Rules for Active – Passive Voice Conversions PART 2 - अक्टूबर 2022 - Daily Learning #namaste_english

Summary: Rules for Active – Passive Voice Conversions PART 2 - अक्टूबर 2022 - Daily Learning #namaste_english

Key Concepts:

1. Rule 4: Change the base verb in the active sentence into the past participle ie. third form verb in a passive sentence i.e. preceded by (By, With, to, etc). Base verbs are never used in passive voice sentences. Example: Active voice: She prepares dinner. / Passive voice: The dinner is prepared by her.


2. Rule 5: While conversion of Active voice sentence to Passive voice sentence, the pronoun used in the sentence also changes in the following manner. Example: I / Me ; We / Us ; He / Him; She / Her; They / Them


3. Rule 6: Use the suitable helping or auxiliary verb (is/am/are/was, etc.). The rules for using auxiliary verbs in passive voice sentences are different for each tense. Example: He writes an essay - An essay is written by him / Ria paid the bills - The bills were paid by Ria / He will write a letter - A letter will be written by him