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Active passive voice rules part – 1
Active passive voice rules part – 2
| Active | Passive | |
| 23. | Imperative suggestion | |
| Let us play together. | It is suggested that we should play together.
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| Let us work. | It is suggested that we should work.
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| 24. | Imperative intransitive (order, advice) | |
| Come here. | You are advised to come here. | |
| Work hard. | You are advised to work hard. | |
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| 25. | Imperative: indirect speech command / request | |
| I requested them not to make noise. | They were requested not to make noise. | |
| He advised me to take some exercise. | I was advised to take some exercise. | |
| 26. | Negative Imperative | |
| Do not tell a lie. | Let a lie not be told. Or Let not a lie be told.
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| Do not beat the child. | Let the child not be beaten. Or Let not the child be beaten.
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| 27. | Interrogative: indirect questions (yes/no) | |
| Did the solve the problem? | Was the problem solved? | |
| Was the doctor examining the patients? | Were the patients being examined by the doctor? | |
| 28. | Direct questions with object | |
| How was he doing it? | How was it being done by him? | |
| Why do people speak English everywhere? | Why is English spoken everywhere? | |
| 29. | Direct question without object | |
| Whom have you helped? | Who has been helped by you? | |
| What has he done? | What has been done by him? | |
| 30. | Question in indirect speech | |
| I asked Jennifer if she was ill. | Jennifer was asked if she was ill. | |
| He asked me when I would return. | I was asked when I would return. | |
| 31. | Like/ love/ want/ wish +object + to + V1st | Like/ love/ want/ wish + object (passive) + to+ be+ V3rd |
| I like audience to respect me. | I like to be respected. | |
| He wants someone to take photographs. | He wants photographs to be taken. | |
| 32.
| Nobody/ No one as the subject | |
| Nobody can repair this broken vase. | This broken vase cannot be repaired. | |
| No one can believe a habitual liar. | A habitual liar cannot be believed. | |
| 33. | Complex sentences Principal clause+ that+ noun clause (object) | Verbs- believe, find, claim, consider, know, report, say, think. |
| People consider that he is wise. | He is considered wise. / He is considered to be wise. Or It is considered that he is wise.
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| Everyone thinks that the education system is bad. | The education system is thought to be bad. Or It is thought that the education system is bad.
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| 34. | Quasi-passive verbs/ Middle voice | There are some transitive verbs which, even in an active form, are sometimes used in a passive sense. |
| Verb+ Adjective | ||
| The flower smells sweet. | The flower is sweet when it is smelt. | |
| Those mangoes tasted sour. | Those mangoes were sour when they tasted. | |
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