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Class 6 to 8English Grammar and Composition Class Seven - Voice - Vocabulary

Chapter: Voice

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English Grammar and Composition Class Seven
⭐ Most Important Exam Words
voiceactivepassivesubjectobjectagentreceiverauxiliarypast participletransformconvertinterrogativeimperativeorderrequestadvicesuggestionprohibitionpresent simplepresent continuouspresent perfectpast simplepast continuouspast perfectfuture simplefuture perfectestablishannounceinviteensureencourageallowwrittenbrokentaughtcompletedstarted
📃 Word Formation Rules
â–ē Active voice-āĻāϰ object passive voice-āĻ subject āĻšāϝāĻŧ: The boy opened the door. → The door was opened by the boy.
â–ē Passive voice-āĻāϰ āĻ—āĻ āύ: subject + appropriate form of be + past participle + by + agent.
â–ē Present simple passive: am/is/are + past participle.
â–ē Present continuous passive: am/is/are being + past participle.
â–ē Present perfect passive: has/have been + past participle.
â–ē Past simple passive: was/were + past participle.
â–ē Past continuous passive: was/were being + past participle.
â–ē Past perfect passive: had been + past participle.
â–ē Future simple passive: will be + past participle.
â–ē Future perfect passive: will have been + past participle.
â–ē Interrogative passive-āĻ auxiliary verb subject-āĻāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āĻŦāϏ⧇: Does he write a letter? → Is a letter written by him?
â–ē Wh-question-āĻ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύāĻŦāĻžāϚāĻ• āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϟāĻŋ āĻ…āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāĻŋāϤ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇: Why did you write it? → Why was it written by you?
â–ē Imperative passive: Let + object + be + past participle.
â–ē Negative imperative passive: Let not + object + be + past participle.
â–ē Active subject-āĻāϰ pronoun passive-āĻ by-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ object form āύ⧇āϝāĻŧ: I → me, we → us, he → him, she → her, they → them.
1. Voice and Sentence Basics (8 words)
voice[/vɔÉĒs/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻ•āĻŖā§āĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϰ; āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āϤāĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§‡āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļāĻ­āĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻŋ
Alt: āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§āϝ
Example: Voice shows whether the subject does or receives an action.
Syn: expression
💡 Exam tip: Active voice-āĻ subject āĻ•āĻžāϜāϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇; passive voice-āĻ subject āĻ•āĻžāϜāϟāĻŋ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
active[/ˈÃĻktÉĒv/]adjeasy
Meaning: āϏāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ
Alt: āĻ•āĻžāϜ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĻāύāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀
Example: The boy opened the door in the active voice.
Syn: energeticAnt: passive
💡 Exam tip: Active voice-āĻāϰ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻ—āĻ āύ: subject + verb + object.
passive[/ˈpÃĻsÉĒv/]adjeasy
Meaning: āύāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ
Alt: āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀
Example: The door was opened by the boy in the passive voice.
Syn: inactiveAnt: active
💡 Exam tip: Passive voice-āĻāϰ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻ—āĻ āύ: subject + be + past participle + by + agent.
subject[/ˈsƌbdʒÉĒkt/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻ•āĻ°ā§āϤāĻž
Alt: āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āϝ⧇ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ āĻ•āĻžāϜāϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻŦāĻž āϝāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ
Example: Robi is the subject of the active sentence.
Syn: doerAnt: object
💡 Exam tip: Active sentence-āĻāϰ object passive sentence-āĻ subject āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
object[/ˈɒbdʒÉĒkt/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽ
Alt: āϝāĻžāϰ āĻ“āĻĒāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϜāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻšāϝāĻŧ
Example: A storybook is the object of the verb reading.
Syn: receiverAnt: subject
💡 Exam tip: Object āύāĻž āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϞ⧇ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ active āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ passive āĻ•āϰāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ āύāĻžāĨ¤
agent[/ˈeÉĒdʒənt/]nounmedium
Meaning: āĻ•āĻ°ā§āϤāĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻ•āĻžāĻœā§‡āϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĻāύāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀
Alt: passive āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇ by-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁
Example: The agent is mentioned after by in a passive sentence.
