Active and Passive Voice
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See them allWhat is active voice?
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Active voice is the form in which the subject does the action. Example: "Priya fed the hungry cat." Here, Priya is doing the action.
What is passive voice?
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Passive voice is the form in which the subject receives the action. Example: "The hungry cat was fed by Priya." Here, the cat receives the action.
What happens to the object in active voice when the sentence is changed into passive voice?
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The object of the active sentence becomes the subject in the passive sentence. The meaning of the sentence does not change.
Can a sentence with two objects be changed into passive voice in more than one way?
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Yes. If a sentence has two objects, either object can become the subject in the passive voice. Example: "The teacher taught French and German to the children." can become "French and German were taugh…
What is the role of the word by in passive voice?
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The preposition by is used in passive voice to give full meaning to the sentence. Example: "Two goals were scored by Derek." Here, by shows who did the action.
When is passive voice used?
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Passive voice is used when the action is more important than the doer, or when the doer is unknown or unimportant. Example: "The alarm was raised late at night." The action matters more than the perso…
Why can only transitive verbs be changed into passive voice?
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Only transitive verbs can be changed into passive voice because passive voice needs an object to become the new subject. Intransitive verbs have no object, so they cannot be passivized.
Why cannot verbs like slept, played, shone, laughed, and nodded form passive voice?
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These are intransitive verbs, so they do not take an object. Since passive voice needs an object to become the subject, these verbs cannot have a passive form.
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