Voice Change Part Two

Future Indefinite Tense:

“Structure: Subject + shall/will + verb + object/extension”

Active: I shall eat rice	Passive: Rice will be eaten by me
Active: He will sell the dog	Passive: The dog will be sold by him

           

Passive: Object of the active voice + shall be/will be + verb (p.p) + by + subject of the active voice.

Active: I shall help you	Passive: You will be helped by me
Active: Rani will learn English language	Passive: English language will be learnt by Rani.
Active: They will buy the T.V	Passive: T.V will be bought by them
Active: I shall read these five books tomorrow	Passive: These five books will be read by me tomorrow
Active: The man will bring it	Passive: It will be brought by the man
Active: Nodi will love the dog	Passive: The dog will be loved by Nodi
Active: Roni will take it	Passive: It will be taken by Roni

           

           

Future Continuous Tense:

"Structure: Subject + will be/shall be + verb (ing) + object/extension"

Active: I shall be reading a novel

Active: They will be eating rice

Passive: Object of the active voice + shall be being/will be being + verb (p.p) + subject of the active voice.

Active: I shall be reading a novel	Passive: A novel will be being read by me.
Active: They will be eating rice	Passive: Rice will be being eaten by them.
Active: I shall be reading our englsih book	Passive: Our English book will be being read by me
Active: A man will be making a doll	Passive: A doll will be being made by a man
Active: The doctor will be advising the patient	Passive: The patient will be being advised by the doctor
Active: We shall be playing the football	Passive: The football will be being played by us

Future Perfect Tense:

“Structure: Subject + shall have/will have + verb (p.p) + object/extension + phrase/clause”

Active: I shall have done the work by 5 pm

Active: They will have caught some birds for three hours

Passive: Object of the active voice + shall have been/will have been + verb (p.p) + by + subject of the active voice.

Active: I shall have done the work by 5 pm	Passive: The work will have been done by me by 5 pm.
Active: They will have caught some birds for three hours	Passive: Some birds will have been caught by them for three hours.
Active: He will have known it by this time.	Passive: It will have been known by him by this time
Active: They will have killed the tiger by 10 am	Passive: The tiger will have been killed by them by 10 am
Active: Mother will have made tea before we finish our study	Passive: Tea will have been made by mother before we finish our study

Passive Voice of Verbs with Double Object:

You must have seen the verb might have indirect object and direct object in the case chapter. If you have not seen then take a look right now for sometimes. By means of making you understand here I have given an example.

                                   

He teaches us English

We have two objects in the sentence - us (indirect object) and English (direct object). Therefore, this type of active voice we can change to passive voice in the two ways.

Act: He teaches us English

Passive: We are taught English by him.                          Or Passive: English is taught us by him.

Passive Voice of Verbs Preceded by "can, may, should, would, must" etc:

“Can, may, should, would, must” etc used as an auxiliary verb before the verb then follow the rule in order to change active to passive.

Object of the active voice + can/may/should/would/must + be + verb (p.p) + subject of the active voice.

Active: I can do it.	Passive: It can be done by me.
Active:  You must eat the mango.	Passive: The mango must be eaten by you.
Active: He would sing good songs in his boyhood.	Passive: Good songs would be sung by him in his boyhood.
Active: She should respect her husband.	Passive: Her husband should be respected by her.

Passive Voice of Sentences With "who, which, when, how, whom"

"Who, which, when, how, whom" is mainly used in the first of the sentence in both active and passive sentences and it is an interrogative.

Note: If "who" is used in the active voice, use "by whom" in the passive voice.

Active: Who did it?	Passive: By whom was it done?
Active: When will he read the book?	Passive: When will the book be read by him?
Active: How did you do it?	Passive: How was it done by you?

                                               

Passive Voice of Intransitive Verbs Used Transitively:

You must have remembered the name of cognate verb in the verb chapter. If you can not remember then please have a look for while as soon as possible because without it you cannot understand and you can not enjoy reading it. Moreover, I have also discussed about it in the case chapter.

Active: She ran a race.	Passive: A race was run by her
Active: I shall sing a song.	Passive: A song will be sung by me.
Active: He slept a sound sleep.	Passive: A sound sleep was slept by him.
Active: We look at the picture.	Passive: The picture is looked at by us.
Active: They laugh at the poor man.	Passive: The poor man is laughed at by them.

           

Passive Voice of Imperative Sentences:

I do hope you know what imperative sentence is. If you don not know then see the kinds of sentences chapter. Following the way imperative sentences can be changed from active to passive.

Affirmative: Let + object of the active voice + be + verb (p.p) + (by you)

Negative: Let not + object of the active voice + be + verb (p.p) + (by you)

Active: Do the sum.	Passive: Let the sum be done (by you)
Active: Do not tease the girl.	Passive: Let not the boy be teased
Active: Take this book.	Passive: Let this book be taken.
Active: Do not beat the cat.	Passive: Let not the cat be beaten
Active: Do not laugh at the poor.	Passive: Let not the poor be laughed at.

