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VOICE AND IT’S TYPES

It is linked to the verb, voice expresses therelationship of the subject to the action.

VOICE

Active voicePassive voice

Active voice and passive voice

Active voice : subject does the action.

Passive voice : Subject receives the action of verb.

Active and passive sentences?Active sentence: which give you directly information in nenoseconds regarding subject.

Passive sentence: Are those sentences which do not give directly information about subject.

Active voice is the “normal” voice.The one that we use most of time.

Passive voice is less common

WHY AND WHEN WE USE PASSIVE VOICE?

When we do not know the identity of the agent of the action.

When it is not important to mention the agent of the action.

When we want to avoid mentioning the agent of the action.

In news papers as well as TV reports

Fundamental rules.

• The places of subject and object are interchange.

• Some time subject of the sentence may not used in passive voice.

• 3rd form of verb is always used as main verb in sentence of passive voice for all tenses.

• Auxiliary verbs are used in passive voice according to the tense of sentence.

Active to passive formula.

Active voice: Subject + form of the verb + object

Passive voice: Object + be + past participle + by + subject

Examples

• Somebody steel my beg. Active

• My beg is stolen. Passive• My beg is stolen by somebody. Passive

• I am writing a letter. Active

• A letter is being written by me. Passive• A letter is being written. Passive

• She has finished her work Active• Her work has been finished by her passive

• I killed a snake Active • A snake was killed by me passive

• He was driving a car Active• A car was being driven by him passive

• They had completed the work active• The work had been completed by them p

Present perfect continuous tense Past perfect continuous tense

Future continuous tense

Future perfect continuous tense

Sentence having Intransitive verbs

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