SSC CHSL Topic Wise Study Material - English Language - Voice (Active & Passive)

SSC CHSL Topic Wise Study Material – English Language – Voice (Active & Passive)

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Introduction
In the questions based on Voice, a sentence is given in Active/Passive Voice. Below the sentence, four alternatives are suggested. Out of these alternatives, you have to choose the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active Voice.

Brisk Tips

Recognize the tense of the given sentence.
The verb should be according to the subject and the tense.
Look for the use of appropriate prepositions, if there be.
Look for the proper subject (new) of the sentence.
Read all the answer choices before selecting the answer.

Voice is that form of a verb that shows whether the subject of the verb does something or has something done to it. The verb has two voices- Active
Active Voice :
Active voice is used in a clause whose subject expresses the agent of the main verb. That is, the subject does the action designated by the verb. “A sentence whose agent is marked as a grammatical subject is said to be in Active Voice”.
Passive Voice :
A sentence in which the subject receives an action is said to be in passive voice.

Examples

Roshini writes an essay.
Here, the sentence indicates that the subject of this sentence ‘Roshini’ does something. So, it is called an active voice sentence.
An essay is written by Roshini.
In this sentence, the written verb indicates that something is done by Roshini. So, the verb here is in Passive Voice.

Rules For Changing Active Voice into Passive Voice

Change the object into the subject If object is the pronoun change it as follows

Me = I
You = you
Her = she
Us = we
Him = he
It = it
Whom = who

Change the subject into the object by using ‘by’

I = by me
We = by us
You = by you
He = by him
She = by her
It = by it
They = by them
Who = by whom

The verb is changed according to the tense.

(i) Present Indefinite Tense
Change into – is/am/are+past participle of verb
Examples :

Neha takes coffee. (Active Voice)
Coffee is taken by Neha. (Passive Voice)
Do you play table tennis? (Active Voice)
Is table tennis played by you? Present Continuous Tense (PassiveVoice)

(ii) Present Continuous Tense
Change into – is /am/are+being+past participle of verb
Examples :

The carpenter is making a table. (Active Voice)
A table is being made by the carpenter. (PassiveVoice)
Arjun is washing his car. (Active voice)
His car is being washed by Arjun. (Passive Voice)

(iii) Present Perfect Tense
Change into-has/have+been+past participle of verb
Examples :

He has done his home work. (Active Voice)
His home work has been done by him. (Passive Voice)
Have you bought a jacket? (Active Voice)
Has a jacket been bought by you? (Passive Voice)

(iv) Past Indefinite Tense
Change into – was/were+past participle of verb
Examples :

India won the match yesterday. (Active Voice)
The match was won by India yesterday. (PassiveVoice)
Did Bindiya cut the cake? (Active Voice)
Was the cake cut by Bindiya? (Passive Voice)

(v) Past Continuous Tense
Change into – was/were+being+past participle of verb
Examples :

I was reading the Ramayana. . (Active Voice)
The Ramayana was being read by me (Passive Voice)
A hunter was chasing the deer. (Active Voice)
The deer was being chased by a hunter. (Passive Voice)

(vi) Past Perfect Tense
Change into – had+been+past participle of verb
Examples :

Students had purchased books. (Active Voice)
Books had been purchased by students. (Passive Voice)

(vii) Future Indefinite Tense
Change into – shall be/will be +past participle of verb
Examples :

She will cook the food. (Active Voice)
The food will be cooked by her. (Passive Voice)
War will destroy everything. (ActiveVoice)
Everything will be destroyed by war. (Passive Voice)

(viii) Future Perfect Tense
Change into – will/shall have been+past participle of verb
Examples :

Rita will have completed work. (ActiveVoice)
Work will have been completed by Rita. (PassiveVoice)
The teacher will have checked the notebook. (Active Voice)
The notebook will have been checked by the teacher. (Passive Voice)

Verb followed by modals
In those sentences which carry modals like can, could, should, would, must etc. ‘be’ is used between the modal and the third form of the verb in passive voice.

Imperative Sentence
In changing imperative sentences to passive voice the following rules are followed

Let + new subject + be/not be + 3rd form
Use phrases like you are requested to/advised to/ordered to etc.
Kindly or please is removed.

