Class 8 Active and Passive Voice English Grammar - Importance of English Grammar for Class 8 Students
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Todi, Gudha Gorji, Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan 333022In today’s lesson, we will discuss the essential topic of English grammar, “voices”. Voices denote how information is presented. There are two types which are active and passive. In this article example sentences of active and passive voice along with answers have been illustrated. Practice questions and solved examples of the topic are given throughout the article for better understanding and concept clarity. Let’s begin the journey on this important topic.
Grammar
Voice
Voice refers to how a piece of information or conversation is presented.
Active Voice and Passive Voice
There are two types of voices which are active and passive.
Active voice is used the subject is a doer of an action. For example, She loves flowers.
Passive voice is used when the subject is the receiver of an action. For example, Flowers are loved by her.
Examples of these according to different tenses are given below.
Changing from Active to Passive Voice
Simple Tenses
1. Simple Present Tense
2. Simple Past Tense
3. Simple Future Tense
Continuous Tenses
1. Present Continuous Tense
2. Past Continuous Tense
3. Perfect Tense
Difficult Words with Meanings
Summary
In this chapter, we discussed the concept of parts of voices. Voices denote how information is presented. There are two types which are active and passive. In this article example sentences along with answers have been illustrated. While passive voice can assist avoid needless repetition, active voice frequently increases intelligibility. By making it plain to the reader who is acting in the sentence, an active voice can help assure intelligibility. The subject of the sentence is the one who receives the action, which was highlighted by the passive voice. The action's performer may or may not be named later in the text when utilising the passive voice. Example sentences along with answers have been illustrated. We then discussed different types of voices.
Practice Questions
Convert the given sentences into passive voice
1. We shall eat the fruits.
2. She bought a new purse.
3. He hates bitter gourds.
4. Joey doesn’t waste water.
5. She conserves the environment.
6. She was hiding the pretty dress.
7. She stitched the dress.
8. He moved the cupboard out of the room.
9. The editor published the article.
10. The reader enjoyed the book.
Answers:
Convert the given sentences into passive voice
1. The fruits shall be eaten by us.
2. A new purse was bought by her.
3. Bitter gourds are hated by him.
4. Water isn’t wasted by Joey.
5. The environment is conserved by her.
6. The pretty dress was being hidden by her.
7. The dress was stitched by her.
8. The cupboard was moved out of the room by him.
9. The article was published by the editor.
10. The book was enjoyed by the reader.
