English For CBSE And Other Boards
Hi there,
Hopefully, your weekend would be fantastic. Today, I will be discussing another important topic, Voice ( Active And passive). You will find all rules and exceptions with examples and Practice Sets.
Passive voice
Passive Voice means that a subject is a recipient of a verb’s action. You may have learned that the passive voice is weak and incorrect, but it isn’t that simple. When used correctly and in moderation, the passive voice is fine.
In English grammar, verbs have five properties: voice, mood, tense, person, and number; here, we are concerned with voice. The two grammatical voices are active and passive.
Some basic rules to transform a sentence from Active Voice into Passive Voice.
- We exchange Subject and Object from each other.
- We use the third form of the given verb.
- Before the verb, we use Form Of Verb To Be of the same tense [tense of Active Voice.]
Chart Of Helping Verb Used In Active Voice And Passive Voice. {Form Of To Be.}
- We often use the preposition By before the Subject. [Subject of Active Voice]
- After some verbs, we do not use By we use other prepositions in place of By.
After the verbs “Surprised,Astonished, Disappointed,Distressed,Displeased and Alarmed.” we use the preposition At.
Examples
Active: Their work surprised us.
Passive: We were surprised at their work.
Active: Her failure disappointed her parents.
Passive: Her parents were disappointed at her failure
Active: The students displeased the teacher.
Passive: The teacher was displeased at the students.
After the verbs Pleased,Satisfied,Disgusted,Charmed,Thronged and Lined we use preposition With.
Examples-
- His work pleased them.
- They were pleased with his work.
- Your work did not satisfy the manager.
- The manager was not satisfied with your work.
- Her song can not charm him.
- He can not be charmed with her song
After the verbs Known and Obliged we use preposition To.
Example-
- He does not know me.
- I am not known to him.
- They will oblige us.
- We shall be obliged to them.
After the verbs Contained and Interested we use preposition In.
Example-
- This box contained ten apples.
- Ten apples are contained in this box.
- This book interests her.
- She is interested in this book.
Interchange of Pronouns in Active Voice and Passive Voice.
Content Writer– Mohammad Anas.….. Edited by– Shadab Akhtar.