Interchange of Active and Passive Voice: Patterns and Examples

Manik Joshi

Oct 2014 · English Daily Use Book 12 · Manik Joshi

About this ebook

This Book Covers The Following Topics:

 

Active and Passive Voice

Interchange of Active and Passive Voice

1. First or Second Form of Verb

2. Auxiliary Verb ‘Be’ + -ING Form of Verb

3. Have/Has/Had + Past Participle

4. Present/Future Modals + Verb Word

5. Past Modals + Past Participle

6. Verb + Preposition

7. Main Verb + Object + Complement

8. Main Verb + Object + Object

9. Have/Has/Had + Infinitive (To + Verb)

10. Auxiliary Verb ‘Be’ + Infinitive (To + Verb)

11. Verb + Object + Infinitive (Without ‘To’)

12. There + Verb ‘Be’ + Noun + Infinitive

13. Interrogative Sentences

14. Imperative Sentences

15. Principal Clause + That + Noun Clause (Object)

16. Verb followed by --ING form or an Infinitive

17. Use of Prepositions

18. The Passive With GET

19. Middle Voice

Exercise -- 01

Exercise -- 02

Exercise -- 03

 

Sample This:

 

VOICE - Definition

Voice refers to the form of a verb that shows whether the subject of a sentence performs the action or is affected by it.

 

ACTIVE VOICE - Definition

The form of a verb in which the subject is the person or thing that performs the action.

Example:

They finished the work.

[subject -- “they”, verb -- “finished”, object -- “work”]

In this sentence, the subject (they) acts on the object (work).

 

Other Examples:

The teacher praises him.

She posted the letter.

I buy new books.

We will celebrate his birthday.

 

PASSIVE VOICE - Definition

The form of a verb in which the subject is affected by the action of the verb.

Important Note -- The object of the active voice becomes the subject in the passive voice.

Example:

The work was finished by them.

[subject -- “work”, passive verb -- “was finished”, object -- “them”]

In this example, the subject (work) is not the doer; it is being acted upon by the doer ‘them’)

 

Other Examples:

He is praised by the teacher.

The letter was posted by her

New books are bought by me.

His birthday will be celebrated by us.

 

 

WHEN TO USE PASSIVE VOICE

(1). You should use passive voice when you do not know the active subject.

(2). When you want to make the active object more important.

(3). When the active subject is obvious.

(4). When you want to emphasize the action of the sentence rather than the doer of the action.

(5). Passive voice is frequently used to describe scientific or mechanical processes

(6). Passive voice is often used in news reports:

(7). When active voice does not sound good.

(8). When you want to make more polite or formal statements.

(9). You can use passive voice to avoid responsibility.

(10). You can also use passive voice for sentence variety in your writing.

(11). You can also use passive voice when you want to avoid extra-long subjects.

 

Changing Active Voice Into Passive Voice

Rule 1:

Move the object of the active voice into the position of the subject (front of the sentence) in the passive voice. And move the subject of the active voice into the position of the object in the passive voice.

 

Rule 2:

Passive voice needs a helping verb to express the action. Put the helping verb in the same tense as the original active sentence. The main verb of the active voice is always changed into past participle (third form of the verb) in different ways.

 

Rule 3:

Place the active sentence's subject into a phrase beginning with the preposition ‘by’.

 

Rule 4:

If the object in an active voice sentence is a pronoun (me, us, you, him, her, they, it), it changes in passive voice sentence as follows:

me -- I; us -- we; you -- you; him -- he; her -- she; them -- they; it – it

 

Rule 5:

Subject- Verb Agreement

Make the first verb agree with the new subject in passive voice.

 

Rule 6:

When there are two objects (direct object and indirect object), only one object is interchanged. The second object remains unchanged.

 

Following Tenses Cannot Be Changed Into Passive Voice:

1. Present Perfect Continuous Tense

2. Past Perfect Continuous Tense

3. Future Continuous Tense

4. Future Perfect Continuous Tense

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About the author

Manik Joshi was born on January 26, 1979, at Ranikhet, a picturesque town in the Kumaon region of the Indian state of Uttarakhand. He is a permanent resident of the Sheeshmahal area of Kathgodam located in the city of Haldwani in the Kumaon region of Uttarakhand in India. He completed his schooling in four different schools. He is a science graduate in the ZBC – zoology, botany, and chemistry – subjects. He is also an MBA with a specialization in marketing. Additionally, he holds diplomas in “computer applications”, “multimedia and web-designing”, and “computer hardware and networking”. During his schooldays, he wanted to enter the field of medical science; however, after graduation, he shifted his focus to the field of management. After obtaining his MBA, he enrolled in a computer education center; he became so fascinated with working on the computer that he decided to develop his career in this field. Over the following years, he worked at some computer-related full-time jobs. Following that, he became interested in Internet Marketing, particularly in domaining (business of buying and selling domain names), web design (creating websites), and various other online jobs. However, later he shifted his focus solely to self-publishing. Manik is a nature-lover. He has always been fascinated by overcast skies. He is passionate about traveling and enjoys solo travel most of the time rather than traveling in groups. He is actually quite a loner who prefers to do his own thing. He likes to listen to music, particularly when he is working on the computer. Reading and writing are definitely his favorite pastimes, but he has no interest in sports. Manik has always dreamt of a prosperous life and prefers to live a life of luxury. He has a keen interest in politics because he believes it is politics that decides everything else. He feels a sense of gratification sharing his experiences and knowledge with the outside world. However, he is an introvert by nature and thus gives prominence to only a few people in his personal life. He is not a spiritual man, yet he actively seeks knowledge about the metaphysical world; he is particularly interested in learning about life beyond death. In addition to writing academic/informational text and fictional content, he also maintains a personal diary. He has always had a desire to stand out from the crowd. He does not believe in treading the beaten path and avoids copying someone else’s path to success. Two things he always refrains from are smoking and drinking; he is a teetotaler and very health-conscious. He usually wakes up before the sun rises. He starts his morning with meditation and exercise. Fitness is an integral and indispensable part of his life. He gets energized by solving complex problems. He loves himself the way he is and he loves the way he looks. He doesn’t believe in following fashion trends. He dresses according to what suits him and what he is comfortable in. He believes in taking calculated risks. His philosophy is to expect the best but prepare for the worst. According to him, you can’t succeed if you are unwilling to fail. For Manik, life is about learning from mistakes and figuring out how to move forward.