BFC WESTRIDGE JR 1

TOPIC : ACTIVE /PASSIVE VOICE

(PRESENT INDEFINITE TENSE)

LECTURE DELIVERED BY: MS SAHAR UN NISA

Grade: 7th
Class Time Duration: 40 mins
■ Subject: English
■ Grade: 7th
■ Date:1st June 2020
■ Day :Monday
ACTIVE & PASSIVE VOICE

Active voice
If subject and object function remaining at their proper place without
disturbing the order of the sentence, sentence is said to be active voice.
Example
She sings a song.
How did he solve the sums?
ACTIVE & PASSIVE VOICE

■  Passive voice
If subject and object change their proper place inverting the order of
the sentence, the sentence is called passive voice.
■ Example:
A song is sung by her.
How were the sums solved by him?
Active & passive according to the tense
■ Present Indefinite Tense:
Subject +main verb + Object.
Changes into
Object + is/am/are + 3rd form of verb + by + Subject.
■ Subject and object change place.
■ Example
■ Active:
He loves his son.
Passive: His son is loved by him.
 Rules

■ 1. Subject becomes object and object becomes subject

■ 2. use of 3rd form of verb
■ 3. use of by
■ 4. use of helping verb according to tense.
■ 5. Present Indefinite tense
is , am, are
 Example

Active voice Passive Voice

He buys a toy. A toy is bought by him.
She ties a ribbon. A ribbon is tied by her.
We clean the country. The country is cleaned by us.
They break the iceberg. The ice berg is broken by them.
 Practice
■ Change the active voice into passive voice:
■ 1. Mother bakes the cake.
■ 2. Manners make character.
■ 3. Sara cuts the cake.
■ 4. The teacher orders the boy.
■ 5. Event manager decorates the house.
■ 6. I do not like papaya.
■ 7. They plan a picnic.
 Passive Voice

■ 1. The cake is baked by mother.

■ 2. Character is made by manners.
■ 3. The cake is cut by Sara.
■ 4. The boy is ordered by the teacher.
■ 5. The house is decorated by the event manager.
■ 6. Papaya is not liked by me.
■ 7. A picnic is planned by them.