{"id":843,"date":"2015-09-26T17:07:42","date_gmt":"2015-09-26T17:07:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=843"},"modified":"2020-09-15T06:22:21","modified_gmt":"2020-09-15T06:22:21","slug":"change-into-passive-voice-simple-present-tense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/change-into-passive-voice-simple-present-tense\/","title":{"rendered":"Change into passive voice | Simple present tense"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the simple present tense we make passive forms by putting <strong>is\/am\/are<\/strong> before the <strong>past participle form of the active verb. <\/strong>Watch this <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/WScX9tIb7SE\">Youtube video in Malayalam<\/a> to learn the correct use of simple present tense. You may also watch this <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/JmXQd-3fKEA\">Malayalam grammar video<\/a> to learn about converting\u00a0 simple present sentences to passive voice.<\/p>\n<p>Study the example given below.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>My mother <strong>cooks<\/strong> delicious meals. (Active verb &#8211; cooks)<\/li>\n<li>Delicious meals <strong>are cooked<\/strong> by my mother. (Passive verb &#8211; are cooked)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Sentences are given in the active voice. Change them into the passive voice.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. Parents look after their children.<\/p>\n<p>2. Birds make nests.<\/p>\n<p>3. Cows eat grass.<\/p>\n<p>4. Ramesh writes novels.<\/p>\n<p>5. All children enjoy cartoon programs.<\/p>\n<p>6. He helps the poor and the needy.<\/p>\n<p>7. Doctors treat patients.<\/p>\n<p>8. Carpenters make furniture.<\/p>\n<p>9. Farmers cultivate crops.<\/p>\n<p>10. The greengrocer sells vegetables.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Answers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. Children <strong>are looked after<\/strong> by their parents.<\/p>\n<p>2. Nests <strong>are made<\/strong> by birds.<\/p>\n<p>3. Grass <strong>is eaten<\/strong> by cows.<\/p>\n<p>4. Novels<strong> are written<\/strong> by Ramesh.<\/p>\n<p>5. Cartoon programs <strong>are enjoyed<\/strong> by all children.<\/p>\n<p>6. The poor and the needy <strong>are helped<\/strong> by him.<\/p>\n<p>7. Patients <strong>are treated<\/strong> by doctors.<\/p>\n<p>8. Furniture<strong> is made<\/strong> by carpenters.<\/p>\n<p>9. Crops <strong>are cultivated<\/strong> by farmers.<\/p>\n<p>10. Vegetables<strong> are sold<\/strong> by the greengrocer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the simple present tense we make passive forms by putting is\/am\/are before the past participle form of the active verb. Watch this Youtube video in Malayalam to learn the correct use of simple&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[132],"class_list":["post-843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cbse-grammar-worksheets-2","tag-passive-voice-worksheet"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/843","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=843"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/843\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74779,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/843\/revisions\/74779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}