1.
Active Voice
In active sentences, the thing doing the action is the subject of the sentence and the thing receiving the action is the object. Most sentences are active.
[Thing doing action] + [verb] + [thing receiving
action]
xample :
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Jhon
wash the dishes.
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The
professor teaches students.
2.
Passive Voice
In passive sentences, the thing receiving the action is the subject of the sentence and the thing doing the action is optionally included near the end of the sentence. You can use the passive form if you think that the thing receiving the action is more important or should be emphasized. You can also use the passive form if you do not know who is doing the action or if you do not want to mention who is doing the action.
[Thing receiving action] + [be] + [past
participle of verb] + [by] + [thing doing action]
Example :
·
The dishes are washed by jhon.
·
The students are taught by the professor.
Here are some examples tense is used in passive voice:|
Simple Present Tense
Auxiliary
verb in passive voice : is/am/are
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Active
:
He cleans the house
He does not clean the house
Does he clean the house?
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Passive :
The house is cleaned by him.
The house is not cleaned by him.
Is the house
cleaned by him?
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Simple Past Tense
Auxiliary
verb in passive voice: Was/were
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Active :
He
repaired the car
He
did not repair the car
Did
he repair the car ?
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Passive :
The
car was repaired by him.
The
car was not repaired by him.
Was the car repaired by him?
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Simple Future
Tense
Auxiliary
verb in passive voice :Will Be
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Active :
She
will buy a car.
She will not buy a car .
Will she buy a car?
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Passive :
A
car will be bought by her.
A
car will not be bought by her.
Will a car be bougth by her?
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So
can be taken in the conclusion that , In “ active voice” subject acts upon
object , while in “passive voice” object is actes upon by subject. It can also
be said , in “ active voice” subject does a work on object, while in “ passive
voice “ object is worked on by subject. The normal structure of an active voice
sentence is subject + verb + object but in passive the normal structure of
sentence is reversed according to certain rules and becomes like object+verb +
subject. The real meaning of a sentence does not change if the sentence is
experessed either by active voice or by passive voice. The active voice more
often used in daily life compared with the passive voice .However , we often
find the passive voice in the newspapers , the articles in magazines and
scientific writings . The passive voice used because of the object of the
active voice is important information from the subject
