CHANGE OF VOICE IN CASE OF PASSIVE INFINITIVE

 

At the time of changing active voice into passive voice in passive infinitive, past participle is used adding ‘to be’.

Active voice  : Subject + Verb + object + to + infinitive. Passive voice: Subject + Verb + to be + past participle.

1.  Affirmative:

a.  Active voice     :  She wants you to take her home.

              Passive voice   :  She wants to be taken home.

b.  Active voice     :  She wished Chief Minister to reward her.

              Passive voice   :  She wished to be rewarded. 

2.  Negative:

a.  Active voice     :  He did not like you to help him.

              Passive voice   :  He did not like to be helped. 

b.  Active voice     :  They did not like you to praise them.

              Passive voice   :  They did not like to be praised.

3.  Interrogative:

a.  Active voice     :  Did he want the Principal to allow him go home?

              Passive voice   :  Did he want to be allowed to go home?

b.  Active voice  :  Did she want the teacher to examine her in English. 

Passive voice      :  Did she want to be examined in English.