Cricket was played by them…

November 14, 2022 / 10:09 PM IST

ACTIVE VOICE AND PASSIVE VOICE

Active Voice and Passive Voice is one of the most important topics in English Grammar. It tests a student’s analytical and compre hension skills . Majority of the Students get confused Active Voice and Passive Voice with Direct and Indirect Speech.
Do remember: In Active and Passive Voice. The Tense will not be changed

For example, If the question is given in Present Tense, More Precisely
Simple Present&&.It remains in Simple Present and It won’t be converted into Simple Past
Example :
I speak English&&&Active Voice
English is spoken by me&..Passive voice
We haven’t converted the above sentence into Past Tense but the Structure has changed .
Let us take an example to understand the concept Active voice and Passive voice.

Example:

Rohith plays Cricket&&..Active Voice
Cricket is played by Rohith..&.Passive Voice
In Active Voice the Subject (Rohith) tells us the action is done by the doer(Subject-Rohith)
In the Passive Voice the Object (Cricket) becomes Subject and it was done by the Object-Rohith
In a simple manner, In Active voice the Action is being expressed directly.

In Passive Voice, the Action that is being expressed indirectly
Before going to Answer the Active voice and Passive voice, keep the following points in mind.
1.The Object of the Active voice (A.V) becomes Subject of the Passive voice (P.V)
2.The Subject of the Active voice becomes Object of the Passive Voice(P.V)
3. The Auxiliary verb is decided by the Tense, Singular and Plural.
The Subject of the Passive voice (Earlier it is the object of the Active voice)
4. If the Subject is in
(i) Present Tense & Singular : Use the Auxiliary verb am or is
(ii) Present Tense Plural :Use the Auxiliary verb are
5. If the Subject is in
(i)Past Tense & Singular :Use the Auxiliary verb ‘was’
(ii)Past Tense & Plural : Use the Auxiliary verb ’were’
6. Write the Past participle (V3) form of the given verb
7. Finally, Write the word ‘by’ before the Object
The Structure of Passive voice is
Subject+A.v+Past
Participle(V3)+by+Object
Note:We cannot write a Passive voice without an Object
e.g 1. The birds fly &
2. He likes&

In the above two sentences object is not given therefore we cannot write Passive Voice

Remember the following table while converting Active voice into Passive voice
Active Voice Passive Voice
Nominative case Accusative case
(Subject) (Object)
I me
We us
You you
He him
She her
It it
They them
Example: I Speak English&..Active voice

English is Spoken by me&.Passive voice
Here the Object(English) of the Active voice becomes the Subject of Passive voice
So, first write English
Then, The Auxiliary verb is decided by the tense of the Active voice and Singular or plural Subject of the Passive voice
Speak is in Present tense
English is Singular
Present Tense & Singular use the Auxiliary verb ‘is’
Write the Past participle form (V3) of the given verb Speak
V1=Present tense=Speak
V2=Past Tense=Spoke
V3=Past participle=Spoken
So, The Past participle(V3) is Spoken
Then write by
Finally ,Write the Accusative form of the I
i.e for Subject I Accusative form is me

The Answer is
English is spoken by me&&.Passive Voice
2. They played Cricket&..Active Voice

Played is in Past Tense,and the Subject of the passive voice is Cricket which is singular
Past Tense and Singular write the Auxiliary verb was
Write Past participle of the Verb played;i.e (V3) played
Write the word by after Past participle
Finally, Write the Accusative form of They
i.e They(Nominative)&&Them(Accusative)

The Answer is:
Cricket was played by them&.Passive Voice
3. We are eating bananas&&Active Voice

Bananas are being eaten by us&..Passive Voice
Here the Subject of the Passive voice Bananas in plural form

Bananas–Plural, Eating — Present continuous
4. We are eating a banana&&Active Voice

A banana is being eaten by us&..Passive voice
Note: When a continuous tense (verb + ing) is given in the Act ive Voice then write ‘Being’ be fore the past participle (V3).
The Answer is
Subject+Auxiliar
Verb+being+Past
participle(V3)+by+Object

Banana–Singular
Eating–Present Continuous
Present tense & Singular;write the Auxiliary verb ‘is’
Past participle of eat is eaten(V3)
Object form of we is us
A banana is being eaten by us&..Passive voice

5. She has taken a book

A book has been taken by her.
Write has been When the sentence is in Present Perfect Tense.

6.We have purchased a car&.Active Voice

A Car has been purchased by us&.Passive Voice
Here the above sentence is in Present Perfect Tense Car &..Singular&
Present Tense and Singular so write the Auxiliary verb has

NOTE: Do not answer like this
If there is Has in a sentence then the answer must be has been in Passive form Simil arly, If there is Have then the answer must be Have been in the Passive form. Care must be taken according to the subject and object of the given sentence. Look at the following examples to unde rstand the above mentioned exceptional rule meticulously.

I have a nice Pen
They have a wonderful building
She has a gold chain
The above three sentences are in possessive case
In case of Possessive case
Singular&..Has
Plural &&.Have
We have purchased a Car&&.Active Voice
The Answer is

A Car has been purchased by us&.Passive Voice
7. They have distributed sweets&.Active Voice

Sweets have been distributed by them&.Passive voice
The Above Sentence is in Present Perfect Tense

Sweets&.Plural

Present Tense and Plural form; write the Auxiliary verb have Past participle form of distributed is Distributed(V3)
The Answer is

Sweets have been distributed by them&.Passive voice

8. He had done a work&..Active voice

A work had been done by him&Passive voice
had done is in past perfect tense
a work&Singular
Past tense and Singular
Write the Auxiliary verb had
A work had been done by him&Passive voice

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9. He will play chess&..Active Voice

Will—–Will be
Chess will be played by him

Note: Future with will,shall,can,may the write the Passive form
Subject+will/shall/can/may/+be+
Past participle(V3)+by+object
10. Close the door &..Active voice
Let+Object+be+Past participle (V3)
Let the door be closed&..Passive Voice
11. Clean the room&.Active Voice
Let the room be cleaned&..Passive voice
Don’t play here&.Active Voice

You are ordered not to play here&Passive Voice

12.please! Don’t talk loudly&.Active voice

You are requested not to talk loudly&Passive voice

13. Who brought this book ?…..Active voice
Write by whom first
Structure is: by whom+ A.v+ Object+Past participle(V3)

By whom was this book brought&.Passive voice

14.Which boy helped you&.Active voice

By which boy were you helped&.Passive voice

VERBS WITH TWO OBJECTS
15. He gave me a book&..Active voice

A book was given to me by him
Or
I was given a book by him&.Passive voice
By is not used in this kind of sentence

16.I know her&.Active voice

She is known to me&Passive voice
Her(object form) for this the subject form is She
Know is in present tense
So the Auxiliary verb is is
She is known to me&Passive voice

Negative sentences:
17.They do not sing a song&Active voice.

A song is not sung by them&Passive voice

18.She does not write novels&Active voice

Novels are not written by her&Passive voice

VERBS WITH TWO OBJECTS

Arun Kumar Alagonda
Author, Asst Professor
Global English Language Trainer
Founder of Mission MIllion English
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