Examples :

Get out of my sight. (Active Voice)
You are ordered to get out of my sight. (Passive Voice)
Shut the door. (Active Voice)
Let the door be shut. (Passive Voice)

Reference Corner

1. In the following question, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/ Active voice.
Can we send this container by ship? SSC (10 + 2)2017
(a) Can this container be sent by ship?
(b) Could this container be sent by ship by us?
(c) Could have we sent this container by ship?
(d) This container can be sent by ship. Can we?
Answer. (a) Can this container be sent by ship?
While changing into passive voice ‘can be sent’ will be used and ‘this container’ will be used as the subject. Can will be used in the beginning as the sentence is interrogative.

Directions (Q.Nos. 2 and 3) A sentence has been given in Active / Passive voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active Voice. SSC (10 + 2)2015

2. Take the medicine.
(a) You are requested to take the medicine
(b) Let the medicine be taken
(c) The medicine must take you
(d) The medicine is to be taken by you
Answer. (b) ‘Let the medicine be taken’ is the appropriate Passive Voice.

3. I cannot trust him any more.
(a) He cannot be trusted by me any more
(b) He could not be tmsted by me any more
(c) He may not be tmsted by me any more
(d) He cannot trust by me any more
Answer. (a) ‘He cannot be trusted’ will be used in the Passive Voice.

Directions (Q. Nos. 4-8) In the following questions, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive Voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active Voice. SSC (10 + 2) 2013

4. Then her face was bowed.
(a) Then she was being bowed her face
(b) Her face was bowed by then
(c) Then she bowed her face
(d) Then her face has been bowed
Answer. (c)

5. The walls had not been decorated by us. .
(a) We have not been decorating the walls
(b) We had not been decorating the walls
(c) We have not decorated the walls
(d) We had not decorated the walls
Answer. (d)

6. I shall have written the letter.
(a) The letter will be written by me
(b) The letter has been written by me
(c) The letter is being written by me
(d) The letter will have been written by me
Answer. (d)

7. We must endure what we cannot cure.
(a) What we cure must be endured
(b) What cannot be cured must be endured
(c) What cannot cured must endured
(d) What could be cure must be endured
Answer. (b)

8. A fresh batch of eggs was collected by the farmers’s wife.
(a) The farmer’s wife was collecting a fresh batch of eggs
(b) The farmer’s wife collected a fresh batch of eggs
(c) The farmer’s wife had collected a fresh batch of eggs
(d) The farmer’s wife will be collecting a fresh batch of eggs
Answer. (b)

Practice exrcise

Directions (Q.Nos. 1-30) In each of the following questions, a sentence has been given in Active /Passive Voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive / Active Voice.

1. The king gave him a reward.
(a) He was given by the king a reward
(b) He was given the reward by a king
(c) He was given a reward by the king
(d) A reward was given by him to the king

2. He teaches us grammar.
(a) Grammar was taught to us by him
(b) We are taught grammar by him
(c) We were teached grammar by him
(d) Grammar will be teached to us by him

3. Do you understand what I mean?
(a) What I mean… is that understood by you?
(b) Was what I mean understood by you?
(c) Is what I mean understood by you?
(d) What I mean is understood by you?

4. Whom doest he look for?
(a) He is looked after for whom?
(b) Who is looked after for him?
(c) Who is looked for by him?
(d) He is looked after by whom?

5. They say that you did that.
(a) You are told to do that
(b) You are advised to do that
(c) You did that said by them
(d) You are said to have done that

6. I am doing sums.
(a) Sums are done by me
(b) Sums are being done by me
(c) I must be doing the sums
(d) Sums must be done by me

7. The noise of the traffic kept me awake.
(a) I was kept awake by the noise of the traffic
(b) The traffic kept me awake by the noise
(c) I kept myself awake due to the noise of the traffic
(d) I remained awake by the noise of the traffic

8. We all know that there is only one God.
(a) We are all known that there is only one God
(b) It is known to us all that there is only one God
(c) We have all known that there is only one God
(d) Only one God is known by us all

9. The people elected him Mayor.
(a) Him was elected Mayor the people
(b) He was elected Mayor by the people .
(c) Mayor is elected by the people
(d) He is elected by the people Mayor

10. Don’t laugh at me.
(a) Let me be laughed at
(b) Let me be not laughed at
(c) I am laughed at
(d) Let me be not laughed

