Chapter: Voice
đ Vocabulary
English Grammar and Composition Class Seven
â Most Important Exam Words
voiceactivepassivesubjectobjectagentreceiverauxiliarypast participletransformconvertinterrogativeimperativeorderrequestadvicesuggestionprohibitionpresent simplepresent continuouspresent perfectpast simplepast continuouspast perfectfuture simplefuture perfectestablishannounceinviteensureencourageallowwrittenbrokentaughtcompletedstarted
đ Word Formation Rules
âē Active voice-āĻāϰ object passive voice-āĻ subject āĻšāϝāĻŧ: The boy opened the door. â The door was opened by the boy.
âē Passive voice-āĻāϰ āĻāĻ āύ: subject + appropriate form of be + past participle + by + agent.
âē Present simple passive: am/is/are + past participle.
âē Present continuous passive: am/is/are being + past participle.
âē Present perfect passive: has/have been + past participle.
âē Past simple passive: was/were + past participle.
âē Past continuous passive: was/were being + past participle.
âē Past perfect passive: had been + past participle.
âē Future simple passive: will be + past participle.
âē Future perfect passive: will have been + past participle.
âē Interrogative passive-āĻ auxiliary verb subject-āĻāϰ āĻāĻā§ āĻŦāϏā§: Does he write a letter? â Is a letter written by him?
âē Wh-question-āĻ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύāĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ
āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāϰā§āϤāĻŋāϤ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§: Why did you write it? â Why was it written by you?
âē Imperative passive: Let + object + be + past participle.
âē Negative imperative passive: Let not + object + be + past participle.
âē Active subject-āĻāϰ pronoun passive-āĻ by-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠object form āύā§āϝāĻŧ: I â me, we â us, he â him, she â her, they â them.
1. Voice and Sentence Basics (8 words)
voice[/vÉÉĒs/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻāĻŖā§āĻ āϏā§āĻŦāϰ; āĻā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻāϰā§āϤāĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻāϰā§āĻŽā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻļāĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋ
Alt: āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ
Example: Voice shows whether the subject does or receives an action.
Syn: expression
đĄ Exam tip: Active voice-āĻ subject āĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāϰā§; passive voice-āĻ subject āĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
active[/ËÃĻktÉĒv/]adjeasy
Meaning: āϏāĻā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ
Alt: āĻāĻžāĻ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĻāύāĻāĻžāϰā§
Example: The boy opened the door in the active voice.
Syn: energeticAnt: passive
đĄ Exam tip: Active voice-āĻāϰ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻāĻ āύ: subject + verb + object.
passive[/ËpÃĻsÉĒv/]adjeasy
Meaning: āύāĻŋāώā§āĻā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ
Alt: āĻāĻžāĻ āĻā§āϰāĻšāĻŖāĻāĻžāϰā§
Example: The door was opened by the boy in the passive voice.
Syn: inactiveAnt: active
đĄ Exam tip: Passive voice-āĻāϰ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻāĻ āύ: subject + be + past participle + by + agent.
subject[/ËsĘbdĘÉĒkt/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻāϰā§āϤāĻž
Alt: āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝā§āϰ āϝ⧠āĻ
āĻāĻļ āĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāϰ⧠āĻŦāĻž āϝāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāϰā§āĻā§ āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ
Example: Robi is the subject of the active sentence.
Syn: doerAnt: object
đĄ Exam tip: Active sentence-āĻāϰ object passive sentence-āĻ subject āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
object[/ËÉbdĘÉĒkt/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻāϰā§āĻŽ
Alt: āϝāĻžāϰ āĻāĻĒāϰ āĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāύā§āύ āĻšāϝāĻŧ
Example: A storybook is the object of the verb reading.
Syn: receiverAnt: subject
đĄ Exam tip: Object āύāĻž āĻĨāĻžāĻāϞ⧠āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ active āĻĨā§āĻā§ passive āĻāϰāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ āύāĻžāĨ¤
agent[/ËeÉĒdĘÉnt/]nounmedium
Meaning: āĻāϰā§āϤāĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻžāĻā§āϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĻāύāĻāĻžāϰā§
Alt: passive āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ⧠by-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰā§āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāϏā§āϤā§
Example: The agent is mentioned after by in a passive sentence.
