English is being taught by Mahesh Iam presenting Voice Voice is being presented by me Laxmi is eating bananas Bananas are eaten by Laxmi He is giving her a flower A flower is given her by me She is given a flower by me
Present Perfect Raju has learnt power point
Power point has been learnt by Raju
She has watered the plants
The plants have been watered by her
I have seen her just now
She has been seen by me just now
Jyothi painted a picture
A picture was painted by Jyothi
She saw a beautiful film last night
A beautiful film was seen by her last year
I ate two apples yesterday
Two apples were eaten by me yesterday
You drove a car last night
A car was driven by you last night
Uma was playing tennis
Tennis was being played by Uma
He was buying vegetables
Vegetables were being bought by her
They were making kites
Kites were being made by them
I was taking breakfast
Breakfast was taken by me