INTRODUCTION

 Voice is the sound produced by the expiration of

air through vibrating vocal cords by living or non
living organisms.
 In Grammar VOICE means expressing a message
with the use of words (verbs, nouns, prepositions,
adjectives etc.) by the human beings. It comes in
the science of prescriptive Grammar which states
how words and sentences are to be put together in
a language so that the speaker will be perceived
as having good Grammar.
 TYPES OF VOICE

 ACTIVE VOICE : When in a sentence

the subject is directly related to verb or when the
form of verb depends on object then it is in
ACTIVE VOICE.
 PASSIVE VOICE : When in a sentence
the verb is independent of object then it is in
PASSIVE VOICE.
 CHANGE OF VOICE
WE CAN CHANGE THE TYPE OF VOICE BY CHANGING THE
RULES USED IN THE SENTENCES.

1. The subject in the active voice becomes

subject in the passive voice.
2. The object in the active voice becomes
subject in the passive voice.
3. In passive voice by or any other
respective preposition is used with
object.
 CHANGE OF VOICE
1. While changing Subject to Object and Object to
Subject the form of pronouns is changed as :-

Subject Object Subject Object

I We He Him
We Us She Her
You You They them
 CHANGE OF VOICE
5.While changing the voice of the sentence the
form of the verb is also changed as:-

Active Voice Passive Voice

1. Present Indefinite Tense
v1. Is / am / are + v3
2. Past Indefinite Tense
v2 Was / were + v3
3. Future Indefinite Tense
will /shall+v1 Will /shall + be + v3
 CHANGE OF VOICE

Active Voice Passive Voice

1. Present continuous Tense
is / am / are + v1-ing Is / am / are +being +v3
3. Past Continuous Tense
was / were +v1-ing Was / were +being +v3
5. Present Perfect Tense
Has / have + v3 Has / have + Been +v3
7. Past Perfect Tense
had + v3 Had + been + v3
9. Future Perfect Tense
will / shall + have + v3 Will / shall + have been + v3
11. Imperative Sentences Object + should be + v3 OR
v1 + Object Let + Object + be + v3
 CHANGE OF VOICE
Active Voice Passive Voice
1. Can / Could / may / might / 1. can / could / may /
must /ought to /should + v3 might / must / ought to /
should + be + v3
 Present Indefinite Tense
Active Passive
• She helps the poor. • The poor are helped by
you.
• Radha does not sing a • A song is not sung by
song. Radha.
• What do you want? • What is wanted by you?
 Past Indefinite Tense
Active Passive
• She kept us waiting • We were kept waiting by
him.
• The hunter did not aim at • The bird was not aimed
the bird. by the hunter.
• Who lent you this book? • By whom were you lent
this book?
 Future Indefinite Tense
Active Passive
• I shall bay this pen. • This pen will be bought
by me.
• I will not take the test. • The test shall not be
• taken by me.
Who will answer this
question? • By whom will this
question be answered.
 Present Continuous Tense
Active Passive
• He is driving a motor car. • A motor car is being
• Is she not reading a driven by him.
book? • Is a book not being read
by him?
 Past Continuous Tense
Active Passive
• She was not milking a • The cow was not being
cow. milked by her.
• What was Sohan doing? • What was being done by
Sohan?
 Present Perfect Tense
Active Passive
• I have done my duty. • My duty has been done
by me.
• Have you never seen a • Has a lion never been
lion? seen by you?
 Past Perfect Tense
Active Passive
• The watchman had • The gate had been
opened the gate. opened by the watch
man.
• Who had invited you to • By whom you had been
the feast? invited for the feast?
 Future Indefinite Tense
Active Passive
• I shall have planted a • A tree will have been
tree. planted by me.
• Will he have not written a • Will a letter have not
letter ? been written by him.
 Imperative Sentences
Active Passive
• Shut the door. • Let the door be shut.
• Obey your parents. • Your parents should be
obeyed by you.
• Please bring me a glass • You are requested to
of water. bring me a glass of water.
 Prepositional Verbs
Active Passive
• The people listened to • He was listened to by
him. the people.
• The rich man often laugh • The poor are often
at the poor. laughed at by the rich .
• I cannot think of such a • Such a thing cannot be
thing. thought of by me.
 Passive Infinitives
Active Passive
• She bagged the principal • She bagged the principal
to forgive her. to be forgiven.
• I have to do this work. • This work has to be
done.
Use of Prepositions Other Than ‘BY’
Active Passive
1. His behavior disgusts me. 1. I am disgusted with his
2. The news surprised us. behavior.
2. We were surprised at the
4. I know him. news.
3. He is known to me.
Double – Object Type Sentences
Active Passive
1. I gave him a book. 1. He was given a book by
me.
3. They gave her a test. 2. She was given a test by
them.
 Created By

SOURABH DEEP
COMPUTER FACULTY - PHASE III
GOVT.SEN. SEC. SCHOOL TAHLI SAHIB,
AMRITSAR.