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Active and passive voice

Level: beginner

Transitive verbs have both active and passive forms:

Passive forms are made up of the verb be  with a past participle :

If we want to show the person or thing doing the action, we use by :

She was attacked by a dangerous dog. The money was stolen by her husband.

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The passive infinitive is made up of to be with a past participle :

The doors are going to be locked at ten o'clock. You shouldn't have done that. You ought to be punished .

We sometimes use the verb get with a past participle to form the passive:

Be careful with that glass. It might get broken . Peter got hurt in a crash.

We can use the indirect object as the subject of a passive verb:

We can use phrasal verbs in the passive: 

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Some verbs which are very frequently used in the passive are followed by the to -infinitive :

John has been asked to make a speech at the meeting. You are supposed to wear a uniform. The meeting is scheduled to start at seven.

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Could you please tell me if the following sentence is incorrect?

Air conditioning was suggested by someone.

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Hi TeacherNina,

The sentence is correct! It's possible that "by someone" is redundant in the sentence, but it's not incorrect.

LearnEnglish team

Hello, can you solve this question for me? [ Why do I refuse to be interviewed? (Change the voice.) ]

Hello Dhyey,

I suppose you could change the passive infinitive ('to be interviewed') to an active one ('Why do I refuse to interview?'), though that's a little unnatural. More often people would say 'go to an interview', 'do an interview', 'have an interview', 'accept an interview' or something like that.

Best wishes, Kirk LearnEnglish team

Hello dear teachers, is the following sentence correct? "the problem of 21th century is water being heavily polluted." I feel we need one more "is" after water !

Best Regards,

Hello Mohsen.k77,

Yes, you are right. I'd also suggest saying 'the 21st century': 'the problem of the 21st century is (that) water is being heavily polluted'

The word 'that' is optional, but I think it's clearer if you include it.

thanks a million

hi I have a question. should we consider a V3 as a main verb and to be as an auxiliary in passive voice since subject doesn't perform any action, it's just existing in some tense. I built a house - the house was built by me. I was performing an action, was building the house in the past. on the other hand, the house was just existing in some shape or form. in the past it was built and it was green, today the house is blue, tomorrow it will be colored in another shade, and in 5 years it will be constructed and like new. I understand the V3 colored gives the idea of an action to color while blue gives only the description of the house. but the same way V3 stuffed box gives the idea that action happened and someone stuffed that toy and it used as an adjective. can we say that passive voice is just verb to be in some tense and V3 just an object that describes the subject?

Hello aigerimwonderer,

I agree with the idea that the V3 form is the 'main verb' since it carries the meaning in a sense. It of course depends on what exactly you mean by 'main verb', but in general that makes more sense to me than calling the verb 'be' or 'get' the 'main verb'.

I don't agree with calling V3 an object that describes the subject, but I can see how you might want to say that. In the end, this is quite an abstract idea, whereas what we focus on here is helping people learn to use English.

I hope this helps.

All the best, Kirk LearnEnglish team

Hi, Can you tell me what is the difference between "have already been" and "have been already"? I'm confused. Thank you in advance

Hello chivi168,

There's no difference in meaning, but 'already' normally goes in 'mid-position'. When the verb has more than one word (such as 'have been'), this means that goes after the auxiliary verb (in this case 'have'). 

It's not exactly wrong to say 'have been already', but it sounds a bit awkward. If you had a particular sentence in mind, please let us know what the full sentence is.

People think it has been a complex problem.

How to make it in active voice and what is the rule of it

Hello Sonu,

'think' is already a verb in the active voice (with the subject 'people'). The verb 'be' (in 'it has been') is a link verb and so is in a way already active too; it's certainly has no passive form.

So I'm afraid I don't know how to help you. I'd suggest asking your teacher.

Hi! I´m struggling to make this sentences into ACTIVE VOICE. 1) The problem isn’t detected by the doctor. 2) The verification of the test isn’t done by the specialist. if someone can help me, i would be very pleased!

Hello user--25,

This site focuses on explanations of the language and advice. I'm afraid we don't provide answers to questions from elsewhere like this. If we did then we would end up doing our users' tests and homework for them!

The LearnEnglish Team

1) The doctor doesn't detect the problem. 2) The specialist doesn't verify the test.

1) The doctor detects not the problem. 2) The specialist does not the verification of the test.

What will be the passive voice for statements like: "Time and tide wait for none."

Hello Nash_Mish,

You could make a sentence like this: None are waited for by time and tide .

However, it's a horrible sentence. Some sentences simply don't work well in terms of style in passive voice.

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Hello teacher,

What’s the active of the following sentence? Example: They are getting married later this year.

Thanks, Khoshal

Hello Khoshal,

I'd say this sentence is already in the active voice. We often use 'get' + an adjective to refer to a change of state, e.g. 'I'm getting sick' means I'm going from healthy to sick. In the same 'I'm getting married' means I'm going from being single to being married. In this case, 'married' is an adjective, not a past participle.

It is grammatically possible to say 'They will be married later this year' (which is a passive), but in most situations that would sound strange.

It's true that we often use 'get' instead of 'be' to make passives in informal speaking, but that's not the case with 'get married'.

Thank you for the explanation!

I have a question about the correct placement of the other sentence parts in passive sentences. Starting from 'Henry had received payments from a weapons manufacturer.' Two possibilities suggest themselves for the passive:

Payments from a weapons manufacturer had been received by Henry.

Payments had been received from a weapons manufacturer by Henry.

Both seem correct, although the first sentence breaks the usual rule of retaining adverbials in the end part of the sentence. To me, the first sounds more natural, as the expression 'from a weapons manufacturer' defines 'payments' like a relative clause (e.g. payments which had originated from a weapons manufacturer'). The second, however, does seem to conform with the structure of passive sentences generally and thus should be the preferred conversion, even though it sounds quite awkward to my ears.

Hello Seb1989,

I agree that the first sentence is much easier to understand. I'm not completely sure, but I'd probably call 'from a weapons manufacturer' a prepositional phrase that modifies 'Payments' (the head of the noun phrase) and therefore sits under it. In other words, I don't think it's an adverbial here. Even if it were, in almost any situation, clearer sentences beat sentences that are ostensibly more grammatical, at least in my book.

If I were writing a text that needed to include one or the other of these sentences, I'd choose the first one unless there were some good reason not to. For example, if what's important is that he received payments (and not that they came from a weapons manufacturer), then the second one might be better. Though really in that case, I'd probably just leave out 'from a weapons manufacturer'.

When exercises that involve transforming actives into passives are created, it's easy to lose sight of the fact that passives are used for very specific reasons. One of the main reasons is for leaving out information. If that's the case, then key elements of the active sentence wouldn't make it into the passive version in real usage.

Hope this helps.

What is the passive voice for "permission is granted" or " mission accomplished".

Hi Nish_Mish,

The first one is already in the passive voice (subject + be + past participle). The second one does not have "be" in it, so it's just a noun phrase (noun + past participle). It can be changed into the passive voice: The mission is accomplished .

The active voice would be something like: I grant you permission and I accomplished the mission .

I hope that helps.

Change the active sentence into passive. “ They play footbal everyday * how about this?

Hi whoferra,

In your sentence, "They" is the subject and "football" is the object. To make the passive, first reverse them. Change "they" into the object form "them", and add "by". Then, change the verb into the passive form: "be" + past participle. -->  Football is played by them every day .

This passive sentence is grammatically correct, but it sounds quite unnatural! I think the active sentence would be much more commonly used.

Hello, I am a bit confused about the passive voice in these two sentences: 1. Lunch was being served. 2. Lunch was served. Since they refer to the past, please could you explain the difference between them? When is it better to use the first than the second? Thanks

The first one is the past continuous. It indicates that the action was already in progress at a particular moment. For example, let's say I arrive at a restaurant at 12:30 pm, but the restaurant had already started serving lunch at 12 pm. I can say "Lunch was being served when I arrived" (i.e. it was already in progress at the moment I arrived).

