Change of subjects and objects in active and passive voice
How the subjects and objects are changed in active and passive voice:-
In an active voice sentence, the subject of the sentence performs the action. In a passive voice sentence, the subject of the sentence receives the action.
For example, in the active voice sentence "The cat chased the mouse," the subject (the cat) performs the action (chased). In the passive voice version of the same sentence, "The mouse was chased by the cat," the subject (the mouse) now receives the action (was chased).
To change a sentence from active to passive voice, you can follow these steps:
Find the object of the active sentence (the mouse in this example).
Make the object the subject of the new sentence.
Add the verb "to be" in the appropriate tense and add the past participle of the main verb (chased in this example).
Move the subject of the active sentence (the cat in this example) to the end of the sentence and add the preposition "by."
So, to change the active voice sentence "The cat chased the mouse" to passive voice, you would get: "The mouse was chased by the cat."
*The pronouns used in a sentence will change to reflect the new subject and object in the passive voice version. In the active sentence "She is washing the car," the subject is "she" and the object is "the car." In the passive version, "The car is being washed by her," the subject is "the car" and the object is "her."*
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