KNOW YOUR : VOICE
MUST KNOW : TYPES OF VOICE
CLASS 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th & 10th
SESSION – 1
TYPES OF VOICE:
1) Active Voice 2) Passive Voice
POINTS TO REMEMBER:-
1) An Active Voice has active verb.
2) A Passive Voice has passive verb ( V3 ).
3) V3 that i.e., past participle form of verb is used as passive verb.
MAIN CHANGES IN MAKING PASSIVE VOICE:-
Subject —- Active Verb —- Object
Subject —- Passive Verb —- By + Doer
1) Object of the active verb becomes subject of passive verb.
2) Subject of the active verb becomes object of passive verb.
3) Active verb becomes passive verb i. e., V3 , past participle form of verb.
4) Passive verb ( V3 ) is followed by the word ” By “.
CHANGES IN THE FORM OF VERB FROM ACTIVE VOICE TO PASSIVE VOICE:-
EXAMPLE:- ( WRITE )
| TENSE | ACTIVE VOICE | PASSIVE VOICE |
| Simple Present | Writes / Write | Is / Are / Am + Written |
| Simple Past | Wrote | Was / Were + Written |
| Simple Future | Shall / Will + Write | Shall Be / Will Be + Written |
| Present Continuous | Is / Are / Am + Writing | Is / Are / Am + Being + Written |
| Past Continuous | Was / Were + Writing | Was / Were + Being + Written |
| Present Perfect | Has / Have + Written | Has / Have + Been + Written |
| Past Perfect | Had + Written | Had + Been + Written |
| Future Perfect | Will Have / Shall Have + Written | Will Have Been / Shall Have Been + Written |
SENTENCES USING THE ABOVE TABLE :-
SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE
ACTIVE VOICE :- She writes a letter.
PASSIVE VOICE :- A letter is written by her.
ACTIVE VOICE :- They write letters.
PASSIVE VOICE :- Letters are written by them.
SIMPLE PAST TENSE
ACTIVE VOICE :- She wrote a letter.
PASSIVE VOICE :- A letter was written by her.
ACTIVE VOICE :- They wrote letters.
PASSIVE VOICE :- Letters were written by them
SIMPLE FUTURE TENSE
ACTIVE VOICE :- She will write a letter.
PASSIVE VOICE :- A letter will be written by her.
ACTIVE VOICE :- They will write letters.
PASSIVE VOICE :- Letters will be written by them.
PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE
ACTIVE VOICE :- She is writing a letter.
PASSIVE VOICE :- A letter is being written by her.
ACTIVE VOICE :- They are writing letters.
PASSIVE VOICE :- Letters are being written by them.
PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE
ACTIVE VOICE :- She was writing a letter.
PASSIVE VOICE :- A letter was being written by her.
ACTIVE VOICE :- They were writing letters.
PASSIVE VOICE :- Letters were being written by them.
PRESENT PERFECT TENSE
ACTIVE VOICE :- She has written a letter.
PASSIVE VOICE :- A letter has been written by her.
ACTIVE VOICE :- They have written letters.
PASSIVE VOICE :- Letters have been written by them.
PAST PERFECT TENSE
ACTIVE VOICE :- She had written a letter.
PASSIVE VOICE :- A letter had been written by her.
ACTIVE VOICE :- They had written letters.
PASSIVE VOICE :- Letters had been written by them.
FUTURE PERFECT TENSE
ACTIVE VOICE :- She will have written a letter.
PASSIVE VOICE :- A letter will have been written by her.
ACTIVE VOICE :- They will have written letters.
PASSIVE VOICE :- Letters will have been written by them.
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