Active
and Passive Voice/Sentences
1. Active
Voice
When the subject of a verb
performs an action the verb is said to be in the active voice. The effect of
the action may or may not fall on an object, that is, the verb mayor may not
have an object.
Structure of Active
Voice/Sentences : (Subject) + (Verb) + (Object)
Example :
·
The
teacher teachs the students
·
The
girl cries
In the first sentence, ‘teachs’ is the verb or the action; the ‘Teacher’
is the subject or the ‘doer’ who performs that action; and the ‘students’ is
the object on whom the effect of that action is directed.
The second sentence, ‘cries’ is
the verb or the action; and the ‘girl’ is the subject or the doer of that
action. There is no object because the effect of the girls crying cannot be
directed at another object
2.
Passive
Voice
Passive voice is an grammatical
construction, when the object of a verb appears to perform an action so that the
effect of that action appears to fall on the subject the verb is said to be in
the passive voice. We can use passive voice if we think that something that
receives the action is more important or should be emphasized to the audience.
Structure of Passive Voice : Subject
+ Auxilliary Verb + Verb 3 (Past Participle)
Auxilliary Verb can be either
Primari Auxiliary Verb (is, are, am, was, were, be, been. Being ), a
combination of the two primary (is/are being, was/were being, has/have been) or
between primary and capital auxiliary verb (will be, will have been).
Examples
:
·
The
work was completed on time
·
The
song was sung beautifully by the singer
A sentence in the active voice
can be converted to form a sentence in the
passive voice.
Examples:
·
A film was watched by us.
·
A kite was flown by me.
Rules for changing voice :
·
Only sentences containing transitive
verbs can be changed from the active voice to the passive voice. A subject—that
is, a ‘doer’ of the action—is required to change a sentence from the passive to
the active voice.
Examples: - My mother cut the fruit.
-
The fruit was cut by my mother.
Here, the object ‘fruit’ is acted upon by the doer ‘mother’.
·
For the simple present tense use am, is
or are with a past participle to form the passive voice
Examples :
Active : He meets them
everyday
Passive : They are met by him everyday
·
For the simple past tense, use was or
were. with a past participle to form the passive voice
Examples
:
Active : Dad drove us home
Passive : We were driven home by dad
·
For the present continuous tense, use
am, is or are with being followed by a past particle to form the passive voice
Examples :
Active : He is meeting them now
Passive : They are being met by him now
·
For the past continuous tense, use was
or were with being followed by a past particle to form the passive voice
Examples :
Active : Henry was making our costumes
Passive : Our costumes were being made by Henry
·
For the future tense, use shall or will
with be. followed by a past particle to form the passive voice
Examples :
Active : We will celebrate his birthday
Passive : His birthday will be celebrated by us
·
For the present perfect tense, use have
or has with been. followed by a past particle to form the passive voice
Examples
:
Active : Andre has scored three goals
Passive : Three goals have been scored by Andre
·
For the past perfect tense, use had with
been. followed by a past particle to form the passive voice
Examples
:
Active : Timy had given a gift to Risa
Passive : A gift had been given to Risa by Timy
·
For the Simple future tense, use will
with be. followed by a past particle to form the passive voice
Examples :
Active : She will water this plant this
afternoon
Passive : This plant will be watered by her this afternoon
·
For the Future Continuous, use will
or going to with be being. followed by a
past particle to form the passive voice
Examples :
Active : At 9.00 PM Tonight, Willy will
be washing the dishes
Passive : At 9.00 PM tonight, the dishes
will be being washed by John
·
For the Future perfect, use will or
going to with have been. followed by a past particle to form the passive voice
Examples
:
Active : They will have completed the
project before the deadline
Passive : The Project will have been completed before the
deadline
Name : Syahrian Alvi Utama
Class : 4KB01
NPM : 27112237
References
:
http://www.weblearn.in/active_passive/
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