The second one is the past simple. It indicates the whole action of serving lunch. For example, "Lunch was served, and then the restaurant staff took a break".

Hi Jonathan Thank you so much for the explanation.

Hello everybody! I need help with these two sentences. I found them in a newspaper article: "...the young boy who is said to have loved riding his bike and nature" "She went out to have her nails manicured." Are any of them a Passive Voice? Thank you so much for your answer!

Hello Mhynor,

The first sentence contains a passive construction: ' ...is said to... '

There are a lot of similar phrases to this which are grammatically passive and are used to talk about reputation or expectation: is said to..., is thought to..., is believed to..., is hoped to... etc.

The second sentence does not contain a passive construction but it does have a causative have construction ('...have her nails manicured'), which has some similarities to passive forms, and is even sometimes describes as a pseudo-passive construction.

You can find more information on causatives here:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/course/upper-intermediate/unit-15/session-1

The LearnEnglish Team 

I'd like to clarify this sentence: "I do not remember Jack giving me the ticket." As far as I understand, its passive form should be " I do not remember being given the ticket by Jack." My question is - why do we leave 'I do not remember' as it is?

Hello anastasiia945,

It is possible to create a passive construction such as 'It is not remembered by method...' but it sounds horrible stylistically and is not something we would ever say.

How do I change the voice of sentence given below Why do I refuse to be interviewed?

Hello Butteryliscious,

The sentence already has a passive form - the passive infinitive (to be interviewed). You could manipulate the sentence into 'Why is being interviewed refused by me?' but it seems a pointless thing to do as it is a clumsy construction that I can't imagine ever using.

Hi there, I am struggling with a sentence I think you can help me with. is the sentence - With its glass mosaic edifice, it has been nicknamed” the diamond of the desert.” passive or active, and why so?

Hi milisisak,

"It has been nicknamed" is a passive structure, in the present perfect. The structure is: subject + "has/have" + "been" + past participle. The sense is that the subject "it" (presumably a building?) is not doing the "nicknaming" action, but instead is receiving the action (i.e., other people nicknamed this building "the diamond of the desert"). 

I hope that helps to make sense of it.

Thank you so much!!

Please let me know the passive form of: Ask him to write a letter. (Let him be asked to write a letter./ Let he be asked to write a letter./ Let a letter be asked to write by him.) Give him another chance. (Let another chance be given to him./ Let him be given another chance.) Call him. (Let him be called./ Let he be called.)

Hello jakirislam,

I'm afraid we don't provide answers to questions from elsewhere like this. If we did then we'd end up just doing people's homework or tests for them, which is not our job!

We're happy to explain rules and provide examples, of course, but not just to provide answers.

can i have help in the a passive forme to an active forme the example -societies are being affected in a bad way by diffrent forms of corruption . an i answer in my exam like this: -diffrent forms of corruption are affected societies in a bad way -so my question is: if my answer is true and thnks

Hello Kenzaa,

You had the right idea, but there is a small mistake. I think the best answer there is 'Different forms of corruption are affecting societies in a bad way'. Notice that the verb is in the present continuous, like in the passive sentence.

Voice Change: It has been had by me.

hello. i understand that the passive form of "has the doctor given you your letter of discharge ?" become "have your letter of discharge been given to you ? but i have red these following sentence in a book and i'm lost now: "Have you been given your letter of discharge ?" is it possible to use passive voice like that ? thx

Hello Andres,

Yes, using the passive voice with double object verbs (like 'give') can be a little tricky.

The first thing I'd suggest is clearly distinguishing the direct object and the indirect object. In 'Has the doctor given you your letter of discharge?':

• the subject is 'the doctor'
• the indirect object is 'you'
• the direct object is 'your letter of discharge'.

When a verb has only a direct object, the direct object becomes the subject of the passive verb. For example, 'The doctor treated the patient' becomes 'The patient was treated [by the doctor]'. (The brackets around 'by the doctor' show that this part of the sentence is optional; it can be omitted.)

You can do the same thing when the verb has a direct and indirect object: 'Has your letter of discharge been given to you [by the doctor]?' (Notice it's 'has' and not 'have' because 'your letter of discharge' is singular.)

What you saw in the book, however, is also correct when the indirect object is a person; the indirect object can become the subject of the passive verb: 'Have you been given your letter of discharge [by the doctor]?'

It can seem a bit strange, but it's perfectly natural in English. In fact, I'd say it's more common than the previous passive (where the direct object becomes the subject of the passive verb) with double object verbs.

Does that help make sense of this? Please let us know if you have other questions.

All the best, Kirk The LearnEnglish Team

Hello, I am having trouble understanding how to rewrite active questions into passive. Can you please rewrite this questions and explain me how to do it? 1.Did your teacher make you do your science homework again? 2.Who built the rocket? 3.Have you repaired your telescope? 4.Who showed you round the space exhibition? 5.When are they testing the new space shuttle? 6.Who will give the talk at the Astronomy club? Thank you in advance!

Hi MirelaVasileva,

To rephrase these questions in the passive, we need to choose a new grammatical subject - the original object of the verb (in bold below).

• Were you made (by your teacher) to do your science homework again?
• Who was the rocket built by?
• Has your telescope been repaired?

I hope that helps to understand it. I haven't answered the other questions in case you would like to have a try yourself.

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The verb in a passive voice sentence typically involves a form of 'be' (is, am, are, was, were) followed by a past participle. So, 'reads' in active voice changes to 'is read' in passive voice.

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How to Change a Sentence from Active Voice to Passive Voice

Last Updated: March 31, 2023 Fact Checked

This article was co-authored by Richard Perkins . Richard Perkins is a Writing Coach, Academic English Coordinator, and the Founder of PLC Learning Center. With over 24 years of education experience, he gives teachers tools to teach writing to students and works with elementary to university level students to become proficient, confident writers. Richard is a fellow at the National Writing Project. As a teacher leader and consultant at California State University Long Beach's Global Education Project, Mr. Perkins creates and presents teacher workshops that integrate the U.N.'s 17 Sustainable Development Goals in the K-12 curriculum. He holds a BA in Communications and TV from The University of Southern California and an MEd from California State University Dominguez Hills. There are 10 references cited in this article, which can be found at the bottom of the page. This article has been fact-checked, ensuring the accuracy of any cited facts and confirming the authority of its sources. This article has been viewed 505,707 times.

Switching voice is an important skill to possess when writing in any context, including academically, professionally, or personally. Changing a sentence from active to passive voice does not change the meaning of the statement, but it does switch the emphasis from the subject (the person doing the action) to the direct object (the thing that receives the action). To change a sentence to passive voice, you’ll first need to identify the tense that the sentence is written in, as it’s necessary to keep the correct tense when switching from active to passive voice. Second, identify the sentence’s subject, verb, and direct object. Finally, change the format so that the sentence begins with the direct object and ends with the subject.

Identifying the Tense of the Sentence

• Simple present tense combines a subject + verb. For example: “He writes.”
• Present continues tense combines a subject + being verb (am, is , are) + verb1 + ing. For Example: “He is writing.”
• Present perfect tense combines a subject + have/has + verb. For example: “He has written.”
• Present perfect continuous tense combines subject + has/have + been + verb + ing. Example: “He has been writing.”

• Simple past tense combines a subject + verb in the sentence. For example: “He wrote.”
• Past perfect tense combines the subject + had + verb. For example: “He had written.”
• Past continuous tense combines a subject + being verb (was, were) + verb + ing. For example: “He was writing.”
• Past perfect continuous tense combines subject + had + been + verb + ing. For example: “He had been writing.”