Syn: doerAnt: receiver
đĄ Exam tip: Agent āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§āĻāύ āύāĻž āĻšāϞ⧠passive āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ⧠by-phrase āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
action[/ËÃĻkĘÉn/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻāĻžāĻ
Alt: āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻŋāϤ āĻāĻžāϰā§āϝāĻāϞāĻžāĻĒ
Example: The verb describes an action performed by the subject.
Syn: deedAnt: inaction
đĄ Exam tip: Voice āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāϰā§āϤāύā§āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ action-āĻāϰ tense āĻ
āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāϰā§āϤāĻŋāϤ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
receiver[/rÉĒËsiËvÉ/]nounmedium
Meaning: āĻā§āϰāĻšāĻŖāĻāĻžāϰā§
Alt: āϝ⧠āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāϏā§āϤ⧠āĻāĻžāĻā§āϰ āĻĢāϞ āĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧ
Example: The receiver of the action becomes the passive subject.
Syn: recipientAnt: doer
đĄ Exam tip: Passive voice-āĻ receiver-āĻā§ sentence-āĻāϰ āĻļā§āϰā§āϤ⧠āĻŦāϏāĻžāϤ⧠āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
2. Verb Forms and Transformation (8 words)
auxiliary[/ÉËÉĄËzÉĒliÉri/]nounmedium
Meaning: āϏāĻšāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ āĻā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž
Alt: āĻŽā§āϞ āĻā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻā§ tense āĻŦāĻž voice āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻļā§ āϏāĻšāĻžāϝāĻŧāϤāĻž āĻāϰ⧠āĻāĻŽāύ verb
Example: Is is the auxiliary verb in the passive sentence.
Syn: helping verbAnt: main verb
đĄ Exam tip: Passive voice-āĻ tense āĻ
āύā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧā§ be-āĻāϰ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ form āĻŦāϏā§āĨ¤
participle[/pÉËËtÉĒsÉĒpÉl/]nounmedium
Meaning: āĻā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āώ āϰā§āĻĒ
Alt: verb-āĻāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āώāϤ past participle form
Example: Written is the past participle of write.
Syn: verb form
đĄ Exam tip: Passive voice-āĻ main verb-āĻāϰ past participle āĻ
āĻŦāĻļā§āϝāĻ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
transform[/trÃĻnsËfÉËm/]verbmedium
Meaning: āϰā§āĻĒāĻžāύā§āϤāϰ āĻāϰāĻž
Alt: āĻāĻ āϰā§āĻĒ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻ
āύā§āϝ āϰā§āĻĒā§ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāϰā§āϤāύ āĻāϰāĻž
Example: Transform the active sentence into the passive voice.
Syn: change, convertAnt: retain
đĄ Exam tip: Voice transformation-āĻ meaning āĻ
āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāϰā§āϤāĻŋāϤ āϰāĻžāĻāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
convert[/kÉnËvÉËt/]verbmedium
Meaning: āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāϰā§āϤāύ āĻāϰāĻž
Alt: āĻāĻ āϧāϰāύā§āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻā§ āĻ
āύā§āϝ āϧāϰāύā§āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ⧠āϰā§āĻĒ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
Example: We convert the object into the subject in passive voice.
Syn: transform, changeAnt: preserve
đĄ Exam tip: āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽā§ object āĻāĻŋāĻšā§āύāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰ⧠passive-āĻāϰ āĻļā§āϰā§āϤ⧠āĻŦāϏāĻžāĻāĨ¤
retain[/rÉĒËteÉĒn/]verbmedium
Meaning: āĻŦāĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϰāĻžāĻāĻž
Alt: āĻāĻā§āϰ āĻ
āĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϧāϰ⧠āϰāĻžāĻāĻž
Example: The interrogative form is retained after changing the voice.
Syn: keep, preserveAnt: remove
đĄ Exam tip: Question āĻšāϞ⧠passive-āĻāĻ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύāĻŦā§āϧāĻ āĻāĻ āύ āĻŦāĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
written[/ËrÉĒtÉn/]verbeasy
Meaning: āϞāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϤ; āϞā§āĻāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§
Alt: write-āĻāϰ past participle
Example: The letter was written by Jahid.
