Part -3 | Active & passive Voice | Present Indefinite tense | simple rules
Use of active voice: 1. Active voice is used in a clause whose subject expresses the agent of the main verb. 2. Subject can be easily identified by asking ‘who’ or ‘what’ to the verb. 3. Sentences are short and easily understandable. Example : Sonu wrote the diary Sonu (subject) performs the action denoted by the verb (write). Use of passive voice: 1. It is used if it doesn‘t need to know or we don‘t know the actor performing the job. 2. In the end of the clause or sentence “by” is prefixed to know the actor performing the job. 3. It is used if we are more interested in the job than the actors who work. Example : The diary was written by Sonu Diary receives the action denoted by the write (verb). Active Voice Active voice is used to indicate the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb. With the active voice, you learn ‘who’ or ‘what’ is responsible for the action at the beginning of the sentence. In other words, the subject performs the action denoted by the verb. With help of active voice more powerful sentences can be build than passive voice. Passive Voice In Passive voice the sentence focus on object i.e. who/what is receiving the action and not on who/what is performing the action. In passive voice, the actor of the of the verb (action) is either understood at the end of the sentence or maybe not told. The passive voice is used in writing facts, truth, lab or technical reports in which the actor is not important or unknown, but the action happening on the object is very important How to identify the active / passive voice? Ask who/what performed the action(verb)? -- if the ‘who or what is at the beginning of the sentence, the sentence is active voice. Example : Jack is eating the apple. Question will be : Who is eating the apple? Look for the word “by”, if present it is passive voice. Active/Passive voice using Modals: The modal verbs consist of will, would, can, could, shall, should, may, might, must which are used with main verbs to express ability, probability, obligation, advice etc. To convert active voice having modal into passive voice, auxiliary verb “be” is added after modal in sentence. Indefinite Tense (Auxiliary Verb – is/am/are 1. Subject + V1+s/es+ object Object+ is/am/are+ V3+ by + subject 2. Subject + Do/does+ not + V1 + Object Object + is/am/are+ not + V3+ by Subject 3. Does+ Subject+ V1+Object+? Is/am/are + Object+ V3+ by subject +? Examples Active: He reads a novel. Passive: A novel is read. Active: He does not cook food. Passive: Food is not cooked by him. Active: Does he purchase books? Passive: Are books purchased by him? Active: They grow plants. Passive: Plants are grown by them. Active: She teaches me. Passive: I am taught by her. .
Use of active voice: 1. Active voice is used in a clause whose subject expresses the agent of the main verb. 2. Subject can be easily identified by asking ‘who’ or ‘what’ to the verb. 3. Sentences are short and easily understandable. Example : Sonu wrote the diary Sonu (subject) performs the action denoted by the verb (write). Use of passive voice: 1. It is used if it doesn‘t need to know or we don‘t know the actor performing the job. 2. In the end of the clause or sentence “by” is prefixed to know the actor performing the job. 3. It is used if we are more interested in the job than the actors who work. Example : The diary was written by Sonu Diary receives the action denoted by the write (verb). Active Voice Active voice is used to indicate the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb. With the active voice, you learn ‘who’ or ‘what’ is responsible for the action at the beginning of the sentence. In other words, the subject performs the action denoted by the verb. With help of active voice more powerful sentences can be build than passive voice. Passive Voice In Passive voice the sentence focus on object i.e. who/what is receiving the action and not on who/what is performing the action. In passive voice, the actor of the of the verb (action) is either understood at the end of the sentence or maybe not told. The passive voice is used in writing facts, truth, lab or technical reports in which the actor is not important or unknown, but the action happening on the object is very important How to identify the active / passive voice? Ask who/what performed the action(verb)? -- if the ‘who or what is at the beginning of the sentence, the sentence is active voice. Example : Jack is eating the apple. Question will be : Who is eating the apple? Look for the word “by”, if present it is passive voice. Active/Passive voice using Modals: The modal verbs consist of will, would, can, could, shall, should, may, might, must which are used with main verbs to express ability, probability, obligation, advice etc. To convert active voice having modal into passive voice, auxiliary verb “be” is added after modal in sentence. Indefinite Tense (Auxiliary Verb – is/am/are 1. Subject + V1+s/es+ object Object+ is/am/are+ V3+ by + subject 2. Subject + Do/does+ not + V1 + Object Object + is/am/are+ not + V3+ by Subject 3. Does+ Subject+ V1+Object+? Is/am/are + Object+ V3+ by subject +? Examples Active: He reads a novel. Passive: A novel is read. Active: He does not cook food. Passive: Food is not cooked by him. Active: Does he purchase books? Passive: Are books purchased by him? Active: They grow plants. Passive: Plants are grown by them. Active: She teaches me. Passive: I am taught by her. .