• Simple future tense combines a subject + “will” + verb. For example, “He will write.”
• Future perfect tense combines the subject + “will have” + verb. For example, “He will have written.”
• Future continuous tense combines a subject + “will” + being verb + verb. For example, “He will be writing.”
• Future perfect continuous tense combines the subject + “have been” + verb + “ing.” For example, “He will have been writing.”

Converting the Sentence

• For example, the sentence “He will write a letter” is in the future tense and active voice.
• To change this to passive voice, move the direct object to the beginning of the sentence, while keeping the future tense: “A letter will be written by him.”

• Depending on the tense of the sentence, being verbs include: “is,” “was,” “will be,” “has been,” etc.

• In cases where the subject (one who does the action) is unknown, you may not be able to add the word “by.”
• For example, if you have received a letter but do not know who sent it, you would write, “The letter was sent to me on November 1st,” but you would not say by whom it was sent.

• Active voice, present tense: The cat kills the mice.
• Passive voice, present tense: The mice are killed by the cat.
• Active voice, past continuous tense: Some boys were helping the wounded men.
• Passive voice, past continuous tense: Wounded men were being helped by some boys.
• Active voice, future perfect tense: Someone will have stolen my purse.
• Active voice, future perfect tense: My purse will have been stolen by someone.

Knowing When to Use the Passive Voice

• Be careful when removing emphasis from the subject of a sentence, as in some cases it can be seen as confusing to the reader. Passive voice can also remove the subject of a sentence altogether.
• For example, a politician who says, “I have lied to the American people” may be seen as repentant and forthcoming. If the individual were to say “The American people have been lied to,” they politician would be removing any blame from themselves by phrasing the sentence in the passive voice and removing the subject.

• For example, the sentence “American nuclear devices were first tested in July 1945” places the emphasis on the nuclear testing and leaves the specific researchers anonymous.

• For example, instead of writing “My team placed seven stream gages in the river,” you would write, “Seven stream gages were placed in the river.”
• Here the passive voice lends anonymity to the action: anyone can replicate the experiment by repeating the same procedures. By using the passive voice, you’re arguing that the results can be replicated regardless of which scientists perform the actions.

Practice Sentenes and Answers

Expert Q&A

• Passive voice is also commonly used in sayings or maxims that are supposedly applicable to everyone. A saying like “rules are made to be broken” must be in the passive voice, since there is no specific subject breaking a rule in the sentence. Thanks Helpful 25 Not Helpful 6

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• ↑ https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/grammar/english-grammar-reference/present-tense
• ↑ https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/grammar/english-grammar-reference/past-tense
• ↑ https://www.thesaurus.com/e/grammar/future-tense-verbs/
• ↑ https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/academic_writing/active_and_passive_voice/active_versus_passive_voice.html
• ↑ Richard Perkins. Writing Coach & Academic English Coordinator. Expert Interview. 1 September 2021.
• ↑ https://webapps.towson.edu/ows/activepass.htm
• ↑ http://www.lingolex.com/tensexp.htm
• ↑ http://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-active-and-passive-voice.html
• ↑ https://www.hunter.cuny.edu/rwc/repository/files/grammar-and-mechanics/verb-system/Active-and-Passive-Voice.pdf
• ↑ http://www.writing.utoronto.ca/advice/style-and-editing/passive-voice

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To change a sentence from active to passive voice, start by moving the object to the beginning of the sentence. Then, add the auxiliary verb “be” prior to the main verb, which will emphasize how the object is acted on. For example, if the original sentence is “He will write the letter,” you should make it “A letter will be written by him.” Take care to keep the same tense when you switch a sentence from active to passive voice. If the original sentence is “The cat kills the mice,” the correct passive voice would be “The mice are killed by the cat,” not “The mice were being killed by the cat.” For tips on when it’s OK to use the passive voice and when to avoid it, keep reading! Did this summary help you? Yes No

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Passive Voice in English Grammar

When to use the passive in english grammar, how to form the passive in english grammar, how to change a sentence from active to passive, the passive in sentences with two objects, personal & impersonal passive, have/get something done.

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What is the passive voice?

The passive voice in English grammar allows us to make the recipient of the action the focus of the sentence; the person or thing performing the action is unknown, unimportant or obvious. The passive is formed as follows: form of be + past participle .

Learn the difference between the active and passive voice with Lingolia, then put your knowledge to the test in the exercises.

My bike was stolen last night.

The cellar in our building was broken into and several bikes were taken .

I called the police earlier, but they had already been informed by my neighbour.

An investigation is being conducted , but the thief has not been arrested yet.

Any information should be reported to the police.

Active sentences usually follow the subject-verb-object word order and focus on the person or thing performing the action.

In contrast, the passive voice focuses on the action itself. Passive sentences tell us what happens to the recipient of the action.

We use the passive when the person or thing performing the action (known as the agent ) is unknown, unimportant or obvious.

If we want to include the agent of a passive sentence, we use the preposition by .

Passive sentences are formed as follows: form of be + past participle of the main verb .

Only the form of the verb be changes depending on the tense that we are using; the past participle remains the same in every tense.

The table below provides an overview of the passive voice in all of the English tenses .

The present perfect progressive and the past perfect progressive do not exist in the passive. Instead, we use the simple forms ( present perfect simple and past perfect simple ).

When transforming a sentence from active to passive, we can take a step-by-step approach.

• Step 1: identify the object of the sentence and bring it to the front
• Step 2: identify the tense and conjugate the verb be accordingly
• Step 3: find the past participle of the main verb
• Step 4: decide if you need to include the agent
• Step 5: if the agent is important, we introduce it using the preposition by .

Because the direct object of the active sentence becomes the subject of the passive sentence, we can only use transitive verbs in the passive voice (e.g., steal a car, write a book, make a mistake … ). Intransitive verbs do not take a direct object (e.g., arrive, die, go … ) so cannot be used in the passive.

Learn more about the difference between transitive and intransitive verbs.

Table of English Tenses in Active and Passive

Check out the table below to learn how to change active sentences into the passive voice in every tense.

Certain verbs like ask, give, offer, pay, send, show etc. are used with two objects. Usually, one is a person (indirect object) and the other is a thing (direct object).

In the active voice, these sentences can be expressed in two different ways:

This is the same in the passive voice; either object can become the subject of the passive sentence.

Changing object pronouns to subject pronouns

When the indirect object of an active sentence is an object pronoun (me, you, him, her …), we must change it to a subject pronoun in the passive voice.

In formal situations such as news reports or academic articles, we use reporting verbs and verbs of speech and thought in the passive voice to express information in a neutral, unbiased way.

Common verbs: agree, announce, assume, believe, claim, consider, declare, expect, feel, find, know, mention, say, suppose, think, and understand .

Such sentences can start with it (impersonal passive) or with the subject (personal passive) .

Impersonal Passive

Sentences in the impersonal passive begin with it: it is said/believed/agreed etc. + that + clause.

Note: in the impersonal form, only the reporting verb is formed in the passive voice; the rest of the sentence stays the same.

Personal Passive

Sentences in the personal passive begin with the subject and contain an infinitive clause: subject + is said/believed/thought etc. + to + infinitive.

We use the perfect infinitive (have + past participle ) after the reporting verb to refer to the past.

We can also form the passive with have/get + object + past participle . (Note: g et is more informal than have).

We use this form when someone else does something for us, particularly in the context of paid services.

Like with a standard passive, the agent of the action is unknown or unimportant; the focus is on the action itself.

If we want to include the agent, we use by .

We can use this structure in every tense:

This passive structure is a type of causative.

You can learn more on our page all about causative structures with have and get .

Passive with have

In addition to services, the passive with have has an extra meaning.

