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  • Active to Passive voice

    Active to Passive Voice Tutorial

    Active to Passive Voice – Quick Guide

    1. What is Active and Passive Voice?

    • Active voice: The subject does the action.
      Example: She writes a letter.
    • Passive voice: The subject receives the action.
      Example: A letter is written by her.

    2. How to Change Active Voice to Passive

    1. Move the object of the active sentence to the subject position.
    2. Change the verb to: be + past participle (V3).
    3. Move the subject to the end (after “by”), or omit if unimportant.
    4. Keep the verb tense consistent.

    3. Examples by Tense

    Tense Active Passive
    Simple Present She cooks food. Food is cooked by her.
    Present Continuous They are building a house. A house is being built by them.
    Simple Past He wrote a book. A book was written by him.
    Present Perfect I have finished the work. The work has been finished by me.
    Simple Future They will close the shop. The shop will be closed by them.
    Modal You must follow the rules. The rules must be followed by you.

    4. Structure Comparison

    Voice Structure Example
    Active Subject + Verb + Object The cat ate the mouse.
    Passive Object + Be + V3 + (by + Subject) The mouse was eaten by the cat.

    5. When to Use Passive Voice?

    • Doer unknown or unimportant: English is spoken all over the world.
    • Focus on action/result: The project was completed on time.

    6. Quick Tips

    • Not all verbs are used in passive (no passive for intransitive verbs like ‘sleep’).
    • Use ‘by’ to introduce the agent (original subject), if needed.
    • Match the verb tense with the active sentence.

    7. Practice Converting – Try These!

    People play cricket. → Cricket is played by people.
    He is making tea. → Tea is being made by him.
    They have finished the project. → The project has been finished by them.

  • Main aspects of grammar

    English Grammar Guide

    Main Aspects of English Grammar

    🧱 1. Parts of Speech

    • Noun – names (e.g., cat, city, freedom)
    • Pronoun – replaces a noun (e.g., he, they, it)
    • Verb – shows action or state (e.g., run, is)
    • Adjective – describes a noun (e.g., big, blue)
    • Adverb – describes a verb/adjective (e.g., quickly, very)
    • Preposition – shows position/time (e.g., on, in, before)
    • Conjunction – joins words/clauses (e.g., and, but, because)
    • Interjection – expresses emotion (e.g., wow!, oh no!)

    🧩 2. Sentence Structure

    Subject + Verb + Object (e.g., She eats apples.)

    Types: Simple / Compound / Complex

    🧭 3. Tenses

    Past (e.g., walked), Present (e.g., walk), Future (e.g., will walk)

    Each has: Simple, Continuous, Perfect, Perfect Continuous

    🔁 4. Voice

    Active: The boy kicked the ball.

    Passive: The ball was kicked by the boy.

    🎯 5. Subject-Verb Agreement

    The verb must match the subject.

    He runs, They run

    🧱 6. Articles and Determiners

    Articles: a, an, the

    Determiners: this, some, many, my, each

    🔤 7. Punctuation

    Full stop (.), Comma (,), Question mark (?), Exclamation mark (!), Quotation marks (” “), Apostrophe (’)

    ❓ 8. Question Forms

    Yes/No: Are you ready?

    WH-Questions: Where are you going?

    🔄 9. Modal Verbs

    can, could, may, might, must, shall, should, will, would

    ✨ 10. Clauses and Phrases

    Clause: has subject + verb (e.g., When I arrived)

    Phrase: no subject + verb (e.g., after the party)