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Below is a step-by-step guide on Active and Passive Voice along with 20 examples:
Teaching Active and Passive Voice to 10th-grade students requires a structured approach with clear explanations, engaging examples, and interactive practice. Below is a step-by-step guide along with 20 examples and effective teaching tips.
1. Introduction to Voice in Grammar
- Explain that voice indicates whether the subject performs or receives the action.
- Active Voice: Subject does the action.
- Example: Rahul (subject) writes (verb) a letter (object).
- Passive Voice: Subject receives the action.
- Example: A letter (subject) is written (verb) by Rahul (agent).
2. Rules for Conversion (Active → Passive)
- Identify the subject, verb, and object in the active sentence.
- Make the object the subject in passive voice.
- Use the correct form of “be” + past participle of the main verb.
- Add “by” + original subject (if necessary).
| Tense | Active Voice | Passive Voice |
|---|---|---|
| Simple Present | She writes a letter. | A letter is written by her. |
| Present Continuous | She is writing a letter. | A letter is being written by her. |
| Present Perfect | She has written a letter. | A letter has been written by her. |
| Simple Past | She wrote a letter. | A letter was written by her. |
| Past Continuous | She was writing a letter. | A letter was being written by her. |
| Past Perfect | She had written a letter. | A letter had been written by her. |
| Simple Future | She will write a letter. | A letter will be written by her. |
| Modal Verbs | She can write a letter. | A letter can be written by her. |
20 Examples for Practice
Active to Passive Conversion
- Active: The teacher teaches the students.
Passive: The students are taught by the teacher. - Active: She sings a song.
Passive: A song is sung by her. - Active: They are playing football.
Passive: Football is being played by them. - Active: He has completed the work.
Passive: The work has been completed by him. - Active: The police caught the thief.
Passive: The thief was caught by the police. - Active: She was baking a cake.
Passive: A cake was being baked by her. - Active: They had finished the project.
Passive: The project had been finished by them. - Active: The company will launch a new product.
Passive: A new product will be launched by the company. - Active: You must follow the rules.
Passive: The rules must be followed by you. - Active: Someone stole my bike.
Passive: My bike was stolen (by someone).
Passive to Active Conversion
- Passive: The book was read by me.
Active: I read the book. - Passive: A new mall is being built here.
Active: They are building a new mall here. - Passive: The match will be won by our team.
Active: Our team will win the match. - Passive: The food had been cooked by her.
Active: She had cooked the food. - Passive: The keys were lost by him.
Active: He lost the keys.
Mixed Examples
- Active: The dog bit the boy.
Passive: The boy was bitten by the dog. - Active: The storm destroyed the village.
Passive: The village was destroyed by the storm. - Active: The government announced a new policy.
Passive: A new policy was announced by the government. - Active: People speak English worldwide.
Passive: English is spoken worldwide (by people). - Active: We should respect elders.
Passive: Elders should be respected (by us).
Also Read: 20 Examples of Active Voice to Passive Voice Sentences covering all tenses
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