We use have + object + past participle to express an experience that was negative, painful or unpleasant.

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Passive Voice - Exercises on Form

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Rewrite the sentences in passive voice.

• John collects money. -
• Anna opened the window. -
• We have done our homework. -
• I will ask a question. -
• He can cut out the picture. -
• The sheep ate a lot. -
• We do not clean our rooms. -
• William will not repair the car. -
• Did Sue draw this circle? -
• Could you feed the dog? -

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Homework: Passive Voice

So, did you steal your bike, or was your bike stolen? Will you take out your tonsils, or will your tonsils be taken out? Mastering the Passive Voice is a crucial rite of passage for any English learner, as it can change the meaning of a sentence entirely. However, as this versatile voice can be used with any grammar tense, this is often much more easily said than done, as no sooner have students established just when to use it than along comes the more daunting challenge of actually using it correctly. This homework sheet enables students to practise using the Passive Voice through a range of progressively challenging exercises.

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What is a passive to active voice translator.

An online tool to detect passive voice sentences and suggest the desired corrections in a piece of writing automatically with the help of predefined software-based linguistic algorithms and grammatical rules is known as a passive voice converter. The use of a passive voice checker free online tool has become a professional trend in almost all domains of writing across the industries and business domains. Making your writings more attractive and professional is the main purpose of using an online passive and active verb generator. Those active voice changer tools offer numerous capabilities such as grammar, punctuation, plagiarism, and vocabulary checking, linguistic accuracy, and much more.  Using an active verb converter provides you with numerous features and capabilities that help you make your piece of text awesome and have a great user experience. The top 3 features of an online professional-level active/passive voice changing tool should include ease in use, instant results, great reliability.

Simple & Intuitive

The simple to use and intuitive interface make a professional active to passive converter more attractive for the users. The input text-field or widget for pasting the text to check and translate sentences to passive voice should be placed in a very prominent position on the homepage of the website. Using the features of the tool should be so simple and just one click away.

Instant & Accurate

A great tool to change active voice to passive voice online should have features of great accuracy in text correction and choosing the right vocabulary and verbs. Passive to active voice changer should be instant to act even while writing some text in the text-checking field of the tool. The processing time of a copied and pasted text should be very fast with instant response to the flaws in the text.

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24×7 availability of an online tool is one of the most important features. The need for a fix passive voice tool to remain online is always present because the internet does not sleep at all. To earn the reputation of reliable and trustworthy service, online passive checker tools to change passive to active should be up and available for at least 99.99% of the total time of the year.

For Whom Active Voice Checker Is Useful?

The use of passive sentences is extensively found in governmental, legal, research, corporate, and other forms of communication. Owing to the importance of those domains, the correct use of passive voice is highly needed. Using a passive checker tool is one of the best ways to make your sentences more accurate, accurate, and professional. A wide range of professionals and people working in different domains of business, industries, and sectors can benefit from changing passive to active voice. Mainly, the following people can benefit the most from it: ✓ Professors, researchers, and educationists ✓ Lawyers, judges, and complainants ✓ Corporate managers and consultants ✓ HR managers, job seekers, and employers ✓ Fiction writer, linguists, culturalists, and historians ✓ Government employees, officers, and analysts 

How to Use Active Voice Detector?

Using different types of active voice converter is very simple and easy. The online tool add a very simple way to interact with the tool and get the job done. In most cases, using a passive voice detector online tool consists of 3 steps. Let’s talk about those steps individually.

Copy and Paste Text

The first step of using an active voice changer is the copy and paste your text to the field or a widget available on the page of voice detector tool. Normally, passive to active voice generator allows a direct copy and paste option as well as an upload option to choose the desired file to upload and check for passive voice mistakes.

Errors Detection

The second step is to initiate the process of the detection of errors in the text. Normally, this process is triggered through a click of the button or with a strike of the return button on the computer. The automated process of checking the errors starts. This process of checking errors is done in the background with the help of predefined grammatical rules and software algorithms based on those rules. The detected errors are underlined in different colors.

Corrective Suggestions

The corrective suggestion is offered by the tool automatically; you need to just click the underlined word or sentence. The available options for passive voice check, correct version of the passive voice, verb, spelling, punctuation, or any other grammar-related mistakes appear in a popup window. You can read and check those suggestions for a better selection of the options.

How to Define Active and Passive Voices?

Any sentence having a subject, which directly performs the action characterized by the verb of the sentence on the object of the sentence is known as an active voice sentence. In an active voice sentence, the sequence of the parts of speech will be subject, the verb in an active form, and object. An example of an active voice sentence is given below:

“I write an essay”

Any sentence in which the subject is not in the active form and the object takes the position of the subject while the subject is acted upon by the verb is called a passive voice sentence. In a passive voice sentence, the subject of an active voice sentence acts as an indirect object acted upon by the verb, and the object of the sentence takes the place of the direct subject. An example of a passive voice sentence is shown below:

“An essay is written by me”

In the above example, you saw the form of pronoun changed from the subjective pronoun “I” to the objective pronoun “me” . This means, the direct subject “I” is now being acted upon by the verb “write” in its third form “past participle” is used.

Why Find and Convert Passive to Active Voice?

In any formal writing, the use of passive voice sentences is very common, especially in legal, research, scientific, literature, history, government, and corporate communication. Proper use of the passive voice sentences would leave an awesome impression on the readers.

The main reasons of why to find and use a passive converter tool include:

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Manual Passive Voice Changing vs Using Passive Voice Generator

Almost, all fields and domains of industry and businesses of our day-to-day lives are highly influenced by modern technologies like the internet, websites, and telecommunication. Without the use of modern technologies, it has become so difficult to catch the pace of the competitors in the marketplace. This notion is also 100% true as far as the grammar checking of the text is concerned. The comparison of manual and online passive voice checking is given below.

Using Online Passive Voice Checker

✓ Very fast and efficient ✓ No need for any linguistic expertise at all ✓ Reduced chances of skipping of passive voice mistake ✓ Available in both free and paid versions of subscriptions ✓ Helps you improve your mistakes ✓ Easy to detect plagiarism in the text ✓ Numerous additional services such as spelling, punctuation, and plagiarism offered ✓ Offers multiple options of words to enhance your vocabulary and correct use of words

Manual Passive Voice Checking

✓ Slow and time-consuming ✓ Need expertise in linguistics ✓ Chances of missing the passive voice mistakes ✓ You need a huge fee for manual checking by professionals ✓ The turnaround time of manual service is so long ✓ You learn less in professional passive voice checking service ✓ It is not available round the clock ✓ Not possible to detect plagiarism easily ✓ The use of additional services cost you additionally ✓ You do not enhance your vocabulary as effectively

What Are Extra Benefits of Free Grammar Checker for Passive Voice?

An online grammar checker offers numerous additional benefits, which you cannot achieve through manual services by any writing services. The main reason is that online services are powered by the confluence of modern technologies and knowledge of linguistic experts. Besides, an online voice checker service helps you improve your vocabulary by using the most suitable word in the text to make it the most professional one. The main advantages offered by the online free grammar checker for passive voice sentences include:

Styling and Formatting

An online passive voice checker service also offers the services of document styling and formatting capabilities, which make your document look great.

Tone and Effectiveness Check

Online services also check for the tone and effectiveness the text leaves on the readers.

Punctuation and Spelling

An online passive voice checker also checks for the spelling and punctuation mistakes in the text and corrects them in addition to the passive voice correction.

Plagiarism Check

Plagiarism checking is one of the salient additional capabilities of an online passive voice checkers to help avoid this criminal act.

Does Passive Voice to Active Voice Converter Tool Offer Great Results?