11. I saw him leaving the house.
(a) Leaving the house he was seen by me
(b) He was seen leaving the house by me
(c) He had been seen leaving the house
(d) He was seen to be leaving the house

12. Someone pulled the bull violently.
(a) The bull had been pulled violently by someone
(b) The bull was to be pulled violently by someone
(c) The bull had been pulled violently
(d) The bull was pulled violently

13. They first sun-dried the garbage for one to three days to bring down the moisture level.
(a) The moisture level was brought down by sun-drying the garbage for one to three days
(b) One to three days ‘of sun-drying brought down the moisture level of the garbage
(c) The moisture level of the garbage cam down when it was sun-dried for one to three days
(d) The garbage was first sun-dried for one to three days to bring down the moisture level

14. Women like men to flatter them.
(a) Men are liked by women to flatter them
(b) Women like to be flattered by men
(c) Women like that men should flatter them
(d) Women are liked to be flattered by men

15. What one must do, one must do properly.
(a) What must be done, must be done properly
(b) It must be done properly what one must do
(c) It must be done what, one must do properly
(d) One must do properly what has to be done

16. Look at the poll results-do the inspire hope?
(a) Let the poll results be looked is hope inspired by them?
(b) Let the poll results be looked at-has hope been inspired them?
(c) Let the poll results be looked at-is hope being inspired by them?
(d) Let the poll results be looked at-is hope inspired by them?

17. It is your duty to make tea at eleven O’ clock.
(a) You are asked to make tea at eleven O’ clock
(b) Your are required to make tea at eleven O’ clock
(c) You are supposed to make tea at eleven O’ clock
(d) Tea is to be made by you at eleven O’ clock

18. It is time to take tea.
(a) It was time that tea was taken
(b) It is time for tea to be taken
(c) It is time that tea should be taken
(d) It is time that tea had been taken

19. The members should adhere to all the decisions.
(a) All the decisions should adhere to the members
(b) All the decisions adhered to the members
(c) All the decisions should be adhered to by the members
(d) All should adhere to the decisions of the members

20. His subordinates accused him of various offences.
(a) They accused him of various offences
(b) It was accused by his subordinates that he had done various offences
(c) His subordinates accused that he had done various offences
(d) He was accused of various offences by his subordinates

21. Has someone made all the necessary arrangements?
(a) Has all the necessary arrangements been made by someone?
(b) Have the necessary arrangements been all made by someone?
(c) Have all the necessary arrangements been made by someone?
(d) All the necessary arrangements have been made by one?

22. We will know the outcome of these experiments after six months.
(a) The outcome of these experiments will be known after six months
(b) The outcome will be known of these experiments after six months
(c) After six months we will known the outcome of these experiments
(d) These experiments will have a known outcome after six months

23. Don’t speak until someone speaks to you.
(a) Don’t speak until you are spoken to
(b) Don’t speak until someone is spoken to
(c) Don’t speak until you have been spoken to
(d) Don’t speak until someone has been spoken to

24. Did the noise frighten you?
(a) Did you frighten the noise?
(b) Was the noise frightened by you?
(c) Were you frightened by the noise?
(d) Were you frighten by the noise?

25. We are reaching the end of this exercise.
(a) This exercise is ended by us
(b) The end of this exercise is being reached by us
(c) This is our end to the exercise
(d) The exercise has reached its end by us

26. I expect you to complete this work before sunset.
(a) I expect you to be completed this work before sunset
(b) I am expected you to complete this work before sunset
(c) You are expected to complete this work before sunset
(d) You are expected to be completed this work before sunset

27. The storm did much damage.
(a) Much damage was done by the storm
(b) The storm damaged much .
(c) Much damage did the storm
(d) The storm was damaged

28. The boy has rung the bell.
(a) The bell has been rung by the boy
(b) The bell was being rung by the boy
(c) The bell was rung by the boy
(d) The bell has been being rung by the boy

29. He likes people to call him Sir.
(a) He likes to be called Sir by people
(b) He likes to be call Sir by people
(c) He likes people who call him Sir
(d) To call him Sir is liked by people

30. We added up the money and found that it was correct.
(a) The money was added up and found to be correct
(b) Correct it was found and the money was added up
(c) The money added up by us and it was correctly found
(d) The money added up by us found it was correct