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Monday
GRAND MASTER LANGUAGE: THREE FORMS OF VERBS (GROUP-E)
Sunday
GRAND MASTER LANGUAGE: THREE FORMS OF VERBS (GROUP-D)
Saturday
GRAND MASTER LANGUAGE: THREE FORMS OF VERBS (GROUP-C)
Thursday
GRAND MASTER LANGUAGE: THREE FORMS OF VERBS (GROUP-B)
Wednesday
GRAND MASTER LANGUAGE: THREE FORMS OF VERBS (GROUP-A)
CHANGE OF VOICE IN CASE OF FUTURE PERFECT TENSE
At the time of changing active
voice into passive voice, subject and object are interchanged. Helping verbs
‘will have’/ ‘shall have’ are respectively replaced with ‘will have been’/
‘shall have been’. Using 3rd form of verb, subject follows ‘by’.
1. Affirmative:
Active voice: Subject + will/shall + have +
3rd form of Verb + object. Passive voice: Object + will/shall + have + been
+3rd form of verb +by + Subject. |
a. Active voice : They
will have solved the problem.
Passive voice : The problem
will have been solved by them.
b. Active voice : My
sister will have cooked the food.
Passive voice : The
food will have been cooked by my sister.
2. Negative:
Active voice: Subject + will/shall + not +
have + 3rd form of Verb + object. Passive
voice:
Object +will/shall+not+have+been+3rd form of verb + by+ Subject. |
a. Active voice : We
shall not have accepted such an offer.
Passive voice : Such
an offer will not have been accepted by us.
b. Active voice :
They will have not dug the well.
Passive voice : The
well will not have been dug by them.
3. Interrogative:
Active voice: Will/Shall + subject + have +
3rd form of Verb + object? Passive voice: Will/Shall + object +have + been
+3rd form of verb +by + Subject? |
a. Active voice : Will
they have taken tea by now?
Passive voice : Will
tea have been taken by them by now?
b. Active voice :
When will she have received the letter?
Passive voice : When
will the letter have been received by her?
Monday
CHANGE OF VOICE IN CASE OF FUTURE INDEFINITE TENSE
At the time of changing active
voice into passive voice, subject and object are interchanged. Helping verbs ‘will’/
‘shall’ are respectively replaced with ‘will be’/ ‘shall be’. Using 3rd
form of verb, subject follows ‘by’.
1. Affirmative:
Active voice : Subject + will/shall + 1st
form of Verb + object. Passive voice: Object + will/shall + be + 3rd
form of verb + by + Subject. |
a. Active voice : He
will do it at once.
Passive voice : It
will be done by him at once.
b. Active voice :
They will win the match.
Passive voice : The
match will be won by them.
2. Negative:
Active voice : Subject + will/shall + not + 1st
form of Verb + object. Passive voice: Object + will/shall + not +
be + 3rd form of verb + by + Subject. |
a. Active voice : I shall not take your book.
Passive
voice :
Your book will not be taken by me.
b. Active voice : He
will never injure us.
Passive
voice :
We shall never be injured by him.
3. Interrogative:
Active
voice : Will/Shall + subject + 1st
form of Verb + object? Passive
voice:
Will/Shall + object + be + 3rd form of verb + by + Subject? |
a. Active voice : Will you read this book?
Passive
voice :
Will this book be read by you?
b. Active voice :
Who will tell me the story?
Passive
voice :
By whom shall I be told the story?
Thursday
CHANGE OF VOICE IN CASE OF PAST PERFECT TENSE
At the time of changing active
voice into passive voice, subject and object are interchanged. Helping verb
‘had’ is replaced with ‘had been’. Using 3rd form of verb, subject
follows ‘by’.
1. Affirmative:
Active voice : Subject + had+ 3rd
form of Verb + object. Passive voice: Object + had + been + 3rd form of verb + by +
Subject. |
a. Active voice : She had washed the clothes.
Passive voice : The clothes had been washed by her.
b. Active voice : He
had made a serious mistake.
Passive voice : A serious mistake had been made by him.
2. Negative:
Active voice : Subject + had +not
+ 3rd form of Verb + object. Passive voice: Object + had + not + been + 3rd form of verb +
by + Subject. |
a. Active voice : She had never visited Agra.
Passive
voice :
Agra had never been visited by her.
b. Active voice : We
had not heard the news before.
Passive
voice :
The news had not been heard by us before.
3. Interrogative:
Active voice : Had+ subject + 3rd form of
Verb + object? Passive voice: Had + object + been + 3rd
form of verb + by + Subject? |
a. Active voice : Had they ploughed the field?
Passive
voice :
Had the field been ploughed by them?
b. Active voice :
How had you completed the job in time?
Passive
voice :
How had the job been completed by you in time?
Wednesday
CHANGE OF VOICE IN CASE OF PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE
At the time of changing active
voice into passive voice, subject and object are interchanged. Helping verbs
‘was’/ ‘were’ are respectively replaced with ‘was being’/ ‘were being’. Using 3rd
form of verb, subject follows ‘by’.
1. Affirmative:
Active voice : Subject + was/were + ing with 1st
form of Verb + object. Passive voice: Object + was/were + being + 3rd
form of verb + by + Subject. |
a. Active voice :
Gita was making dolls.