Syn: doerAnt: receiver
💡 Exam tip: Agent āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ āύāĻž āĻšāϞ⧇ passive āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇ by-phrase āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
action[/ˈÃĻkʃən/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻ•āĻžāϜ
Alt: āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ•āϞāĻžāĻĒ
Example: The verb describes an action performed by the subject.
Syn: deedAnt: inaction
💡 Exam tip: Voice āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ action-āĻāϰ tense āĻ…āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāĻŋāϤ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤
receiver[/rÉĒˈsiːvə/]nounmedium
Meaning: āĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀
Alt: āϝ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁ āĻ•āĻžāĻœā§‡āϰ āĻĢāϞ āĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧ
Example: The receiver of the action becomes the passive subject.
Syn: recipientAnt: doer
💡 Exam tip: Passive voice-āĻ receiver-āϕ⧇ sentence-āĻāϰ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁āϤ⧇ āĻŦāϏāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
2. Verb Forms and Transformation (8 words)
auxiliary[/ɔːɡˈzÉĒliəri/]nounmedium
Meaning: āϏāĻšāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ• āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž
Alt: āĻŽā§‚āϞ āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϕ⧇ tense āĻŦāĻž voice āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ⧇ āϏāĻšāĻžāϝāĻŧāϤāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻāĻŽāύ verb
Example: Is is the auxiliary verb in the passive sentence.
Syn: helping verbAnt: main verb
💡 Exam tip: Passive voice-āĻ tense āĻ…āύ⧁āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧā§€ be-āĻāϰ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ• form āĻŦāϏ⧇āĨ¤
participle[/pɑːˈtÉĒsÉĒpəl/]nounmedium
Meaning: āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻŦāĻžāϚāĻ• āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώ āϰ⧂āĻĒ
Alt: verb-āĻāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώāϤ past participle form
Example: Written is the past participle of write.
Syn: verb form
💡 Exam tip: Passive voice-āĻ main verb-āĻāϰ past participle āĻ…āĻŦāĻļā§āϝāχ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
transform[/trÃĻnsˈfɔːm/]verbmedium
Meaning: āϰ⧂āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž
Alt: āĻāĻ• āϰ⧂āĻĒ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝ āϰ⧂āĻĒ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž
Example: Transform the active sentence into the passive voice.
Syn: change, convertAnt: retain
💡 Exam tip: Voice transformation-āĻ meaning āĻ…āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāĻŋāϤ āϰāĻžāĻ–āϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
convert[/kənˈvɜːt/]verbmedium
Meaning: āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž
Alt: āĻāĻ• āϧāϰāύ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝāϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝ āϧāϰāύ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇ āϰ⧂āĻĒ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž
Example: We convert the object into the subject in passive voice.
Syn: transform, changeAnt: preserve
💡 Exam tip: āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽā§‡ object āϚāĻŋāĻšā§āύāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇ passive-āĻāϰ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁āϤ⧇ āĻŦāϏāĻžāĻ“āĨ¤
retain[/rÉĒˈteÉĒn/]verbmedium
Meaning: āĻŦāϜāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž
Alt: āφāϗ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϧāϰ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž
Example: The interrogative form is retained after changing the voice.
Syn: keep, preserveAnt: remove
💡 Exam tip: Question āĻšāϞ⧇ passive-āĻāĻ“ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύāĻŦā§‹āϧāĻ• āĻ—āĻ āύ āĻŦāϜāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤
written[/ˈrÉĒtən/]verbeasy
Meaning: āϞāĻŋāĻ–āĻŋāϤ; āϞ⧇āĻ–āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇
Alt: write-āĻāϰ past participle
Example: The letter was written by Jahid.
Syn: recordedAnt: erased
💡 Exam tip: write-āĻāϰ past participle written, writed āύāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
broken[/ˈbrəʊkən/]verbeasy
Meaning: āĻ­āĻžāĻ™āĻž
Alt: break-āĻāϰ past participle
Example: The glass was broken by Mira.