Syn: recordedAnt: erased
đĄ Exam tip: write-āĻāϰ past participle written, writed āύāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
broken[/ËbrÉĘkÉn/]verbeasy
Meaning: āĻāĻžāĻāĻž
Alt: break-āĻāϰ past participle
Example: The glass was broken by Mira.
Syn: damaged, shatteredAnt: mended
đĄ Exam tip: break-āĻāϰ āϤāĻŋāύ āϰā§āĻĒ: break, broke, brokenāĨ¤
taught[/tÉËt/]verbeasy
Meaning: āĻļā§āĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§
Alt: teach-āĻāϰ past tense āĻ past participle
Example: We were taught English by the teacher.
Syn: instructedAnt: misled
đĄ Exam tip: teach-āĻāϰ āϤāĻŋāύ āϰā§āĻĒ: teach, taught, taughtāĨ¤
3. Tenses in Passive Voice (8 words)
present[/ËprezÉnt/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻŦāϰā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻāĻžāϞ
Alt: āĻāĻāύāĻāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ
Example: English is spoken all over the world.
Syn: currentAnt: past
đĄ Exam tip: Present simple passive: am/is/are + past participleāĨ¤
continuous[/kÉnËtÉĒnjuÉs/]adjmedium
Meaning: āĻāϞāĻŽāĻžāύ
Alt: āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϞāϤ⧠āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻž
Example: A letter is being written by me.
Syn: ongoingAnt: finished
đĄ Exam tip: Present continuous passive: am/is/are being + past participleāĨ¤
perfect[/ËpÉËfÉĒkt/]adjmedium
Meaning: āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāύā§āύ
Alt: āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻĒā§āϰāĻŋ āĻļā§āώ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§ āĻāĻŽāύ
Example: The work has been finished by her.
Syn: completedAnt: unfinished
đĄ Exam tip: Present perfect passive: has/have been + past participleāĨ¤
past[/pÉËst/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻ
āϤā§āϤ āĻāĻžāϞ
Alt: āĻāϤāĻŋāĻŽāϧā§āϝ⧠āĻ
āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ
Example: A snake was killed by me.
Syn: formerAnt: future
đĄ Exam tip: Past simple passive: was/were + past participleāĨ¤
future[/ËfjuËtĘÉ/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻāĻŦāĻŋāώā§āϝ⧠āĻāĻžāϞ
Alt: āĻĒāϰāĻŦāϰā§āϤ⧠āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ
Example: A watch will be bought by her.
Syn: forthcomingAnt: past
đĄ Exam tip: Future simple passive: will be + past participleāĨ¤
completed[/kÉmËpliËtÉĒd/]verbeasy
Meaning: āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāύā§āύ āĻāϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§
Alt: āĻļā§āώ āĻāϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§
Example: The assignment had been completed by them.
Syn: finishedAnt: begun
đĄ Exam tip: complete-āĻāϰ past participle completedāĨ¤
started[/ËstÉËtÉĒd/]verbmedium
Meaning: āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻāϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§
Alt: āĻāϰāĻŽā§āĻ āĻāϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§
Example: The job will have been started by you.
Syn: begun, commencedAnt: ended
đĄ Exam tip: Future perfect passive: will have been + past participleāĨ¤
tense[/tens/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻāĻžāϞ
Alt: āĻā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻĻā§āĻļāĻ āϰā§āĻĒ
Example: Mention the tense of the verb after changing the voice.
Syn: time
đĄ Exam tip: Tense āĻŦāĻĻāϞāĻžāύ⧠āϝāĻžāĻŦā§ āύāĻž; āĻļā§āϧ⧠auxiliary āĻ word order āĻŦāĻĻāϞāĻžāĻŦā§āĨ¤
4. Interrogative Sentences (8 words)
interrogative[/ËÉĒntÉËrÉÉĄÉtÉĒv/]adjmedium
Meaning: āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύāĻŦā§āϧāĻ
Alt: āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻļ āĻāϰ⧠āĻāĻŽāύ
Example: An interrogative sentence ends with a question mark.
