1. Active & passive Voice
Voice: Voice is the form of the verb that indicates
whether the subject of the sentence performs or
receives the action.
Examples.
I. He writes a letter.
II.A letter is written by him
III.They play cricket.
IV.Cricket is played by them.
V.He delivered a speech.
VI.A speech was delivered by him.

2. Active voice
A sentence where the action is directly done
by the active subject or the action is
performed by the subject, the verb is in the
active voice.
Examples:
I. He writes a letter.
II.They played cricket.
III.We have painted a picture.
IV.They are doing their work.

3. Passive Voice:
A sentence where the subject is passive and
receives the action of the verb is considered to be
in the passive voice.
Examples:
I. My work has been done.
II.You are taught English.
III.A song is sung by Mukesh .
IV.I am known to you.
V.Let it be done.
VI.Has his work been done by him?

4. To change a sentence of active into passive
voice, we have to follow the given instructions
Interchange the place of subject and object.
Use the passive form of the verb.
Add by or other preposition before the doer of an
action .
Change the form of personal pronoun .

5. Notes
I. Only transitive verbs can be used in passive voice.
II. Sentences in Perfect Continuous Tense and Future
Continuous Tense are not changed in to passive
voice.

6. Personal pronoun in passive
construction
Active Passive
I Me
We Us
He Him
She Her
They Them
The personal pronoun ‘you’ remains unchanged.

7. Personal pronoun in passive
construction
Active Passive
I Me
We Us
He Him
She Her
They Them
The personal pronoun ‘you’ remains unchanged.