Active and Passive Voice
ICSE · Class 10 · English Language - Archer
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Active and passive voice show different ways of presenting the same action. In active voice, the subject does the action. In passive voice, the subject receives the action. The meaning of the sentence stays the same, but the focus changes. For example, in the pair "Priya fed the hungry cat." and "Th
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The subject does the action
The subject does the action. In "Priya fed the hungry cat.", Priya is the doer of the action.
The subject receives the action
The subject receives the action. In "The hungry cat was fed by Priya.", the cat becomes the subject and receives the action.
In passive voice
In passive voice, the object of the active sentence becomes the subject, and the meaning of the sentence does not change.
If a sentence has two objects
If a sentence has two objects, either object can become the subject in passive voice. For example, "The teacher taught French and German to the childr
The preposition "by" is used
The preposition "by" is used in passive voice to give full meaning to the sentence.
Learning Objectives
- Understand the difference between active voice and passive voice
- Learn how the object of an active sentence becomes the subject in passive voice
- Recognize when passive voice is useful, such as when the doer is unknown or unimportant
- Understand how two-object sentences can be changed into passive voice in more than one way
- Learn that only transitive verbs can be changed into passive voice
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