Transcription of Active and Passive Voice
1 1 Active AND Passive VOICEA ctive Voice :When the subject of a verb performs an action the verb is said to be in the activevoice. The effect of the action may or may not fall on an object, that is, the verb mayor may not have an : The boy kicked the girl the first sentence, kicked is the verb or the action; the boy is the subject or the doer who performs that action; and the ball is the object on whom the effect ofthat action is the second sentence, cries is the verb or the action; and the girl is the subject orthe doer of that action.
2 There is no object because the effect of the girl s crying cannotbe directed at another Voice :When the object of a verb appears to perform an action so that the effect of thataction appears to fall on the subject the verb is said to be in the Passive : The work was completed on song was sung beautifully by the singer.[A sentence in the Active Voice can be converted to form a sentence in the : A film was watched by kite was flown by for changing Voice : Only sentences containing transitive verbs can be changed from the Active voiceto the Passive Voice .]
3 A subject that is, a doer of the action is required tochange a sentence from the Passive to the Active : My mother cut the fruit was cut by my , the object fruit is acted upon by the doer mother .2 For the simple present tense use am, is or are with a past participle to form thepassive voicePassive voiceThe caretaker locks the doors are locked by the waiter carries the trays are carried by the waiter. For the simple past tense, use was or were with a past participle to form thepassive voicePassive voiceDad drove us were driven home by caught the ball was caught by him.
4 For the present continuous tense, use am, is or are with being followed by apast participle, to form the Passive voicePassive voiceThe waves are washing awayThe sandcastle is being washedthe by the is working on the computer is being worked upon by her. For the past continuous tense, use was or were with being, followed by a pastparticiple, to form the Passive voicePassive voiceJimmy was making our costumes were being made by was reading a book was being read by her. For the future tense, use shall or will with be, followed by a past participle, toform the Passive voicePassive voiceThe choir will sing the next hymn.
5 The next hymn will be sung by the will celebrate her birthday will be celebrated by us. For the present perfect tense, use have or has with been, followed by a pastparticiple, to form the Passive voicePassive voiceAli has scored two goals have been scored by have seen that movie has been seen by For the past tense, use had with been, followed by a part participle, to form thepassive voicePassive voiceThe hunter had caught a fox had been caught by the had given a gift to gift had been given to Rina by following sentences are in the Active Voice .
6 Change them into thepassive ) My mother will punish ) The children are studying ) I had finished my ) They called off the ) Mrs Bajaj teaches us ) You must switch off the ) I must finish this ) The children ate the ) The painter created a beautiful ) Mr Kumar has filed the papers Change the following sentences into the Active or the Passive Voice ) The poet wrote a nice ) My camera has been ) My dress is ruined!d) Trespassers will be ) No ) Keep your city ) The milk has ) Please switch on the the verb in the brackets in a suitable Passive ) The car _____ (park) in the ) The illegal immigrants _____ (take) to the police ) We _____ (teach) ballet by Mr ) The school play _____ (produce) by me this ) Snow white _____ (poison)
7 By her Read the following instructions and fill in the of the road Assess the needs Plan the route Take the soil samples Clear and level the route Put down thick layers of concrete Lay the top surface and add traffic guidesThe needs a) _____ assessed. The soil samples b) _____ andthe route c) _____. The route is d) _____ thick layers ofconcrete e) _____. The top surface f) _____ and the trafficguides g) Soap Take some castor oil in a beaker. Add an equal volume of sodium hydroxide solution to it.
8 Heat the mixture. Keep stirring till a paste is formed. Cool the contents. Separate the solid soap from the aqueous Rice Pour water into the cooker and boil. Add rice and salt and stir. Bring to full pressure and high heat. Reduce heat and cook for two minutes. Allow to cook naturally after removing from water a) _____ and boiled. The rice and salt b) _____and it c) _____. It is brought d) _____ for two minutes. Theheat e) _____ and it is further f) _____. The rice is g)_____ naturally after h) _____ Look at the newspaper items below.
9 Then use the information in theheadlines to complete the ) Sunday TV at its best: Six year old s amazing six year old boy _____ after 50 hours of being trapped in a 60 ft ) Nuke deal goes before US stage is set _____ the US congress this ) Heat wave worsens; Already claimed 62 heat wave prevailing in the North for more than a week _____further by dust storms in Rajasthan. Meanwhile 62 lives _____ sofar by the heat ) PM dares Jaswant to name mole in Singh has _____ by the PM to name the mole _____snooped on a former PM s ) Hall crowd rattled by Satyam Cineplex _____ by hoax calls in the afternoon.
10 It was_____ the calls were made by a group of The following passage has not been edited. There is an error in each of thelines. Write the incorrect word and the correct the chicken was take and choppeda)_____It was wash and dried. Salt, chillib)_____powder and curd was add. The chickenc)_____was marinate for one hour. The piecesd)_____were fry in oil. Then it wase)_____cook with milk, chillies and )_____VII. In the passage given below, few words are missing. Write the missingword from the box along with the word that comes before and after in thegiven the white clothes area) _____The clothes are then in a bucketb) _____with detergent.