The latest study suggests that online active and passive voice converter tools play a very important role in the improvement of grammar accuracy of L2 writing in the students. A majority of the students showed trust in those online tools. It is very important to note that there is a constant need for improvement in the online tools for making the text more accurate and professional by finding out the vaguest mistakes and sentimental expressions of the content. Implementing the power of artificial intelligence (AI) in the online grammar checker tools is continually improving the effectiveness and accuracy of those tools. The use of AI in online passive voice checker tools are helping understand the feedback and behavior of different types of writers and implementing them into the suggestion building algorithms. Thus, the level of trust for those tools is improving significantly. The accuracy rate has also improved in the modern online tools as compared to those used a few years back. The number of users is continuously increasing in all domains of industries and sectors of education, which is a clear indicator of the great results offered by those online passive voice converter tools in the marketplace.

As a writer who is constantly engaged in writing, chances are you’ve noticed some parts of your writing tend to shine, while others don’t. To iron out these dull sentences, you need to consider active and passive sentence construction, its contextual use, and how you can convert passive voice to active voice. But before that, let’s briefly take a look at how passive and active voices can transform your writing.

How to Transform Your Writing Style Using Active Voice

Adds clarity to your writing.

Using active voice results in shorter, sharper, and more concise sentences. This makes it easier for the readers to easily follow what you are trying to communicate, as well as visualize what’s happening.

For example:

Mary’s classmates cheered as she won the race.

Create vivid images in fiction writing

As a fiction writer, you can also use active voice to create vivid images and advance the plot. Students, on the other hand, can also use active voice to discuss complex academic subjects in their essays or to persuade readers to embrace their arguments.

The test results prove that the drug kills cancer cells.

Eliminates redundancy in your writing

When writing overly long sentences with detailed explanations, strictly using active voice can make your texts sound robotic and redundant. As such, using active to passive converter software to inject a healthy mix of both active and passive voice can help maintain concision and clarity.

How to Identify Active Voice in Your Writing

The easiest way to identify whether your sentence is in the active voice is to establish the location of the subject (actor) and the verb (action). When the subject precedes the verb in a sentence, you most likely have an active voice.

Alternatively, you can use an online passive to active generator like ours. The tool crawls through your texts identifying active voice-related mistakes, as well as allowing you to convert active voice to passive voice and vice versa.

Passive Voice

How to transform your writing style using passive to active converter, active voice vs. passive voice: differences and similarities.

Just like any other English writing building elements and blocks, both the passive and active voices have distinct roles, similarities, and differences. Let’s take a look at some of them.

If you want to make your writings professional and mistake-free, use our passive to active voice converter to polish your writing skills!

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This handout will explain the difference between active and passive voice in writing. It gives examples of both, and shows how to turn a passive sentence into an active one. Also, it explains how to decide when to choose passive voice instead of active.

If you want to change a passive-voice sentence to active voice, find the agent in a "by the..." phrase, or consider carefully who or what is performing the action expressed in the verb. Make that agent the subject of the sentence, and change the verb accordingly. Sometimes you will need to infer the agent from the surrounding sentences which provide context.

If you want to change an active-voice sentence to passive voice, consider carefully who or what is performing the action expressed in the verb, and then make that agent the object of a by the... phrase. Make what is acted upon the subject of the sentence, and change the verb to a form of be + past participle. Including an explicit by the... phrase is optional.

This passive voice contains a by the... phrase. Removing the by the... phrase and reworking the sentence will give it the active voice.

Image Caption: Making "most of the class" the subject of the sentence moves the action of the sentence onto the class, and shifts the sentence from passive into active voice.

The agent is not explicitly stated, but it is most likely researchers. Making the agent the subject of the sentence will allow you to use the active voice.

This sentence now uses the active voice because the agent (the researchers) are now performing the action as the sentence subject.

The CIA director and his close advisors are the agent of change in this sentence, but they are not the subject. Making the agent the subject will transform the sentence into a more concise, active voice phrase.

This sentence now uses the active voice because the agent (the CIA director and his close advisors) is performing the action as the sentence subject.

The agent is not specified in this sentence.

This sentence now uses the active voice because the agent (we) is the subject of the sentence.

This active voice sentence's agent is the presiding officer, which is the subject.

Changing the sentence subject from the agent (the presiding officer) to the object of the verb (the committee's recommendation) and adding a by the...phrase transforms the sentence into the passive voice.

This sentence includes the agent (the leaders) as the subject performing the action of the verb.

This sentence now uses the passive voice because the subject has been changed from the agent (the leaders) to the object of the verb (a fair resolution).

The scientists are the agent performing the verb's action in this active voice sentence.

This passive voice sentence no longer specifies the agent (scientists) and now uses the passive voice because the verb's object (traces of ice) is now the subject.

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4.3.1.1.1.1.1.1: Past Tense Passive Exercise

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Past Tense Passive Exercise  

Exercise 4:  Change the following past tense active sentences to past tense passive sentences, please.

1.  Customers bought three hundred books at the store yesterday.

2.  My son wore my suit to the party.

3.  The thief broke into the car and stole the CD player.  (Be Careful.)

4.  My wife nursed my sons when they were babies.

5.  A truck hit a pedestrian who was crossing the street this morning.

6.  The bus driver drove the bus along Third Avenue in downtown Seattle.

7.  I roasted a chicken for dinner this evening.

8.  A car struck a pedestrian in the crosswalk this morning.

9.  I grew beets in my garden over the winter.

10.  An old woman brought bread to my house last Monday.

11.  Cleveland beat Seattle in the baseball game tonight, 9 to 5.

12.  Millions of Americans ate millions of hamburgers yesterday.

13.  A burglar stole a valuable diamond ring from my neighbor last week.

14.  I wrote this sentence at 11:45 PM last night.

15.  The little girl blew out the candles on her birthday cake.

16.  The dog tripped the boy’s mother.

17.  My son fried two eggs for breakfast.

18.  Your teacher wrote these 18 sentences.

19.  Someone broke into the bookstore last night.

20.  The robbers stole a lot of money.

21.  The people elected a new president last year.

22.  The boy threw a ball to his brother during the game.

23.  The pilot few the plane into the side of a mountain.

24.  The boy shoved five books into his back pack.

25.  I lost all of my money in the casino last week.

Exercise 5:  Change the following active voice modal sentences to passive voice modal sentences, please.

• My friends will fix my fence on Sunday.
• My father would take my friends and me fishing when I was a boy.
• Boys can play football in high school.
• People might give away a lot of old clothes after Christmas.
• Students must skip lines in my class.
• Students should give the homework to the teacher on its due date.
• Children could buy a lot of candy for a few cents a long time ago.
• People may use public restrooms whenever people need to.
• Everyone should eat a good breakfast every morning.
• I could see the baseball field from my bedroom when I was a boy.
• You should wash your hands after you go to the bathroom.
• You will understand more English by the end of this quarter.
•  People can speak many languages in this class.

Exercise 6: Change the following modal sentences from the active voice to the passive voice, please.

• Nursing mothers can give nutritious breast milk to their babies.
• Someone in our family must feed our dog every day.
• Children should respect and obey their parents.
• A robber might break into my house when I am at work.
• My friend would fly helicopters every day in Vietnam.
• In some schools in America, students must wear uniforms to school.
• My grandfather would cut my hair when I was a boy.
• My son might compose a piece of music this weekend.
• I will iron my pants and shirts this weekend.
•  Someone in my family may pick up some groceries at the store today.
•  I will spend a lot of money this summer in Rhode Island.
•  Children can blow out candles on a birthday cake.
•  My sons should give a present to their mother on Mother’s Day.

Exercise 7: Do as directed for each section, please.