Syn: damaged, shatteredAnt: mended
💡 Exam tip: break-āĻāϰ āϤāĻŋāύ āϰ⧂āĻĒ: break, broke, brokenāĨ¤
taught[/tɔːt/]verbeasy
Meaning: āĻļ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇
Alt: teach-āĻāϰ past tense āĻ“ past participle
Example: We were taught English by the teacher.
Syn: instructedAnt: misled
💡 Exam tip: teach-āĻāϰ āϤāĻŋāύ āϰ⧂āĻĒ: teach, taught, taughtāĨ¤
3. Tenses in Passive Voice (8 words)
present[/ˈprezənt/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻ•āĻžāϞ
Alt: āĻāĻ–āύāĻ•āĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ
Example: English is spoken all over the world.
Syn: currentAnt: past
💡 Exam tip: Present simple passive: am/is/are + past participleāĨ¤
continuous[/kənˈtÉĒnjuəs/]adjmedium
Meaning: āϚāϞāĻŽāĻžāύ
Alt: āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āϚāϞāϤ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž
Example: A letter is being written by me.
Syn: ongoingAnt: finished
💡 Exam tip: Present continuous passive: am/is/are being + past participleāĨ¤
perfect[/ˈpɜːfÉĒkt/]adjmedium
Meaning: āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ¨ā§āύ
Alt: āĻĒ⧁āϰ⧋āĻĒ⧁āϰāĻŋ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇ āĻāĻŽāύ
Example: The work has been finished by her.
Syn: completedAnt: unfinished
💡 Exam tip: Present perfect passive: has/have been + past participleāĨ¤
past[/pɑːst/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻ…āϤ⧀āϤ āĻ•āĻžāϞ
Alt: āχāϤāĻŋāĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ
Example: A snake was killed by me.
Syn: formerAnt: future
💡 Exam tip: Past simple passive: was/were + past participleāĨ¤
future[/ˈfjuːtʃə/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻ­āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ¯ā§Ž āĻ•āĻžāϞ
Alt: āĻĒāϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ
Example: A watch will be bought by her.
Syn: forthcomingAnt: past
💡 Exam tip: Future simple passive: will be + past participleāĨ¤
completed[/kəmˈpliːtÉĒd/]verbeasy
Meaning: āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇
Alt: āĻļ⧇āώ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇
Example: The assignment had been completed by them.
Syn: finishedAnt: begun
💡 Exam tip: complete-āĻāϰ past participle completedāĨ¤
started[/ˈstɑːtÉĒd/]verbmedium
Meaning: āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇
Alt: āφāϰāĻŽā§āĻ­ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇
Example: The job will have been started by you.
Syn: begun, commencedAnt: ended
💡 Exam tip: Future perfect passive: will have been + past participleāĨ¤
tense[/tens/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻ•āĻžāϞ
Alt: āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļāĻ• āϰ⧂āĻĒ
Example: Mention the tense of the verb after changing the voice.
Syn: time
💡 Exam tip: Tense āĻŦāĻĻāϞāĻžāύ⧋ āϝāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āύāĻž; āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁ auxiliary āĻ“ word order āĻŦāĻĻāϞāĻžāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
4. Interrogative Sentences (8 words)
interrogative[/ˌÉĒntəˈrɒɡətÉĒv/]adjmedium
Meaning: āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύāĻŦā§‹āϧāĻ•
Alt: āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻāĻŽāύ
Example: An interrogative sentence ends with a question mark.
Syn: questioningAnt: assertive
💡 Exam tip: Active āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ passive āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇āĻ“ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύāĻŦā§‹āϧāĻ• āϰ⧂āĻĒ āĻŦāϜāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϰāĻžāĻ–ā§‹āĨ¤
question[/ˈkwestʃən/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ
Alt: āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻļā§€ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ
Example: The question begins with does in the active voice.
Syn: queryAnt: answer
💡 Exam tip: Auxiliary verb passive āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁āϤ⧇ āĻŦāϏ⧇āĨ¤
auxiliary[/ɔːɡˈzÉĒliəri/]nounmedium
Meaning: āϏāĻšāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ• āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž
Alt: āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āĻŦāĻž passive āĻ—āĻ āύ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ helping verb
Example: Has is placed before the subject in the question.
