Tips & Tricks: Voices - Tips & Tricks for Government Exams - Bank Exams

Theory

Voice is a form of a verb that is used to show whether the subject is given more emphasis or the action done by the subject is given more emphasis. The subject of the voice of a sentence is a person, a thing, an action or a place whom the sentence is about.

Types

• Passive Voice
  When the sentence is in the passive voice, the object of the verb or the action of the subject or recipient of the action is given the main emphasis. It means that the doer of the action is passive and the object of the verb or the action of the subject or recipient of the action is active. Generally, when the sentence is in passive voice it starts with the object, action or receiver.
• Active Voice
  When the sentence or the verb is in the Active Voice, the doer or the actor of the subject is given more emphasis. It means the subject is active while his action is passive. Generally, when the sentence is in the active voice, it starts with the subject.

Rules

• Structure of the Sentence
  When the sentence is in the active voice, the structure of the sentence is Doer/ Actor+Verb+Object/ Action/Receiver
• We always use past participle verb with a passive voice. 
  Past participles verb has endings in -ed. Irregular past participle verb has endings in -en, -t, -d or -n.
• We always use a helping verb in a passive sentence.

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