Compare the two sentences given below.<\/p>\n
John helped me.
\nI was helped by John.<\/p>\n
Both sentences have the same meaning, but the constructions are different. In the sentence \u2018John helped me\u2019, John (subject) is the doer of the action. He does something – he helps. Here the verb helps says what the subject (John) does.<\/p>\n
A verb which expresses the action done by the subject is said to be in the active voice.<\/strong><\/p>\n In the sentence ‘I was helped by John’, the subject I is the receiver of the action. Something is done to me – I am helped.<\/p>\n A verb which expresses what is done to the subject is said to be in the passive voice.<\/strong><\/p>\n He loves me. (Active Voice) Sentences are given in the active voice. Change them into the passive voice.<\/p>\n 1. The starving man stole a piece of bread. Answers<\/p>\n 1. A piece of bread was stolen<\/strong> by the starving man. When a sentence in the active voice is converted to the passive voice, the following changes occur:<\/p>\n 1. The object of the active verb becomes the subject of the passive verb.<\/p>\n Alice invited John. (Active voice: subject \u2013 Alice; active verb \u2013 helped; object – John) 2. The verb changes its form according to the number and person of the subject.<\/p>\n I have written a novel. (Subject \u2013 I; verb \u2013 have written) 3. The subject of the verb in the active voice becomes the object of the verb in the passive voice. This object is usually introduced with a preposition like by.<\/p>\n They built this house in 1990. 4. The active verb changes its form to become the passive verb.<\/p>\n I am writing a letter. (Active verb \u2013 am writing) When the active verb has two objects<\/p>\n If the active verb has two objects, either of them can become the subject of the passive verb.<\/p>\n Arun will give you a present. (Active Voice) Compare the two sentences given below. John helped me. I was helped by John. Both sentences have the same meaning, but the constructions are different. In the sentence \u2018John helped me\u2019, John (subject) is...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[44],"class_list":["post-2692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lessons","tag-passive-voice"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2692"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2692\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75340,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2692\/revisions\/75340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nI am loved by him. (Passive Voice)
\nHe killed the spider. (Active Voice)
\nThe spider was killed by him. (Passive Voice)
\nI will buy a shirt. (Active Voice)
\nA shirt will be bought by me. (Passive Voice)
\nSam broke the window. (Active voice)
\nThe window was broken by Sam. (Passive voice)
\nPeople speak English. (Active voice)
\nEnglish is spoken by people. (Passive voice)
\nI know the answer. (Active voice)
\nThe answer is known to me. (Passive voice)
\nThey took the child to hospital. (Active voice)
\nThe child was taken to hospital. (Passive voice)<\/p>\nActive and passive voice exercise<\/h2>\n
\n2. She taught me a lesson.
\n3. They praised the boy.
\n4. She has won the first prize.
\n5. I was reading a novel.<\/p>\n
\n2. I was taught<\/strong> a lesson (by her).
\n3. The boy was praised<\/strong> by them.
\n4. The first prize has been won<\/strong> by her.
\n5. A novel was being read<\/strong> by me.<\/p>\nChanging the Active verb into the Passive<\/h2>\n
\nJohn was invited by Alice. (Passive Voice: subject \u2013 John; passive verb \u2013 was invited; object – Alice)<\/p>\n
\nA novel has been written by me. (Subject \u2013 a novel; verb \u2013 has been written)<\/p>\n
\nThis house was built by them in 1990.<\/p>\n
\nA letter is being written by me. (Passive verb \u2013 is being written)<\/p>\n
\nYou will be given a present by Arun. (Passive voice – indirect object becomes subject.)
\nA present will be given to you by Arun. (Passive voice – direct object becomes subject.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"