Post on 04-Aug-2015
• In today’s global world, the importance of English can not be denied and ignored since English is the most common language spoken everywhere.
• With the help of developing technology, English has been playing a major role in many sectors including medicine, engineering, and education.
• A verb is said to be in active voice when its form shows that the person or thing denoted by the subject does something .
• Example
• Rama helps Hari .• Savitri loves Sita .• The peon opened te gate .
• A verb is in the passive voice when its form shows that something is done to the person of thing denoted by the subject .
• Example -
• Rama is helped by Hari .• Savitri is loved by Sita .• The gate was opened by the peon .
The tiger was killedby the tiger .
The hunter killed the tiger .
• The given two sentences express the same meaning .
• But , in sentence 1 the form of verb shows that the person denoted by the subject does something .
• In sentence 2 , the form of verb shows that something is done to the person denoted by the subject .
Active Voice
Meena helps Rama.
Passive Voice
Rama is helped by Meena .
Active Voice
Sita loves Savitri .
Passive voice
Savitri is loved by Sita .
Active Voice
The peon opened the gate .
Passive Voice
The gate was opened by the peon .
Sir , the man killed
the innocent woman here .
No , you stupid !
the woman
was killed by the
man here . But …!!