Passive
voice :
Dolls were being made by Gita.
b. Active voice :
You were holding a stick.
Passive
voice :
A stick was being held by you.
2. Negative:
Active voice : Subject + was/were +not + ing with 1st
form of Verb + object. Passive voice: Object + was/were+ not +
being + 3rd form of verb + by + Subject. |
a. Active voice : He
was not helping us.
Passive
voice :
We were not being helped by him.
b. Active voice :
They were not hunting wild animals.
Passive
voice :
Wild animals were not being hunted by them.
3. Interrogative:
Active voice : Was/Were + subject + ing with 1st
form of Verb + object? Passive voice: Was/Were + object + being + 3rd
form of verb + by + Subject? |
a. Active voice :
Were the boys singing a song?
Passive
voice :
Was a song being sung by the boys?
b. Active voice :
Why were you shouting at me?
Passive voice : Why
was I being shouted at by you?
Monday
CHANGE OF VOICE IN CASE OF PAST INDEFINITE TENSE
At
the time of changing active voice into passive voice, subject and object are
interchanged. Helping verb ‘did’ is
replaced with ‘was’/ ‘were’. Using 3rd form of verb, subject follows
‘by’.
1. Affirmative:
Active
voice :
Subject + 2nd form of Verb + object. Or Subject + did + 1st
form of Verb + object. Passive
voice: Object + was/were +3rd form of
verb + by + Subject. |
a. Active
voice : The lion killed the hunter.
Passive voice : The hunter was killed by the lion.
b. Active voice : The carpenter made fifty tables.
Passive voice :
Fifty tables were made by the carpenter.
2. Negative:
Active voice : Subject + did + not + 1st form
of Verb + object. Passive
voice: Object + was/were + not + 3rd
form of verb + by + Subject. |
a. Active voice : He did not obey me.
Passive voice : I was not obeyed by him.
b. Active voice : She did not steal the book.
Passive voice : The book was not stolen by her.
3. Interrogative:
Active voice : Did + subject + 1st form of
Verb + object? Passive
voice: Was/Were + object + 3rd form
of verb + by + Subject? |
a. Active
voice : Whom did she love?
Passive voice : Who was loved by her?
b. Active voice : Did you write this letter?
Passive voice : Was this letter written
by you?
Friday
CHANGE OF VOICE IN CASE OF PRESENT PERFECT TENSE
At the time of changing
active voice into passive voice, subject and object are interchanged. Helping verbs ‘has’/ ‘have’ are respectively
replaced with ‘has been’ / ‘have been’. Using 3rd form of verb, subject
follows ‘by’.
1. Affirmative:
Active voice : Subject + has/have + 3rd form
of Verb + object. Passive voice: Object + has/have + been + 3rd
form of verb + by + Subject. |
a. Active voice :
They have made many mistakes.
Passive
voice : Many mistakes have been made by them.
b. Active voice :
Spring has forgotten this garden.
Passive
voice :
This garden has been forgotten by spring.
2. Negative:
Active
voice : Subject + has/have + not + 3rd
form of Verb + object. Passive
voice:
Object + has/have + not + been + 3rd form of verb + by + Subject. |
a. Active voice : She
has not missed the bus.
Passive
voice :
The bus has not been missed by her.
b. Active voice : I
have done nothing to displease you.
Passive
voice : Nothing has been done by me to displease you.
3. Interrogative:
Active
voice : Has/Have + subject + 3rd form
of Verb + object? Passive voice: Has/Have +object + been + 3rd
form of verb + by + Subject? |
a. Active voice :
Have you done your home-work?
Passive
voice : Has your home-work been done by you?
b. Active voice :
Who has done this mischief?
Passive
voice :
By whom has this mischief been done?
CHANGE OF VOICE IN CASE OF PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE
At the time of changing active
voice into passive voice, subject and object are interchanged. Helping verbs
‘is’/ ‘am’/ ‘are’ are respectively replaced with ‘is being’/ ‘am being’/ ‘are
being’. Using 3rd form of verb, subject follows ‘by’.
1. Affirmative:
Active voice : Subject + is/am/are + ing with 1st
form of Verb + object. Passive voice: Object + is/am/are + being +
3rd form of verb + by + Subject. |
a. Active voice : I am preparing the speech.
Passive
voice :
The speech is being prerpared by me.
b. Active voice :
The farmer is watering the fields.
Passive
voice :
The fields are being watered by the farmer.
2. Negative:
Active voice : Subject + is/am/are + not + ing with 1st
form of Verb + object. Passive voice : Object + is/am/are +
not+being + 3rd form of verb + by + Subject. |
a. Active voice :
He is not reading a book.
Passive
voice :
A book is not being read by him.
b. Active voice :
She is not speaking the truth.
Passive
voice : The truth is not being spoken by her.
3. Interrogative:
Active voice : Is/Am/Are + subject + ing with 1st
form of Verb + object? Passive voice: Is/Am/Are +object + being + 3rd
form of verb + by + Subject? |
a. Active voice :
Are you making a noise?
Passive
voice : Is a noise being made by you?
b. Active voice : What
are you doing?
Passive voice : What
is being done by you?
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