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Friday 14 June 2013

Some types of 'Voice Change'

Active: Lita types a letter. 
Passive: A letter is types by Lita. 

Active: She would sing a song. 
Passive: A song would be sung by her. 

Active: Do this work. 
Passive: Lat this work be done. 

Active: Tell him to go. 
Passive: Let him be told to go. 

Active: Obey your teacher. 
Passive: Your teacher should be obeyed. 

Active: Prepare for the worst. 
Passive: Be (Get) prepare for the worst. 

Active: Please go there. 
Passive: You are requested to go there. 

Active: Do you see the bird? 
Passive: Is the bird seen by you? 

Active: Did you see the man? 
Passive: Was the man seen by you? 

Active: Who gave you icecream? 
Passive: By whom were you given icecream? 

Active: Whom did you call? 
Passive: Who was called by you? 

Active: How did you do it? 
Passive: How was it done by you? 

Active: I do not like puffed rice? 
Passive: Puffed rice is not liked by me? 

Active: Had you not called him? 
Passive: Had he not been called by you? 

Active: I have fought a good fight. 
Passive: A good fight has been fought by me. 

Active: They have stood the table against the wall. 
Passive: The table has been stood against the wall by them. 

Active: We tallked of them. 
Passive: They were tallked of by us. 

Active: There are lots of things to do. 
Passive: There are lots of things to be done. 

Active: You have to admit this. 
Passive: This has to be admitted by you. 

Active: Someone has stolen my car. 
Passive: My car has been stolen. 

Active: Honey tastes sweet. 
Passive: Honey is sweet when it is tasted. 

Active: The cow is milking. 
Passive: The cow is being milked. 

— Hamim Hossain Mandal (Bulbul) Jhowbona, Nowda, Murshidabad.

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