Active & Passive Voice English lecture 1

Active and passive voice

1. Active & Passive Voice
Presented by “Group I”
Muhammad Sohail Khan
Muhammad Umar
Malik Rafay
Abdullah Khan
Zeeshan
Assalamualikum

2. Active & Passive Voice
Generally a sentence
has 3 parts.
Subject + Verb + Object
Active Voice:
If the subject performs an action.
Example: I speak English.
Passive Voice:
If the subject receives the action.
Example: English is spoken by me.

3. Active & Passive Voice
Active Voice
I have broken the glass
(sounds intentionally)
Passive Voice
The glass has been broken by me
(Unintentionally)

4. Active & Passive Voice
Identification of Active & Passive Voice:
In a sentence if the subject performs the
action it is an active voice.
If the subject receives the action it’s a
passive voice.
Passive voice always has 3
rd
form of verb
in it.
Passive voice of a continuous tense
includes the word “Being” before the
verb.
How Active & Passive Voice
changes with tenses?
Present tense: Subject + (is, am, are) + Verb +
object
Past tense: Subject + (was, were) + verb + object
Future tense: Subject + (will, will be) + verb +
object.
Continuous tense: Subject + H.V + being + verb +
object.
Perfect tenses: Subject + have, has + been +
verb + object.
Imperative tenses: verb + object (active)
Let + obj + be + verb (passive)

5. Active & Passive Voice
The cat chases the mouse. (present active)
The mouse is chased by the cat. (present passive)
John fixed the car yesterday. (past active)
The car was fixed by John yesterday. (past passive)
She is going to complete her project by Friday. (future active)
Her project is going to be completed by Friday. (future passive)
She is singing a song loudly. (continuous active)
A song is being sung loudly by her. (continuous passive)
He has written three letters. (perfect active)
Three letters have been written by him. (perfect passive)
Close the door. (imperative active)
Let the door be closed. (imperative passive)
Examples

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