Active and passive voice with Imperative Sentences
· Identify the subject, the verb and the object: SVO
· Change the object into subject
· Put the suitable helping verb or auxiliary verb. In case helping verb is given, use the same. But note that the helping verb given agrees with the object.
· Change the verb into past participle of the verb.
· Add the preposition "by"
· Change the subject into object.
Active Voice
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Passive Voice
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I write a letter
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A letter is written by me
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We must keep the rule
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The rule must be kept by us
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You bought a book
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A book have been bought by you
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He closed the window
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The window was closed by him
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She was writing letters
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Letters were being written by her
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I had posted a letter
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A letter had been posted by me
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I do not drink tea
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Tea is not drunk by me
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She does not eat a mango
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A mango is not eaten by her
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He will have finished his work
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The work will have been finished by him
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They are digging a well
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A well is being dug by them
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Imperative Sentence :
If the given sentence in the active voice is in the imperative, to get the passive voice use ‘Let’. HencePassive Voice = Let + Object + be + Past Participle
If the given sentence in the active voice is in the imperative, to get the passive voice use ‘Let’. HencePassive Voice = Let + Object + be + Past Participle
Active Voice
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Passive Voice
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Help me
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Let me be helped
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Sing a song
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Let a song be sing
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Open the door
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Let the door be opened
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Don’t eat this fruit
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Let not this fruit be eaten
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Questions in the Passive :
If the question in the Active Voice begins with a Helping verb the Passive voice must also begin with a suitable helping verb. Supposing the question begins with ‘Wh or How’ form (what, when, how ...) the Passive Voice must begin with the same.
If the question in the Active Voice begins with a Helping verb the Passive voice must also begin with a suitable helping verb. Supposing the question begins with ‘Wh or How’ form (what, when, how ...) the Passive Voice must begin with the same.
Active Voice
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Passive Voice
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Are you writing a letter?
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Is a letter being written by you?
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Is she beating the child?
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Is the child beaten by her?
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Will you accept the position?
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Will the position be accepted by you?
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Who broke the window?
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By whom was the window broken?
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Why did you write such a letter?
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Why was such a letter written by you?
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Where can you hide this box?
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Where can this box be hidden by you?
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Sentence with two objects:
If a sentence contains two objects namely Indirect Object and Direct Object in the Active Voice, two forms of Passive Voice can be formed.
· She brought me a cup of coffee. (AV)
I was brought a cup of coffee by her. (PV) (or)
A cup of coffee was brought [to] me by her. (PV)
I was brought a cup of coffee by her. (PV) (or)
A cup of coffee was brought [to] me by her. (PV)
· The teacher teaches us grammar. (AV)
We are taught grammar by the teacher. (PV) (or)
Grammar is taught [to] us by the teacher. (PV)
We are taught grammar by the teacher. (PV) (or)
Grammar is taught [to] us by the teacher. (PV)
· They made him king. (AV)
He was made king by them. (PV)
He was made king by them. (PV)
Infinitive and Gerund :
· I want to shoot the tiger. (AV)
I want the tiger to be shoot. (PV)
I want the tiger to be shoot. (PV)
I remember my father taking me to the theatre. (AV)
I remember being taken to the theatre by my father. (PV)
I remember being taken to the theatre by my father. (PV)
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