Syn: questioningAnt: assertive
đĄ Exam tip: Active āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ passive āĻāϰāϞā§āĻ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύāĻŦā§āϧāĻ āϰā§āĻĒ āĻŦāĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϰāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
question[/ËkwestĘÉn/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ
Alt: āĻāϤā§āϤāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤā§āϝāĻžāĻļā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ
Example: The question begins with does in the active voice.
Syn: queryAnt: answer
đĄ Exam tip: Auxiliary verb passive āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝā§āϰ āĻļā§āϰā§āϤ⧠āĻŦāϏā§āĨ¤
auxiliary[/ÉËÉĄËzÉĒliÉri/]nounmedium
Meaning: āϏāĻšāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ āĻā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž
Alt: āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āĻŦāĻž passive āĻāĻ āύ⧠āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§āϤ helping verb
Example: Has is placed before the subject in the question.
Syn: helping verbAnt: lexical verb
đĄ Exam tip: do/does/did-āĻāϰ passive-āĻ āϝāĻĨāĻžāĻā§āϰāĻŽā§ am/is/are āĻŦāĻž was/were āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
whose[/huËz/]adjmedium
Meaning: āĻāĻžāϰ
Alt: āĻā§āύ āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āĻŽāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻāĻžāύāĻž āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ
Example: Whose book was taken by the boy?
Syn: of whom
đĄ Exam tip: Wh-word āĻĨāĻžāĻāϞ⧠passive-āĻ āĻāĻāĻ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύāĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āϰāĻžāĻāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
whom[/huËm/]pronounmedium
Meaning: āĻāĻžāĻā§; āϝāĻžāĻā§
Alt: āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ object pronoun
Example: By whom was the glass broken?
Syn: which person
đĄ Exam tip: Who broke the glass? â By whom was the glass broken?
where[/weÉ/]adveasy
Meaning: āĻā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧ
Alt: āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻĻā§āĻļāĻ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύāĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
Example: Where can the box be kept by you?
Syn: in what place
đĄ Exam tip: Where, when, why, how passive-āĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝā§āϰ āĻļā§āϰā§āϤā§āĻ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
receive[/rÉĒËsiËv/]verbeasy
Meaning: āĻā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻāϰāĻž
Alt: āĻĒāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
Example: Did you receive my letter?
Syn: get, acceptAnt: send
đĄ Exam tip: Did you receive my letter? â Was my letter received by you?
draw[/drÉË/]verbeasy
Meaning: āĻāĻāĻāĻž
Alt: āĻāĻŋāϤā§āϰ āϤā§āϰāĻŋ āĻāϰāĻž
Example: Does your brother draw a picture?
Syn: sketch, paintAnt: erase
đĄ Exam tip: draw-āĻāϰ past participle drawnāĨ¤
5. Imperative Sentences (8 words)
imperative[/ÉĒmËperÉtÉĒv/]adjmedium
Meaning: āĻāĻā§āĻāĻžāϏā§āĻāĻ
Alt: āĻāĻĻā§āĻļ, āĻ
āύā§āϰā§āϧ, āĻĒāϰāĻžāĻŽāϰā§āĻļ āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻĒāĻĻā§āĻļ āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻļāĻāĻžāϰā§
Example: Bring the book is an imperative sentence.
Syn: commandingAnt: interrogative
đĄ Exam tip: Imperative passive-āĻāϰ āĻāĻ āύ: Let + object + be + past participleāĨ¤
order[/ËÉËdÉ/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻāĻĻā§āĻļ
Alt: āĻā§āύ⧠āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻĻā§āĻļ
Example: The teacher gave an order to open the door.
Syn: command, instructionAnt: prohibition
đĄ Exam tip: Bring it home. â Let it be brought home.
request[/rÉĒËkwest/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻ
āύā§āϰā§āϧ
Alt: āĻāĻĻā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
Example: She made a request to serve the food.