A.  Please put the appropriate verb in the space provided.

1. Many cars will-------------- (make) in Detroit this year.

2.  My brother might----------------- (operate on) last week .     (BE Careful.)

3. His television must ----------------------- (fix) before the big game on Saturday.

4. A new kind of computer ought to ------------------ (invent) to help do this job.

5. Many topics should --------------- (discuss) by world leaders to prevent wars.

B. Please change these sentences from the active to the passive .

1. The students must have done a lot of homework.

2. My wife will cook dinner for my family tonight.

3. Children must not play with matches.

4. A mechanic has to repair many cars.

5. You had better wash the floors before Sunday.

C. Please change these sentences from the passive to the active .

1.  Many tools had to be used by the mechanic to fix the car.

2.  The book should have been read by Mr. Smith's students.

3.  A lot of candy can be eaten by young children.

4.  Many patients must have been studied by those doctors.

5.  Grammar should be studied by all students.

D. Please put the appropriate verb in the blank space. 

1.  Medicine should ----------------------- (avoid) unless it is necessary.

2.  The cake must ----------------------- (eat) by the kids last night.

3.  The bank robber could ---------------------- (sent) to jail for ten years.

4.  Idioms have to --------------------------- (learn) by ESL students.

5.  The movie should ----------------------- (see) by your father when we saw it last week.

6.  He ought to ----------------------- (punish) by his parents for being so rude.

E. Change these active sentences to the passive, please.

1.  He had to do the dishes for his sick wife.

2.  She should have cooked a turkey for her guests on Thanksgiving.

3.  He may take his girlfriend to a restaurant for dinner tonight.

4.  They could have eaten all the food.

5.  He would invent a beautiful device for cleaning floors.

6.  He might drink a glass of milk for breakfast.

F. Change these passive sentences to the active , please.

1.  The dirty clothes would be washed by my mother on Saturday.

2.  He might have been bitten by his neighbor's dog.

3.  A computer can be used by anyone in this school.

4.  He was able to be seen by everyone in the room.   (BE CAREFUL)

5.  Five boys will be expelled from the school by the principal for fighting.

Exercise 8: Change the following sentences from active to passive, please.

1.  We took the boy to the hospital last week.

2.  The man was driving the car very fast on the highway.

3.  You need to do the dishes before you go to bed.

4.  We have studied the past time frame of verbs in this class.

5.  I am writing this sentence right now.

6.  The mechanic must have fixed the car by now.

7.  The boy hangs his coat up in the closet every night.

8.  The father brings his boys to the movies every Saturday.

9.  We had done our homework before we went to the movies.

10.  He drove his truck into the lake by accident last Friday evening.

11.  Children should help their parents around the house.

12.  He dropped his book on the floor in the classroom.

13.  My grandfather will give some money to my children next week.

Exercise 9:  Change the following sentences from the passive to the active , please.  Be careful because you may have to supply the active sentence subjects yourself.

1.  The lesson was prepared for the class by the teacher.

2.  The floors and walls had been washed before I got home.

3.  The exercises needed to be done before the students arrived at school the next day.

4.  The house is being painted as we speak.

5.  While the telephone was being repaired, I had to go to Safeway to make a call.

6.  My friends have been told not to look for me next weekend.

7.  All the food must be eaten before we go on vacation.

8.  My computer is being repaired by my old friend today.

9.  The bank robber was shot during the robbery attempt.

10.   The medicine needed to be bought for the sick children.

11.  The money could have been stolen from the convenience store last Wednesday.

12.  The picture had been taken before they got married.

13.  The students are taught grammar daily in class.

Exercise 10:  Change the following sentences from the active voice to the passive voice, please.

1.  My wife must have done the laundry last week.

2.  My old friend could have bought a new car last week.

3.  I should have planted seeds in my garden last Friday, but they weren’t.

4.  My son must have paid a lot of money for his I-Pod.

5.  My wife might have had lunch with her friend yesterday.

6.  The old man may have forgotten his umbrella on the bus.

7.  The young boy might have broken his leg playing football.

8.  All of you should have learned the irregular verbs by now.

9.  I could have drunk another cup of coffee this morning.

10.  The boy might have shrunk his sweater in the washing machine.

11.  Sara may have attended her daughter’s basketball game.

12.  My son should have put some gas in my car on Saturday.

13.  The man could have sent the letter by express mail.

Exercise 11: Change the following sentences from the active voice to the passive voice, please.

1.  The boys have eaten all of the food in the refrigerator.

2.  My son has cut the grass in my yard today.

3.  People have looked at the moon for thousands of years.

4.  My sister has telephoned me twice this weekend.

5.  You have learned a lot of passive voice grammar this quarter.

6.  I have picked many vegetables from my garden this weekend.

7.  My dog has dug a couple of holes in my yard this weekend.

8.  I have written many exercises for this class so far this quarter.

9.  My wife has opened a checking account for my son at the bank.

10.  My son has done the dishes this evening.

11.  My friend has written a lot of email messages to his friends today.

12.  We have already read today’s newspaper.

13.  I have spun the lettuce three days in a row this weekend.

Exercise 12: Change these sentences from the active voice to the passive voice, please.

1.  I want beans and rice for lunch.

2.  I want John to cook the beans and rice.

3.  I need to correct this exercise.

4.  We need food and water to survive.

5.  They ought to clean the house before their mother gets home.

6.  Someone needs to eat the leftovers in the refrigerator pretty soon.

7.  My girlfriend has to sweep the floor before she can go home from work.

8.  The boy had to do all of his homework before he could go out and play.

9.  I asked André to wash the dishes.

10.  We are going to eat spaghetti for dinner tonight.

11.  The daughter had better clean her room before the guests come to dinner.

12.  My wife needs to wash the clothes by tomorrow.

13.  I am thinking about my brother.

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VOICE CHANGE

CHANGE OF VOICE # ACTIVE VOICE & PASSIVE VOICE:

                 —- Prepared by Brojen Das

VOICE CHANGE ACTIVE VOICE & PASSIVE VOICE:

WHAT IS VOICE?

Voice is the form of the verb which always shows whether the subject acts or is acted upon.

There are two kinds of voices:-

ACTIVE VOICE:

When the subject of the sentence is the ‘actor’, the verb is Active.

He plays football.

PASSIVE VOICE:

when the subject of the sentence is acted upon, the verb is passive.

Football is played by him.

Rules for changing the active voice into the passive:-

• In the active voice, the object becomes the subject in the Passive voice.         

• In active voice, the subject becomes the object in the passive voice.
• A helping verb is used according to tenses.
• The main verb is changed into the past participle form of the verb(3rd form).
• The preposition ‘by’ is placed after the past participle form of the verb. ( The preposition ‘ by’ is not always used)
• In the case of two objects, the personal object is changed into a subject and the other object remains as an object.
• At first, find out the object of the verb by asking ‘ What'(inanimate object) or  ‘Whom'(person),  then go for performing the change of voice.
• Personal pronouns are to be changed into objective cases.

I —– me

We—-us

You —-you

He —-him

She —- her

They—-them

• After modal verbs ‘ be’ is generally placed.

  Object+ modal verb+ be+ v3.

• If there is an ‘ing'(verb+ing) ending in any kind of continuous tenses, ‘being’ is generally placed.

Object+ am /is/are/was/were/be+ being+v3.

• In case of any perfect tenses ‘been’ is generally used after ‘have’ or ‘has’ or ‘had’ in passive voices.

 VOICE CHANGE ACTIVE PASSIVE:

1) VOICE CHANGE WITH AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES:

                   ( PRESENT TENSE) 

• I play football every day. (Active voice)

Football is played by me every day. ( passive voice)

• she is reading a book.

A book is being read by her.

• I have helped her.

she has been helped by me.

                          (  PAST TENSE )

• She obeyed me.

I was obeyed by her.

• They were riding cycles.

Cycles were being ridden by them.

3 . she had cut her finger.

Her finger had been cut by her.

                     (FUTURE TENSE)

I shall do it.