Note: -“by you” you can use it or not

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Note: If "let" is used in the beginning of the active sentence then use "let" in the beginning of the passive sentence.

Active: Let him do it.	Passive: Let it be done by him (by you)
Active: Let her eat the potato.	Passive: Let the potato be eaten by her.
Active: Let them see the picture.	Passive: Let the picture be seen by them

Passive Voice of Reflexive Verbs:

Before going to details please cheek out the reflexive verb in the verb chapter. Otherwise, it would be invain for you to understand.

Passive: Subject + be verb + verb (p.p) + by + reflexive pronoun.

Active: He killed himself.	Passive: He was killed by himself.
Active: She fanned herself.	Passive: She was fanned by herself.
Active: Rocky punished himself.	Passive: Rocky was punished by himself.

Passive Voice of Quasi-Passive Verbs:

Once again I would like to suggest you to look up Quasi-passive verb in the verb chapter. Quasi-Passive verb can be two types - (1) With complement (2) Without complement

Active: Rice sells cheap (“Sell” is the main verb and "cheap" is used to make meaningful the sentence; it's a complement.

Follow the rule when quasi-Passive verb takes complement:

Passive: Subject + be verb + complement + when/if + it/they + be verb + verb (p.p)

Active: Rice sells cheap.	Passive: Rice is cheap when it is sold.
Active: Iron feels hard.	Passive: Iron is hard when it is felt.

Note: "complement" of the quasi-passive sentence is not changed.

Follow the rule when Quasi-Passive does not take complement:

Active: The house is building (This quasi-Passive sentence does not take complement)

Passive: Subject + be verb + being + verb (p.p)

Active: The house is building.	Passive: The house is being built.
Active: The book is printing.	Passive: The book is being printed.

Quasi-Passive with Complement	Quasi-Passive without complement
This flower smells sweet	The mosque is building
The pill tastes sour	The cows were milking

Passive Voice of Infinitive:

Active: I found it easy to do.	Passive: It was found east to do by me.
Active: He ordered to punish the thief.	Passive: The thief was ordered to be punished by him or He ordered the thief to be punished.

Two Important Notes

1.      Though double possessive is right according to the grammar but it might have possibility of mistake, therefore, it would be better not to use it.

Active: They proposed to hold a meeting.          

Passive: (Incorrect) A meeting was proposed to be held by them.

In the above sentence, "was proposed" and "to be held" are passive.

Correct: It was proposed by them to hold a meeting

Or

     To hold a meeting was proposed by them.

2.      Both the complement active and passive of transitive verb cannot be used as subject. See the example

Active: We elected him secretary

                                                                    

Passive: (Incorrect) Secretary was elected he by us.

         (Correct) He was elected secretary by us.

Active: They elected me captain	Passive: I was elected captain by them
Active: She called him a fool	Passive: He was called a fool by her
Active: We consider him great	Passive: He was considered great by us
Active: They regarded me as a doctor	Passive: I was regarded as a doctor by them

 Passive Voice of Complex Sentence:

Complex sentence is used as subject, object, and clause. Therefore, if the object of the active sentence is a clause then it would be used as the subject of the passive. And if the subject of the active sentence is clause then it would be used as the object of the passive.

Active: I know what he thinks	Passive: What he thinks is known to me
Active: He showed me what he had made	Passive: What he had made was showed me by him.
Active: She said what she knew	Passive: What she knew was said by her
Active: We will explain why we want to do it.	Passive: Why we want to do it will be explained by us.
Active: What he has done will save his family.	Passive: His family will be saved by what he has done.

Voice Change Part One

What’s the voice change?

Voice is the form of the verb in the sentence that shows whether the subject acts or is acted upon. Such as – “A mango is eaten by me” “Rice is eaten my him”

Types of Voices:

(1)  Active Voice à I eat a mango.

(2)  Passive Voice à A mango is eaten by me.

Active voice is the voice when subject becomes doer in the sentence. And on other hand, Passive voice is that when subject becomes doee. Therefore, I don’t need to discuss more about it because I have given two examples above to know the difference between Active and Passive voice.

See the tables given below and remember because you need them when you go for changing Active voice to Passive voice. 

Table – 01

Subjective Case (Subject of Active Voice)	Objective Case (Object of Passive Voice)
I	Me
We	Us
You	You
She	Her
He	Him
They	Them
It	It

Note: The sentence which has no object cannot be changed to Passive voice such as – “She dances” (she = subject, dance = verb) therefore, the sentence does not contain object and you cannot change it to Passive voice.