Syn: appeal, pleaAnt: demand
đĄ Exam tip: Request-āĻ imperative sentence-āĻāϰ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰāĨ¤
advice[/ÉdËvaÉĒs/]nounmedium
Meaning: āĻĒāϰāĻžāĻŽāϰā§āĻļ
Alt: āĻāĻžāϞ⧠āĻāĻžāĻā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻĻā§āĻļāύāĻž
Example: The doctor gave me useful advice.
Syn: guidance, suggestionAnt: misguidance
đĄ Exam tip: Advice uncountable noun; advices āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ āĻā§āϞāĨ¤
suggestion[/sÉËdĘestĘÉn/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻĒāϰāĻžāĻŽāϰā§āĻļ āĻŦāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāϏā§āϤāĻžāĻŦ
Alt: āĻā§āύ⧠āĻāĻžāĻā§āϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻŦā§āϝ āĻāĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧ
Example: Her suggestion was accepted by the committee.
Syn: proposal, adviceAnt: rejection
đĄ Exam tip: Imperative sentence āĻāĻĻā§āĻļā§āϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻļāĻžāĻĒāĻžāĻļāĻŋ suggestion-āĻ āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻļ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĨ¤
prohibition[/ËprÉĘÉĒËbÉĒĘÉn/]nounhard
Meaning: āύāĻŋāώā§āϧ
Alt: āĻā§āύ⧠āĻāĻžāĻ āύāĻž āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻĻā§āĻļ
Example: The prohibition was announced by the authority.
Syn: ban, restrictionAnt: permission
đĄ Exam tip: Do not + verb â Let not + object + be + past participleāĨ¤
paint[/peÉĒnt/]verbeasy
Meaning: āϰāĻ āĻāϰāĻž
Alt: āϰāĻā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϞā§āĻĒ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
Example: Paint the wall.
Syn: colour, decorateAnt: strip
đĄ Exam tip: Paint the wall. â Let the wall be painted.
allow[/ÉËlaĘ/]verbeasy
Meaning: āĻ
āύā§āĻŽāϤāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
Alt: āĻā§āύ⧠āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
Example: Students are not allowed to enter the room.
Syn: permit, letAnt: forbid
đĄ Exam tip: Passive voice-āĻ allow-āĻāϰ past participle allowedāĨ¤
6. Uses of Passive Voice (8 words)
scientific[/ËsaÉĒÉnËtÉĒfÉĒk/]adjmedium
Meaning: āĻŦā§āĻā§āĻāĻžāύāĻŋāĻ
Alt: āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻžāύāϏāĻāĻā§āϰāĻžāύā§āϤ
Example: Passive voice is common in scientific writing.
Syn: technicalAnt: unscientific
đĄ Exam tip: Scientific and technical writing-āĻ passive voice āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§āϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
historical[/hÉĒËstÉrÉĒkÉl/]adjmedium
Meaning: āĻāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏāĻŋāĻ
Alt: āĻāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏāϏāĻāĻā§āϰāĻžāύā§āϤ
Example: Passive voice is used in historical texts.
Syn: historicAnt: modern
đĄ Exam tip: Our Liberation War was fought in 1971âāĻāĻāĻžāύ⧠passive āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
establish[/ÉĒËstÃĻblÉĒĘ/]verbmedium
Meaning: āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻž āĻāϰāĻž
Alt: āĻā§āύ⧠āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻžāύ āĻŦāĻž āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻž āĻāĻžāϞ⧠āĻāϰāĻž
Example: The school was established in 1926.
Syn: found, set upAnt: abolish
đĄ Exam tip: establish-āĻāϰ passive: was establishedāĨ¤
announce[/ÉËnaĘns/]verbeasy
Meaning: āĻā§āώāĻŖāĻž āĻāϰāĻž
Alt: āϏāĻŦāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻŽāύ⧠āĻā§āύ⧠āϤāĻĨā§āϝ āĻāĻžāύāĻžāύā§
Example: The result was announced by the head teacher.
Syn: declare, proclaimAnt: conceal
đĄ Exam tip: Announcement-āĻ passive voice āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§āϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
advertise[/ËÃĻdvÉtaÉĒz/]verbmedium
Meaning: āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
Alt: āĻā§āύ⧠āĻĒāĻŖā§āϝ āĻŦāĻž āϏā§āĻŦāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāĻž
Example: The new product was advertised on television.
