🗣️ What is Voice?
Voice in grammar tells us whether the subject of a sentence performs the action or receives it. A sentence can only be in passive voice if its verb is transitive — meaning it takes a direct object. Intransitive verbs (sleep, laugh, arrive, rise) cannot be made passive.
The structure of every sentence is: Subject → Verb → Object (S-V-O). When we change to passive: the Object becomes the new Subject, the verb changes to be + V3, and the original Subject moves to the end as a “by” phrase.
She writes a letter.
A letter is written by her.
The verb rise is intransitive. The sentence “The sun rises in the east” because it has no object to become the new subject.
In “The dog bit the boy”, the passive form is: “The boy by the dog.”
A sentence can be made passive only if the main verb is: (it must have a direct object).
Q1Which of the following sentences is in the Passive Voice?
Q2Identify the voice of: "Mangoes are sold here."
Q3Which sentence CANNOT be converted into the passive voice?
🏆 The Golden Formula
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🔧 Modals in Passive Voice
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🔄 Pronoun Changes
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⚡ Special Cases
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❓ Imperative & Question Sentences
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🎯 Exam Shortcuts & Common Errors
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