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ICSE · Class 7 · English Language-Grammar

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Active VoicePassive VoiceActive to Passive ChangePassive FormationPronouns in Passive VoiceSentence TransformationUse of Passive Voice
Card 1Active Voice

What is active voice?

Answer

Active voice is used when the subject of a verb also performs the action named in the verb. Example: Sudha respects the teacher.

Card 2Passive Voice

What is passive voice?

Answer

Passive voice is used when the subject of a verb receives the action named in the verb. Example: The teacher is respected by Sudha.

Card 3Active to Passive Change

In active voice, what changes into the passive subject?

Answer

The active object becomes the passive subject. Example: In Sudha respects the teacher, the teacher becomes the subject in the passive form.

Card 4Active to Passive Change

In active voice, what changes into the passive object?

Answer

The active subject becomes the passive object, usually after by. Example: Sudha becomes by Sudha in the passive sentence.

Card 5Passive Formation

What is the basic form of a passive verb?

Answer

Passive voice uses an appropriate form of be followed by the past participle. Example: is respected, was applied, will be posted.

Card 6Pronouns in Passive Voice

What happens to personal pronouns when active voice changes to passive voice?

Answer

Personal pronouns change form from subject form to object form or from object form to subject form. Example: I need some help becomes Some help is needed by me. Anu informed her becomes She was inform…

Card 7Sentence Transformation

What happens to a long phrase when a sentence changes from active to passive voice?

Answer

The whole phrase shifts position. Example: The wind uprooted a large number of trees becomes A large number of trees were uprooted by the wind.

Card 8Use of Passive Voice

Why is passive voice used sometimes instead of active voice?

Answer

Passive voice is used when the doer of the action is unknown, unimportant, or vague. Example: Aditi is wanted on the telephone. The doer is omitted because it is not important.

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Key topics in Verbs: Active and Passive Voice include Active Voice and Passive Voice, Changes that Take Place in Passive Voice, Passive Forms in Different Tenses, Special Uses and Common Exam Patterns. Study these first, then practise questions on each for Class 7 exams.
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