Passive Voice Table – 02

Tense	Auxiliary Verb (Passive form)
Present Indefinite	am, is are
Present Continuous	am being, is being, are being
Present Perfect	has been, have been
Past Indefinite	was, were
Past Continuous	was being, were being
Past Perfect	had been
Future Indefinite	shall be, will be
Future Continuous	shall be being, will be being
Future Perfect	shall have been, will have been

	I                       eat                 rice Sub                 m. verb            obj

 

Sub = subject, m. verb = main verb, obj = object

Transformation of Active voice into Passive voice:

Before changing the sentence from active to passive you have to notice the form of tense of the sentence because according to the second table you have to use auxiliary verb. See the example given below.

It’s very easy for students to transform from Active voice to Passive voice because every rule of transformation is same. But there are also some different things that I will discuss in details. 

Idea of Changing Active to Passive with a Picture:

Present Indefinite Tense:

“Structure: subject + main verb (present form) + object/extension” 

Active: I eat a mango

Passive: A mango is eaten by me

Passive: Object of the active voice + am/is/are + verb (p.p) + by + subject of the active voice.

Rule of Changing:

·        + (A mango) the object of active voice becomes subject of passive voice.

·        + (is) is an auxiliary verb is used according to the tense of the Active voice. See the table 02 given above.

·        + (eaten) is the past participle form of the main verb – “eat” that must be past participle (p.p) in the Passive voice.

·        + By is used according to the rule of Passive voice.

·        + (me) the subject of the active voice becomes object of the passive voice which changed following the table – 01. See the table right now.

 

Active: I know him

Passive: He is known to me

Rule of Changing:

·        + (He) the object of the active voice becomes subject of passive voice. See the table 02 given above.

·        + (is) is an auxiliary verb is used according to the tense of the active voice. See the table 02 given above.

·        + (known) is the past participle form of the main verb – “know” which must be past participle in the voice.

·        + (to) is used according to the rule of passive voice.

·        + (me) the subject of the active voice becomes object of the passive voice which changed following the table – 01. See the table right now.

Note: According to the rule we know “BY” is used in the passive voice but in the second sentence “TO” is used in place of “BY”. According to the rule “TO” must be used if there is “KNOW” used as verb in the active sentence. 

Present Continuous Tense:

“Structure: Subject + am/is/are + verb (ing) + object/extension”

Active: She is reading a book

Passive: A book is being read by her

Passive: object of active voice + am being/is being/are being + verb (p.p) + by + subject of the active voice.

·        (A book) The object of active voice becomes subject of passive voice.

·        (Is being) is an auxiliary verb is used according to the tense of the active voice and see the table 02 given above.

·        (Read) is a participle form of the verb used according to the rule.

·        (By) is used according to the rule.

·        (“Her” comes from “she”) the subject of the active voice becomes object of the passive voice. To understand more please see the table 01 given above.

There are many examples given below as to make you understand more.

Active: You are drinking milk.	Passive: Mill is being drunken by you.
Active: She is eating rice.	Passive: Rice is being eaten by her.
Active: We are making baskets.	Passive: Baskets are being made by us.

                       

                       

Present perfect tense:

“Structure: Subject + have/has + verb (past participle) + object/extension”

Active: I have eaten rice.	Passive: Rice has been eaten by me.
Active: He has known them.	Passive: They have been known to him.

                       

Passive: object of active voice + have been/has been + verb (p.p) + by + subject of the active voice

Active: She has broken the glass.	Passive: The glass has been broken by her.
Active: Mother has given me a glass.	Passive: A glass has been given me by mother. Or Passive: I have been given a glass by mother.

                                                                       

Past indefinite tense:

“Structure: Subject + v (past form) + object/extension”

Active: I ate rice.

Active: He caught a bird.

Passive: object of active voice + was/were + verb (p.p) + by + subject of the active voice.

Active: I ate rice.	Passive: Rice was eaten by me.
Active: He caught a bird.	Passive: A bird was caught by him.
Active: I knew them.	Passive: They were known to me.

           

           

Past Continuous Tense:

“Structure: subject + was/were + verb (ing) + object/extension”

Active: I was cooking rice	Passive: Rice was being cooked by me
Active: We were reading a poem	Passive: A poem was being read by us

           

Passive: Object of the active voice + was being/were being + verb (p.p) + by + subject of the active voice.

Active: They were cutting down trees	Passive: Trees were being cut down by them.
Active: People were making noise	Passive: Noise was being made by people.
Active: They were helping me	Passive: I was being helped by them.

                       

Past Perfect Tense:

“Structure: Subject + had + verb (p.p) + object/extension + clause”

Active: I had eaten rice before I went there

Passive: Object of the active voice + had been + verb (p.p) + by + subject of the active voice.

Active: I had eaten rice before I went there	Passive: Rice had been eaten by me before I went there.
Active: She had called me before I awoke	Passive: I had been called by her before I awoke.
Active: I had read the letter	Passive: The letter had been read by me
Active: Mother had cooked rice before we completed our study	Passive: Rice had been cooked by mother before we completed our study
Active: The cat had drunk the milk before we could see it	Passive: The milk had been drunk by the cat before we could see it