It will be done by me.

• He will be doing the work.

The work will be being done by him.

• He will have played cricket.

Cricket will have been played by him.

• CHANGE OF VOICE WITH NEGATIVE SENTENCE:

****(Keep in mind one thing….In Negative sentences, ‘not’ has to be put after the helping verb)

• He does not help me.

I am not helped by him.

• He did not break the glass.

The glass was not broken by him.

• He has not done the work.

The work has not been done by him.

• He will not buy pen.

pen will not be bought by him.

• VOICE CHANGE WITH INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES:

Rule:  Interrogative sentence? (A.v)

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          Make it an Assertive sentence. (A.v)

          Change the voice. (P.v)

      Again make it an Interrogative sentence? (P.v)

• Do you like me? ( interrogative)

You like me. (It is changed into assertive)

I am liked by you. (passive is done)

Am I liked by you?   (Again it is made interrogative)

2.Did you help me?

You helped me.

I was helped by you.

Was I helped by you? ( Main Answer)

• Have you killed the tiger?

you have killed the tiger.

The tiger has been killed by you.

Has the tiger been killed by you? (Answer)

4.Shall I do it?

Will it be done by me? (Answer)

• CHANGE OF VOICE WITH IMPERATIVE SENTENCES:

1.Let + object+ be+ 3rd form of verb.

*****( Let is generally used  if an object is available in the active voice in imperative sentences)

2.You are requested to +v1…..(if the statement denotes any request)

3.You are ordered/commanded to+v1 ……(if the statement denotes any kind of order or command)

4.you are advised to+v1 …..( If the statement denotes any advice) 

1.Open the book.

Let the book be opened . (Here, the sentence begins with ‘Let’ because we are having here the object ‘the book’)

• please come here.

you are requested to come here.

3.Stand up.

you are ordered to stand up.

4.Be honest.

you are advised to be honest.

• VOICE CHANGE WITH DOUBLE OBJECTS:

( See rule no-6)

1.He gave me a pen.

I was given a pen by him.

2.He has gifted me a book.

I have been gifted a book by him.

3.I shall give you a nice phone.

You will be given a nice phone by me.

• CHANGE OF VOICE WITH PHRASAL VERBS:

1.He laughed at me.

I was laughed at by him.

2 He listens to our teacher.

Our teacher is listened to by her.

• CHANGE OF VOICE WITH INFINITIVES:

*****(Here  ‘ be’ is to be added after ‘to’; then the main verb is to be changed into the past participle form or  3rd form)

1.I have to do it.

It has to be done by me.

2.We are to buy a car.

A car is to be bought by us.

3.There is no time to waste.

There is no time to be wasted.

• CHANGE OF VOICE WITH INDEFINITE PRONOUNS:

( Indefinite pronouns such as all, another, any, anybody, anything, each, everybody/everyone, everything, few, many, nobody, none, one, several, some, somebody/someone must be omitted in the passive voice)

• Someone snatched my gold chain.

Gold chain was snatched . ( by someone is omitted)

• someone stole my cycle.

My cycle was stolen.

3.One can do this easily.

This can be done easily.

• VOICE CHANGE WITH QUASI PASSIVE VOICE:  

1.Honey tastes sweet.

Honey is sweet when it is tasted.

2.The book reads interesting.

The book is interesting when it is read.

3.The rose smells sweet.

The rose is sweet when it is smelt.

• CHANGE OF VOICE WITH MODAL VERBS:

( Can, Could, May, Might, Must, ought to, etc)

1.I can solve the sum.

The sum can be solved by me.

2.May I do this?

May this be done by me?

3.You ought to do this.

This ought to be done by you.

• CHANGE OF VOICE WITH WH QUESTIONS:

(Here’ ‘Who’ changes into ‘Whom’ and ‘Whom’ changes into ‘Who’)

*** (The way the Interrogative sentence has been performed in the same it has to be performed but W.H word has to be placed at the very beginning of the sentence).

• Who killed the dog?

By whom was the dog killed?

• Whom do you like most?

Who is liked by you most?

• Why did the teacher beat you?

Why were you beaten by the teacher?

• How did you open the door?

How was the door opened by you?

• CHANGE OF VOICE WITH INTRANSITIVE VERBS WITH COGNATE OBJECTS:

CHANGE OF VOICE

• He dreamt a horrible dream.

A horrible dream was dreamt by him.

• He has fought a brave fight.

A brave fight has been fought by him.

• The man slept a sound sleep.

A sound sleep was slept by the man.

• CHANGE OF VOICE  WITH FACTITIVE OBJECTS:
• We made him the captain.

He was made captain by us.  (Correct)

the captain was made him by us.  (Incorrect)

• They made me king.

I was made king by them.

• CHANGE OF VOICE WITH REFLEXIVE OBJECT:

1 The girl cut herself.

The girl was cut by herself.

• CHANGE OF VOICE WITH BARE INFINITIVES:

****( Bare infinitive is an infinitive used without ‘ to’  after certain verbs like bid, let, make, see, hear, need, dare, watch,h, etc.)

• I saw him open the book.

He was seen to open the book by me.

• We heard him cry in the room.

He was heard to cry in the room by us.

• I made the boy understand well.

The boy was made to understand well by me.

• CHANGE OF VOICE  WITH GERUNDS:
• I saw the crying of my mother.

I saw my mother being cried.

• We noticed the rising of the Sun.

We noticed the sun being risen.

• CHANGE OF VOICE :VERB WITHOUT A COMPLIMENT:
• The house is building.

The house is being built.

• The goat is milking.

The goat is being milked.

• CHANGE OF VOICE WITH COMPLEX  SENTENCES:
• They hope that they can do the work on time.

It is hoped that the work can be done on time.

• You know that Columbus discovered America.

it is known to us that America was discovered by Columbus.

• CHANGE OF VOICE WITH APPROPRIATE PREPOSITION.
• Her behaviour shocked me.

I was shocked at her behaviour.

• You need a shave.

A shave is needed for you.

• This pleased Mani.

Mani was pleased with this.

• Light filled the dining room.

The dining room was filled with light.

• The tragedies of Shakespeare interest me.

I am interested in the tragedies of Shakespeare

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*** LEARN FORMATION OF NOUN , VERB , ADJECTIVE & ADVERBS

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Voice Change Class 10 Exercises with Answers

Explore comprehensive exercises and explanations for voice change in Class 10. Enhance your understanding of active and passive voice with provided answers.

For Class 10 students, mastering these voices is crucial for effective writing and comprehension. In this article, we delve into “Voice Change Class 10 Exercises with Answers,” providing detailed guidance on active and passive voice transformations.

Voice Change Class 10

When the subject of the sentence is the doer of the action it is in Active Voice and when something is done to the subject it is said to be in Passive voice.

When the doer does the work itself it is called Active Voice and when the work is assigned to the doer it is called Passive Voice.

Active: Rina sees the moon.

Passive: The moon is seen by Rina.

Active: The cat kills a rat.

Passive: The rat is killed by the cat.

Remember: To convert Active to Passive, the subject, verb, and object of the sentence must be extracted first. 

The object can be obtained by questioning the verb with what or whom. Then you have to see which tense the verb is in.

Because while doing the passive voice, the fixed form of the ‘be’ verb has to be put in the tense and then the Past Participle of the main verb has to be used.

Rules for Voice Change Class 10

The Subject of Active Voice sits as the Agent in Passive Voice. It is preceded by the preposition “by”. In some cases at, with, to, etc.

In Active voice, the verb is in Tense, in Passive Voice, the subject is associated with Person and Number. The prescribed form sits. Then the past participle of the main verb is placed..

The modal verb in active voice is used in passive voice. Then add ‘be’ and use the past participle of the main verb.

