Day - 23 | Introduction to Passive Voice

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24 July 2025

24 July 2025

Lesson - 23

Passive Voice | An Introduction

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Today's Summary

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Tense is a grammatical term which tells us the [timing] and the [nature] of the verb. It is only associated with the verb not with the subject or with the object. Mainly, tenses are of three types :

1. Present Tense
2. Past Tense
3. Future Tense

These main types tell us the timing of the verb. Each main tense is further classified into [FOUR sub-types]. These tell us the nature of the verb.

• Indefinite/Simple Tenses
• Continuous/Progressive Tenses
• Perfect/Complete Tenses
• Perfect-Continuous Tenses

But in Passive Voice, the following tenses are not in use :

1. Present Perfect Continuous Tense
2. Past Perfect Continuous Tense
3. Future Perfect Continuous Tense
4. Future Continuous Tenses

Passive Voice

Passive Voice is an Object-Oriented Sentence. It gives us the information about object. We should keep these facts in our mind while making any Passive Voice sentence.

1. Presence of [Object] in a Passive Voice sentence is compulsory.
   Cricket is played here.


2. Both [Object and Subject] too may be present in Passive Voice.
   Cricket is played here by them.


3. [Personal Pronouns] are used as the Object.
   I, We, You, They, He, She, It


4. [Indicative Pronouns] are used with 'by' as the Subject.
   by me, by us, by you, by him etc.


5. [Object-Verb Agreement] rule is followed in Passive Voice.
   - A book was purchased by me.
   - Some books were purchased by me.


6. The Main Verb is always used in its III form.
   

Exercise No. - 23

(Maximum Marks : 10)

1. Choose the correct alternative.

01. Passive Voice means _______.

02. No passive Voice is made of _______.

03. In Passive Voice, ________ pronoun is used as an object.

04. Helping Verbs of Past Indefinite tense in Passive Voice are ______.

05. In Active Voice, 'Had + been' belongs to ______.

2. Do as directed.

[AFF] = Affirmative | [NEG] = Negative | [ASSR] = Assertive | [INTR] = Interrogative | [IMPR] = Imperative | [EXCL] = Exclamatory | [QUE] = Question | [Q-What?] = Make Question with 'What?' | [PRS] = Present | [PST] = Past | [FTR] = Future | [PRS : 1, 2, 3, 4] = Sequentially the four types of Present Tense | [ACT-V] = Active Voice | [PSS-V] = Passive Voice | [CRCT] = Correct | [R-ARNG] = Re-Arrange | [CMPND] = Compound Sentence | [CMPLX] = Complex Sentence | [DR-NR] = Direct Narration | [IN-NR] = Indirect Narration | [N-CL] = Noun Clause | [ADJ-CL] = Adjective Clause | [ADV-CL] = Adverb Clause | [PNCT] = Punctuate.

06. वह अन्दर आया।

[ENG]

He came in.

07. वे बगीचे में बैठे हुए हैं।

[ENG]

They are sitting in the park.

08. हम आपका काम कर चुके होंगे।

[ENG]

We shall have done your work.

09. He has a book.

[NEG]

He doesn't have a book.

10. He invited me.

[PSSV]

I was invited by him.

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Today's Homework

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1. Compare the Important facts of Active and Passive Voices


2. Memorise the Helping Verbs of Passive Voice. They will be used further.

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