Syn: promote, publicizeAnt: suppress
đĄ Exam tip: Advertisement-āĻ doer-āĻāϰ āĻā§āϝāĻŧā§ product āĻŦāĻž service-āĻā§ āĻā§āϰā§āϤā§āĻŦ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
invite[/ÉĒnËvaÉĒt/]verbeasy
Meaning: āĻāĻŽāύā§āϤā§āϰāĻŖ āĻāϰāĻž
Alt: āĻā§āύ⧠āĻ
āύā§āώā§āĻ āĻžāύ āĻŦāĻž āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧠āĻāϏāϤ⧠āĻŦāϞāĻž
Example: I was invited to attend the party.
Syn: ask, requestAnt: exclude
đĄ Exam tip: I was invitedâāĻāĻāĻŋ past simple passive-āĻāϰ āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖāĨ¤
ensure[/ÉĒnËĘĘÉ/]verbmedium
Meaning: āύāĻŋāĻļā§āĻāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰāĻž
Alt: āĻā§āύ⧠āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧ āύāĻŋāĻļā§āĻāĻŋāϤāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻāĻžāύā§
Example: Your comfort is ensured during the journey.
Syn: guarantee, secureAnt: endanger
đĄ Exam tip: Advertisement-āĻ Your comfort is ensured āϧāϰāύā§āϰ passive āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
encourage[/ÉĒnËkĘrÉĒdĘ/]verbmedium
Meaning: āĻā§āϏāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰāĻž
Alt: āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒā§āϰā§āϰāĻŖāĻž āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
Example: All workers are encouraged to work hard.
Syn: motivate, inspireAnt: discourage
đĄ Exam tip: Modal āĻŦāĻž habitual statement-āĻ encouraged to āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§āϤ āĻšāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĨ¤
đĄ Exam Tips
âĸ Voice āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāϰā§āϤāύā§āϰ āĻāĻā§ active sentence-āĻāϰ subject, verb āĻāĻŦāĻ object āĻāĻŋāĻšā§āύāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
âĸ Object āύāĻž āĻĨāĻžāĻāϞ⧠āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻāĻŋ passive voice-āĻ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāϰā§āϤāύ āĻāϰāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ āύāĻžāĨ¤
âĸ Main verb-āĻāϰ past participle form āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
âĸ Tense āĻ
āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāϰā§āϤāĻŋāϤ āϰā§āĻā§ āĻļā§āϧ⧠passive auxiliary āĻāĻŦāĻ word order āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāϰā§āϤāύ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
âĸ Passive sentence-āĻ agent āĻ
āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§āĻāύā§āϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻž āĻ
āĻāĻžāύāĻž āĻšāϞ⧠by-phrase āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
âĸ Interrogative sentence passive āĻāϰāϞā§āĻ question mark āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύā§āϰ āϧāϰāύ āĻŦāĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
âĸ Do, does āĻāĻŦāĻ did-āϝā§āĻā§āϤ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ passive āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ tense āĻ
āύā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧā§ be verb āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
âĸ Imperative sentence passive āĻāϰāϤ⧠Let + object + be + past participle āĻŽāύ⧠āϰāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
âĸ Present perfect continuous, past perfect continuous, future continuous āĻāĻŦāĻ future perfect continuous-āĻāϰ passive āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§āϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ āύāĻžāĨ¤
âĸ āĻĻā§āĻāĻŋ object āĻĨāĻžāĻāϞ⧠āϝā§āĻā§āύ⧠āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ object passive subject āĻšāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§: English is taught to us āĻŦāĻž We are taught EnglishāĨ¤
âĸ Pronoun āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāϰā§āϤāύ⧠āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āώ āϏāϤāϰā§āĻ āĻšāĻ: he â him, she â her, they â them, I â meāĨ¤
âĸ Passive voice-āĻāϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ scientific writing, historical text, notice, announcement, advertisement, process āĻāĻŦāĻ rules-āĻāĨ¤