Advanced Grammar upper_intermediate medium
The object becomes the subject; the doer moves to "by".
Advanced Grammar — Voice, narration, clauses and conditionals.
1. In passive voice the object becomes the subject: The rat was chased by the cat. 2. Form: be + past participle (+ by + agent). 3. The tense of "be" matches the active tense. 4. Use passive when the doer is unknown or unimportant: The window was broken.
Change: active object → passive subject; active verb → be + past participle; active subject → by + object. "The letter was written by Ravi".
हिंदी में
Passive voice में कर्म कर्ता बन जाता है — be + past participle + by। The rat was chased by the cat।
Q1. Choose the passive of: "They grow rice here."
Answer: Rice is grown here.
💡 Present passive: is + past participle.
Q2. Which sentence is in the passive voice?
Answer: The homework was finished by the students.
💡 Passive: object becomes subject + was + past participle.
Q3. Only transitive verbs can be used in the passive voice.
Answer: True
💡 Passive voice needs an object; intransitive verbs have no object.
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Open Passive Voice lesson → Free practice — Sign up| Topic | Level | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Active & Passive Voice | upper_intermediate | Who does the action (active) vs who receives it (passive). |
| Direct & Indirect Speech | upper_intermediate | Reporting what someone said, word-for-word or in your own words. |
| Active Voice | intermediate | The subject performs the action. |
| Direct Speech | upper_intermediate | The speaker's exact words inside quotation marks. |
| Indirect Speech | upper_intermediate | Reporting the meaning of speech without quotes. |
| Question Formation | elementary | Building yes/no and wh- questions. |
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