2. voice
Active voice
Passive voice
Sentence Structures
Passive of imperative sentences
Forms of passive verbs
General Rule According To Tense
Examples
Activity
Review
3. Voice is the quality of a verb which indicates
whether the subject acts or is being acted upon.
Active voice
Passive voice
4. The voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject
of the verb is performing the action or causing the
happening denoted by the verb.
The boy hit the ball.
Active voice adds clarity and places responsibility
where it belongs
Active voice can make our writing more vivid
5. The voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of
the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action
denoted by the verb.
The ball was hit. (Or, "The ball was hit by the boy")
If the action is more important then the agent.
If the agent is not known.
To connect ideas in different clauses or sentences more
clearly.
6. Subject ( Doer ) + Verb + Object
Cat eat fish.
The active object becomes the passive
subject.
subject + auxiliary verb (be) + main verb (past participle)
Fish is eaten by cat.
subject + modal verb + auxiliary verb (be) + main verb (past participle)
Fish must be eaten by cat.
7. MODALS
Active Voice Passive Voice
• Should take
• Can take
• Could take
• May take
• Might take
• Must take
• Ought to take
• Should be taken
• Can be taken
• Could be taken
• May be taken
• Might be taken
• Must be taken
• Ought to be taken
8. let + subject +be (not) +past participle
Active : Shut the door.
Passive : Let the door be shut.
Active : Kindly help him.
Passive : You are requested to help him.
9. The passive voice requires a "double verb"
I. linking verb
am
is
are
was
were
be
being
been
II. The main verb in the form of past participle
10. Often passive voice sentences will contain a preposition
NOUNS
Active Voice Passive Voice
• I
• We
• You
• He
• She
• It
• They
• Sham
• By me
• By us
• By you
• By him
• By her
• By it
• By them
• By sham
"by" .
11. Tense Active Voice Passive Voice
Simple
Present
• Take
• Takes
• Is taken
• Are taken
Present
Continuous
• Am taking
• Is taking
• Are taking
• Is being taken
• Are being taken
Present
Perfect
• Has taken
• Have taken
• Has been taken
• Have been
taken
12. Tense Active Voice Passive Voice
Simple
Past
• Took
• Was taken
• Were taken
Past
Continuous
• Was taking
• Were taking
• Was being taken
• Were being
taken
Past
Perfect
• Had taken • Had been taken
13. Tense Active Voice Passive Voice
Simple
Future
(will/shall)
• Will take
• Shall take
• Will be taken
• Shall be taken
Simple
Future
(going to be)
• Am going to take a
cake
• She is going to take
two cakes
• They are going to
take a cake
• Cake is going to be taken
by me
• Two cakes are going to
be taken by her
• Cake is going to be taken
by them
Future
Perfect
• Will have
taken
• Will have been
taken
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16. Change the sentences below to the passive
voice.
My uncle looks after me. I am looked after by my uncle.
Someone must have
stolen the necklace.
The necklace must have
been stolen by you.
Inform the police. Let the police be informed.
The boys are running a race. A race is being run by the
boys.
17. is the quality of a verb which indicates whether the subject acts
or is being acted upon.
the voice used to indicate that the grammatical
subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the
happening denoted by the verb.
The voice used to indicate that the
grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the
source) of the action denoted by the verb.
1,relation between the participants in a narrated event (subject, object) and the event itself.
2,There are two special forms for verbs called voice:
we might ask ourselves, what is it that does the hitting? The answer is the subject, boy. That subject is actively performing the verb; it is actively "doing" the verb hit to a direct object (the ball). This virtuous sentence is in active voice.
we might ask ourselves what is the subject? (ball.) What is the subject doing? (nothing.) The subject is not hitting anything else. So who exactly is doing the verb to hit? It is not clear unless we stick a prepositional phrase "by the boy" on the end of the sentence. The subject is passively sitting, doing nothing, while some outside agent performs the action (hitting). Since the subject of the sentence is passive grammatically, this wicked sentence in is passive voice.
Only verbs that arPassive Voice: The subject of the sentence is now being acted upon. The actor moves to
the end of the sentence with by or drops off altogether if it is unimportant or unknown. The
verb must include a form of be, followed by a past participle (normally an -ed ending).
e followed by an object can be used in the passive. Sometimes a modal verb can be used before the auxiliary verb:
In these sentences the action does not pass to the object. The advice remains limited to the subject only.
You may have to use an appropriate preposition like ‘by’ before the passive object whenever it is mentioned