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Verbs: Active and Passive Voice — Syllabus

ICSE · Class 8 · English Language: Grammar and Composition

What Verbs: Active and Passive Voice covers in ICSE Class 8 English Language: Grammar and Composition: 4 topics, for the 2026-27 session.

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4 Topics · ICSE Class 8 English Language: Grammar and Composition · 2026-27

Topics in Verbs: Active and Passive Voice

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1. Active Voice and Passive Voice

  • Active voice is used to say what the subject does.
  • Passive voice is used to say what is done to the subject.
  • Active voice is normal in most sentences.
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2. When Passive Voice Is Preferred

  • Passive voice is preferred when the doer is unknown.
  • Passive voice is preferred when the action itself is more important than the doer.
  • My pocket was picked in the fair is passive because the thief is not known.
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3. Limits of Passive Voice

  • Intransitive verbs cannot be expressed in the passive.
  • laughsed is not passive because laugh is intransitive and has no object.
  • is going cannot be passivised because it is intransitive.
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4. Formation of Passive Voice

  • Passive voice is formed with the past participle plus a form of the auxiliary be.
  • The tense of the auxiliary be changes according to the tense of the active sentence.
  • The basic transformation pattern is to move the object to subject position.

Key Concepts

Central concept: Active and Passive Voice

Active VoicePassive VoiceIntransitive VerbsDitransitive VerbsTwo-object VerbsTense Forms in PassivePassive Reporting StructuresImperatives in Passive

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Key topics in Verbs: Active and Passive Voice include Active Voice and Passive Voice, When Passive Voice Is Preferred, Limits of Passive Voice, Formation of Passive Voice. Study these first, then practise questions on each for Class 8 exams.
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