English Grammar (subject verb object )

Only TRANSITIVE VERB has two voices - Active and Passive Voices

Subjects, Verb and Objects

• Subjects - One who does an action.
  
• Verb - Action is called verb.
  
• Objects - One who is affected by the action of subject.
  

Example

• The teacher punished the boy.
• Subject - teacher
• Verb - punished
• Object - boy

The teacher punished the boy. (Active Voice)
When this sentence is converted to passive voice the 'object' act as 'subject' and vice-versa.
The boy was punished by the teacher. (Passive Voice)

• Subject - boyTeacher
  
• Verb - punished
• Object - teacher

Example

• The dog bit the man. (Active Voice)
• The man was bitten by the dog. (Passive Voice)

I gave him a rupee. (Active Voice)
A rupee was given to him by me. (Passive Voice)
He was given a rupee by me. (Passive Voice)

When Active Voice contains two object the passive voice can be written in 2 forms such as..

Example

• The teacher gave me two books. (Active Voice)
• Two books were given to me by the teacher. (Passive Voice)
• I was given two books by the teacher. (Passive Voice)

Here 'two books'(Direct Object) and 'me'(Indirect Object) are the two objects.
I gave him a rupee. (Active Voice)
A rupee was given to him by me. (Passive Voice)
He was given a rupee by me. (Passive Voice)
If Active Voice contains 'Continous Form Of Verb(verb showing a continous action) then use 'being' with verb in Passive Voice

Example

• Juli is writing a letter. (Active Voice)
• A letter is being written by juli. (Passive Voice)

If Active Voice is in 'Perfect Tense' then use 'been' in Passive Voice

Example

• John has killed a snake. (Active Voice)
• A snake has been killed by John. (Passive Voice)

If Active Voice is in 'Future Tense' then use 'been' in Passive Voice

Example

• He will have brought some oranges. (Active Voice)
• Some oranges will have been brought by him. (Passive Voice)

✍️ T. A. Chandrashekhar