 A Transitive Verb has two voices. active passive

 So, sentences can be in either active or passive voice.  In active voice the “doer (subject)” is important. We know the doer. Ali writes these stories. (Ali is the doer, “stories” is the object)  In passive voice we don’t know the “doer”, the “doer” is not important or the “doer” is obvious. The thieves were caught last night.

A VERB IS IN THE ACTIVE VOICE WHEN THE SUBJECT DOES SOMETHING OR IS ACTIVE. EXAMPLE: The hunter shot the bird. The hunter is the SUBJECT. IT HAS DONE SOMETHING. THE SUBJECT IS ACTIVE.

A VERB IS SAID TO BE PASSIVE WHEN SOMETHING IS DONE TO THE SUBJECT. EXAMPLE: The bird was shot by the hunter. The bird : is the SUBJECT Something is done to the subject.

STEP 1:OBJECT BECOMES SUBJECT.The hunter shot the bird.The bird

STEP 2 : VERB TO BE IN THE APPROPRIATE TENSE. The hunter shot the bird.The bird was

STEP 3 : USE THE PAST PARTICIPLE FORM OF THE VERB. The hunter shot the bird.The bird was shot

STEP 4 : (Optional) Add by to the subject. The hunter shot the bird.The bird was shot by the hunter.

FOR SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE USE : ISAM ARE

FOR SIMPLE PAST TENSE USE: WASWERE

Passive Voice Verb to be Past participle He was given a welcome

SUBJECTOBJECT IMe WEUs YOUYou HeHim SheHer It TheyThem Change of Pronoun

 She makes a cake on Sundays.  A cake is made by her on Sundays.  The secretary writes the letters  Letters are written by the secretary  We learn new words every day.  New words are learned by us every day.  The dog eats bone.  Bone is eaten by the dog.  Girls don’t play football.  Football is not played by the girls.  He doesn’t sell fruit.  Fruit is not sold by him.

 He saw Lisa in Antalya last year.  Lisa was seen in Antalya last year.  They wrote paragraphs yesterday.  Paragraphs were written by them yesterday.  The teacher didn’t answer the question.  The question was not answered by the teacher.  We didn’t decide the place for the party.  The place for the party was not decided by us.  She prepared this report.  This report was prepared by her.

 Do you remember the answers?  Are the answers remembered by you?  Does he sing “Forever young”?  Is “Forever young” sung by him?  Did they wash the dishes?  Were the dishes washed by them?  Did you visit him at the hospital?  Was he visited by you at the hospital?