The sentences which express the state of mind or feelings we don’t use by in them.Passive Rule: You are advised + to + object Passive: The truth should always be spoken. Passive Rule: subject + should be + 3 rd form of the verb Passive: You are requested to open the door. Passive Rule: You are requested + to + 1 st form of verb + object. Passive Rule: let+ subject+ be+ 3rd form of verb Imperative sentences are those sentence which empress order, request advice or suggestion.Passive: My watch has been stolen herein object it is no need to write ‘someone’. it is understood from the very sentence like someone, somebody, nobody, people etc.Įg.- Active: Someone has stolen has my watch. We do not use an object in the passive sentences wherein in active sentences the subject is unknown or is not required to be written i.e.Passive: By whom was this beautiful glass broken? Passive Rule: The sentence will start by ‘wh’ word and then convert according to the above rules.Įg.- Active: Who broke this beautiful glass? Passive: Can the situation be controlled by her? Passive Rule: Modal Auxiliary + subject + be + 3 rd form of verb + by + object?Įg.- Active: Can she control the situation. (f) Modal auxiliary verb Eg.- may/ can etc. Passive Rule: Has/ have/ had + subject + been + 3 rd form of verb + by + object? Passive Rule: was/ were + subject + being + 3 rd form of verb + by + object? Passive Voice: was/ were + subject + 3 rd form of verb + by + object? Passive rule: Is/ am/ are + subject + 3 rd form of verb + by + object? Passive: Is a letter being written by him. Passive rule: Is/ am/ are + subject + 3 rd form of verb + by + object ? Rules for conversion of interrogative sentences in passive voice: Present Perfect has/ have sung has/ have been sungįuture Perfect will/ shall have sung will/shall have been sung Past Continuous was/ were singing was/ were being sung Present continuous is/ am/ are singing is/ am/ are being sung Simple present sing/ sings am/ is/ are sung Let us understand the conversion from active to passive voice with the verb ‘sing’ in the following forms of tense. The subject of passive voice becomes object in active voice and the object in passive voice becomes the subject in active voice.General rules of conversion from passive voice to active voice In the first sentence, there is no object thus it cannot be converted into passive voice.īut in the second sentence ‘teacher’ is the object thus its passive voice is possible. The laughed at- The teacher was laughed at by them.Sentences of an intransitive verb cannot be converted into passive voice. verbs which have an object attached to them. Generally, passive voice can be made of transitive verb i.e.
There is no passive voice of present/ past/ future perfect continuous sentences and future continuous.The following pronouns are used in the passive voice as:.Use 3 rd form of verb + is/ am/ are/ was/ were/ been/ being according to the tense in passive voice.Put ‘by’ in front of the subject in the passive voice.The subject in the active voice becomes the object in the passive voice and the object in the active voice becomes the subject in the passive voice.General rules of conversion active voice to passive voice: Here the ‘song’ is subject ‘sing’ is the verb and ‘Ram’ is the entity who did the action of singing and ‘song’ is the entity on whom action has been done. Passive Voice: In passive voice subject receives the action expressed by the verb. Here the action of ‘singing’ is being done by the subject i.e. Here ‘Ram” is the subject and the verb is ‘sing’ and ‘song’ is the object. Voices are of two types: active and passive.Īctive Voice: In the active voice, the subject performs the action expressed by the verb. The voice of a verb tells whether the subject of the sentence performs or receives the action. It is important for the CLAT and other Law entrance examination aspirants to have good knowledge of active-passive voice as questions on this topic can be asked directly or in the form of ‘spotting the error’ or in the questions of ‘passage completion’ so one should be clear about its rules.įor solving questions on active-passive voice one should also have knowledge regarding types of sentences, forms of verb and forms of tense because their rules help with the correct conversion of voice.
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