English Active and Passive Voice

To master active and passive voice, applicants are advised to practise a lot of questions. Active and passive voice exercises are given below on the page; candidates are advised to first solve the questions and then check the answers given below to it. Though it is required to practise questions, as many question as one can to gain the confidence.

For such kinds of sentences, Who will be converted to Whom and vice versa for making active to passive voice. Here, you is the subject and whom is the object.

Hence, the correct answer will be "Who has been called by you?" 

Passive voice is a type of sentence in which the subject receives the action instead of becoming the doer. Here, the focus will be on the object, and there will be a little focus on the subject or doer. I.e. A mango was eaten by Ram. In this sentence, the emphasis is on Mango instead of Ram. 

Active voice is a structure of a sentence where the doer is the subject that performs the action expressed by the verb. Here, the emphasis will be on the doer, making the sentence clear and direct.

For example, Siya was riding a bicycle. Here the emphasis is on Siya instead of on the bicycle.

The passive voice writing style is suitable for formal writing, scientific reports or any such situation where the subject is less important than the object, like the experiment was conducted. It highlights the action or result. In such style of writing object is doer instead of subject.

In normal English it is advised to write sentences in active voice only. Since the sentence structure of active voice is simple and easy to understand for a user, unless asked, we need to prioritize writing in active voice only. It is generally preferred for straightforward communication or in Technical writing.

Active voice occurs when the subject performs an action. While on the other hand, passive voice occurs when the subject receives the action.  Normally it is recommended to use active voice in writing, as sentences get complicated in passive voice.

To convert a sentence from active to passive voice, we first need to make the object of the active voice sentence the subject, then convert the sentence as per active-passive rules mentioned on the page above.  There are some exceptions also which we need to keep in mind while converting a sentence from active to passive voice.

Students who want to master the active and passive voice topics are advised to follow the questions mentioned on this page to practise. It will help them to develop an understanding about the active and passive topic.