The object or action of the Active voice sits as the Subject in Passive Voice.

If two objects in an active voice | If there is, one has to make Subject while doing Passive. The other remains after the Past Participle form of the original verb. It is called retained object.

If the Subject of the Active voice is a Noun, the Passive is uninflected as the Object. But if the Pronoun is the objective form of a Pronoun.

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Through a comprehensive array of exercises, explanations, and answers, this article has demystified the world of active and passive voice transformations for Class 10 students.

Present Tense Exercises Answers

Change the voice.

1. I see the picture.

2. He teaches me English.

3. Ram is eating an apple.

4. I am calling my friend.

5. He has done the work.

6. Mother has blessed me.

7. She has been doing the work.

8. They have been playing football.

Past Tense Exercises Answers

Turn the following sentences into passive voice

1. I enjoyed the ice cream.

2. The cat killed a rat.

3. He was writing a story.

4.  Shobha was sending messages.

5. Sandip had sold the computer.

6. They had called a meeting.

7. They had been eating biriyani.

8. You had been writing a letter.

FutureTense Exercises Answers

1. The news will please you.

2. He will be watering the trees.

3. He will be completing the task.

4. They will have been tying the knot.

5. You will have been forgiving me.

6. She will have spoken the truth.

7. We shall have made him captain.

8. Sahil will clean the room.

Negative Sentences Exercises Answers

1. I did not eat rice yesterday.

2. We should not disobey the laws.

3. The people here never fell trees.

4. His father did not beat him.

5. I do not like fruits.

6. You must not leave your work undone.

7. We should not laugh at one’s shortcomings.

8. He has not seen the drama.

9. We were not following him.

10. Mohun Bagan is not hiring any foreign players this season.

Interrogative Sentences Exercises Answers

(1) Do I eat rice?

(2) Does he beat you?

(3) Did I eat rice?

(4) Did he beat you?

(5) Shall I eat rice?

(6) Will he beat you?

(7) Where did Anil find the bag?

(8) How did you open the door?

Voice Change Class 10 (Imperative Sentences) Exercises Answers

(1) Do this work.

(2) Solve the sum.

(3) Open the door.

(4) Polish your school shoes.

(5) Let us do it.

(6) Please look after the pet for

(7) Write the answer.

(8) Please do not smoke.

Voice Change Class 10 (Transitive verbs with two objects) Exercises Answers

(1) He teaches us English.

(2) I gave him a book.

(3) She gave me a present.

(4) I sent a card to her.

(5) Grandmother told me a story.

(6) Me. Smith gifted me a book.

Voice Change Class 10 (Complex Sentence) Exercises Answers

(1) I know that she did this.

(2)  We cannot undo what we do.

(3)  What cannot be cured must be endured. Ans.

(4)  Everybody knows that radio was invented by Marconi.

(5)  They informed us that they would do the job

(6) We must endure what we cannot cure.

(7) I know that he did the work.

(8) I hope that she will sign in life.

Voice Change Class 10 (to + Infinitive) Exercises Answers

(1) I saw him play.

(2) There are a lot of things to do.

(3) You have to admit this.

(4) She is to cook the food.

(5) I am to buy the book.

(6) They have to read Sanskrit.

(7) She has to marry John.

(8) I have to make a plan.

Voice Change Class 10 (Modal Auxiliary Verbs) Exercises Answers

(1) He can drive a car.

(2)  Could I use your laptop?

(3)  You must do it.

(4)  She may allow you to go out.

(5)  I cannot remember the incident.

(6)  The poor should be helped by the rich.

(7) I can do this work.

(8) You may help your brother.

Voice Change Class 10 (Quasi-Passive Verbs) Exercises Answers

(1) Honey tastes sweet.

(2) The stone feels rough.

(3) Lime tastes sour.

(4) Her skin feels soft.

(5) Rose is sweet when it is smelt.

(6) The milk smells sour.

(7) The book reads well.

(8) The milk smells sour.

Voice Change Class 10 (Intransitive Verbs) Exercises Answers

(1) They run a race.

(2) She slept a sleep.

(3) I dreamt a dream.

(4) They laughed at us.

(5) They fought the battle.

(6) Tiya ran a race.

(7) Students should maintain discipline.

Voice Change Class 10 (without a doer) Exercises Answers

(1) I have lost my phone.

(2) One should keep one’s promises.

(3) People speak English all over the world.

(4) Authorities will prosecute trespassers. 

(5) Devotees worship Gods in the temple. 

Voice Change Class 10 (Objective Complement, Reflexive Object, Prepositional or Group Verbs) Exercises Answers

(1) She fans herself.

(2) He killed himself.

(3) Know yourself.

(4) He laughs at me.

(5) They made him King.

(6) He called me a fool.

Voice Change Class 10 workout exercises

Fill in the blanks with suitable passive

1. People eat 40 million burgers every day, 40 million burgers __________ every day,

2. The police didn’t find the missing girl last weekend, The missing girl __________ last weekend by the police.

3. Workers are building a new fun park in town. A new fun park __________ in town.

4. Some men were following her the whole evening. She __________ by some men the whole evening,

5. The cleaning lady has watered the plants, The plants __________ by the cleaning lady,

6. Have they delivered the new music system yet? __________ the new music system __________ yet?

7. You can obtain further information at the desk. Further information __________ at the desk.

8. They have never opened the door before. The door __________ before.

9. I am to finish this work. This work __________ by me.

10. She should have won the game. The game __________  won by her.

Complete the following passages by

1. Yesterday the city (i) __________ (hit) by a thunderstorm. Many trees (ii) __________(uproot) and streets at several places (iii) __________ (flood) resulting in traffic jams.

2. If a long journey (i) __________(give) a good start, it is half covered. The weariness of the traveler (ii) __________ (defeat) by his enthusiasm and hope. He (iii) __________ (reward) with success.

3. Pleasure (i) __________(enjoy) without passing through pains. Spring (ii) __________(relish) only by those whose bones (iii) __________(freeze) by unbearably cold winter.

4. Whenever I feel that I (i) __________(leave) alone even by my shadow, my loneliness (ii)__________ (dispel) by the soothing presence of someone who is everything for me. At that moment, I (iii) __________ (compensate) heavily for all the losses.

5. Yesterday a UFO (i) __________ (see) in the western sky over Delhi. People (ii) __________ (horrify) to see it and started running. It was reported to have remained suspended in the air for some time. Then it picked up speed and (iii) __________ (lose) from view.

Voice Change Class 10 unsolved Exercises Answers

Change the voice of the following sentences..

1. The girl buys a ring every month.

2. Gandhiji’s life inspires us.

3. I do my homework carefully.

4. Bina likes bananas.

5. I am writing a letter to my uncle.

6. He is drawing a picture.

7. I have done the work.

8. He has helped me.

9. Tulika sees the moon.

10. They stole our goods.

1. I was doing the work.

2. He had bought a pen.

3. I shall do the job as early as possible.

4. The police arrested the thief.

5. Hari likes this place.

6. You had cheated me.

7. The dacoits broke into the bank.

8.  Trees surround the lake.

9.  The news surprised me greatly.

10.  You may help him.

1. Children do not like chocolates.

2. I would not read novels.

3. They do not like him.

4. He does not sell fruit in the market.

5. He did not give me a pen.

6. Ramesh Babu does not teach us English.

7. I did not show him the letter.

8. They did not make him president.

9. They were not watching TV then.

10. They do not claim their property.

11. They might not sing a song.

12. He must not do it.

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English notes latest questions, he helps me. “change into passive voice” .

Passive Voice : I am   helped by him.

Explanation:

ACTIVE VOICE: Subject + Verb(S/ES/IES) + Object

PASSIVE VOICE: Object + Am/is/are + Verb[Past Participle/ v3] + By/to/with + Subject

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