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Alqassar Institue of Health Sciences Dera Ismail Khan Lecturer: Waqar Ahmad Date: 01-04-2020 Topic: Active and Passive Voice

The document discusses active and passive voice. It defines active voice as focusing on the subject, while passive voice focuses on the object. It provides examples of sentences in active and passive voice. Transitive verbs are defined as needing an object to convey meaning, while intransitive verbs do not. The importance of passive voice in formal writing, business English, news, and essays is covered. Formulas for changing sentences to passive voice in the present, past, and future tenses are also outlined.

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Alqassar Institue of Health Sciences Dera Ismail Khan Lecturer: Waqar Ahmad Date: 01-04-2020 Topic: Active and Passive Voice

The document discusses active and passive voice. It defines active voice as focusing on the subject, while passive voice focuses on the object. It provides examples of sentences in active and passive voice. Transitive verbs are defined as needing an object to convey meaning, while intransitive verbs do not. The importance of passive voice in formal writing, business English, news, and essays is covered. Formulas for changing sentences to passive voice in the present, past, and future tenses are also outlined.

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Lecture 01

Alqassar Institue of Health Sciences Dera Ismail Khan

Lecturer: Waqar Ahmad

Date: 01-04-2020

Topic: Active and Passive Voice


What is Active and Passive voice?

Active Voice: The focus is on the Subject. We are aware of the Subject (faail-kaam karne wala)
and importance is given to subject. E.g I read a book. (S+V+O)

Passive Voice: The focus is on the Object. Sometimes we do not find any subject in passive
voice and more importance is given to object (mafool- jis per kaam kiya jaye). E.g
The book is read (by me). (O+V+S)

Transitive Verb: A verb which is unable to convey its complete meaning is transitive verb. E.g
I eat mangoes. He writes a letter. We play Cricket. They watch T.V.

Intransitive Verb: A verb that does not need any object to convey its complete meaning. E.g
I sleep. He laughs. The sun rises. The bird flies.

Note: We cannot make passive voice of Intransitive verb.

Some Examples:
1.I read a book.
2. She made food.
3. He will go to college.
4. You are invited.
5. She was informed.
6. He will be punished.
7. I was frightened.
8. He was delighted.
9. I was born in D.I. Khan.
10. G.P.O is situated on the circular road.
11. My shoes are made of leather.

What is the Importance of Passive Voice?


1. When there is no need of Subject.
2. Formal writings
3.Business English
4.News, etc
5.Essay writing
How to make passive voice sentences?

We need to remember some Formulas.

Present Indefinite:

Object+ Helping Verb (Is/am/are) +Verb (third form) + subject (Present)

Active Voice Passive voice

They invite me. I am invited (by them).


I help him. He is helped (by me).
We wait for them. They are waited for (by us).

Past Indefinite:

O + H.V (was/were) + V3 + S
Active Voice Passive Voice
They invited me. I was invited (by them).

Future Indefinite:

O + H.V (will be/ Shall be) + V3 + S

Active Voice Passive Voice


They will invite me. I will be invited (by them).

I will help him. He will be helped (by me).

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