Syn: helping verbAnt: lexical verb
💡 Exam tip: do/does/did-āĻāϰ passive-āĻ āϝāĻĨāĻžāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽā§‡ am/is/are āĻŦāĻž was/were āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
whose[/huːz/]adjmedium
Meaning: āĻ•āĻžāϰ
Alt: āϕ⧋āύ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āĻŽāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāύāĻž āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ
Example: Whose book was taken by the boy?
Syn: of whom
💡 Exam tip: Wh-word āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϞ⧇ passive-āĻ āĻāĻ•āχ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύāĻŦāĻžāϚāĻ• āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
whom[/huːm/]pronounmedium
Meaning: āĻ•āĻžāϕ⧇; āϝāĻžāϕ⧇
Alt: āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϚāĻ• object pronoun
Example: By whom was the glass broken?
Syn: which person
💡 Exam tip: Who broke the glass? → By whom was the glass broken?
where[/weə/]adveasy
Meaning: āϕ⧋āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧ
Alt: āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļāĻ• āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύāĻŦāĻžāϚāĻ• āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
Example: Where can the box be kept by you?
Syn: in what place
💡 Exam tip: Where, when, why, how passive-āĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁āϤ⧇āχ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤
receive[/rÉĒˈsiːv/]verbeasy
Meaning: āĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž
Alt: āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž
Example: Did you receive my letter?
Syn: get, acceptAnt: send
💡 Exam tip: Did you receive my letter? → Was my letter received by you?
draw[/drɔː/]verbeasy
Meaning: āφāρāĻ•āĻž
Alt: āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž
Example: Does your brother draw a picture?
Syn: sketch, paintAnt: erase
💡 Exam tip: draw-āĻāϰ past participle drawnāĨ¤
5. Imperative Sentences (8 words)
imperative[/ÉĒmˈperətÉĒv/]adjmedium
Meaning: āφāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāϏ⧂āϚāĻ•
Alt: āφāĻĻ⧇āĻļ, āĻ…āύ⧁āϰ⧋āϧ, āĻĒāϰāĻžāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻļ āĻŦāĻž āωāĻĒāĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀
Example: Bring the book is an imperative sentence.
Syn: commandingAnt: interrogative
💡 Exam tip: Imperative passive-āĻāϰ āĻ—āĻ āύ: Let + object + be + past participleāĨ¤
order[/ˈɔːdə/]nouneasy
Meaning: āφāĻĻ⧇āĻļ
Alt: āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļ
Example: The teacher gave an order to open the door.
Syn: command, instructionAnt: prohibition
💡 Exam tip: Bring it home. → Let it be brought home.
request[/rÉĒˈkwest/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻ…āύ⧁āϰ⧋āϧ
Alt: āĻ­āĻĻā§āϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āϚāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž
Example: She made a request to serve the food.
Syn: appeal, pleaAnt: demand
💡 Exam tip: Request-āĻ“ imperative sentence-āĻāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰāĨ¤
advice[/ədˈvaÉĒs/]nounmedium
Meaning: āĻĒāϰāĻžāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻļ
Alt: āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋ āĻ•āĻžāĻœā§‡āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļāύāĻž
Example: The doctor gave me useful advice.
Syn: guidance, suggestionAnt: misguidance
💡 Exam tip: Advice uncountable noun; advices āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ āϭ⧁āϞāĨ¤
suggestion[/səˈdʒestʃən/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻĒāϰāĻžāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻļ āĻŦāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāĻŦ
Alt: āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻ•āĻžāĻœā§‡āϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§āϝ āωāĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧ
Example: Her suggestion was accepted by the committee.
Syn: proposal, adviceAnt: rejection
💡 Exam tip: Imperative sentence āφāĻĻ⧇āĻļ⧇āϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻļāĻžāĻĒāĻžāĻļāĻŋ suggestion-āĻ“ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
prohibition[/ˌprəʊÉĒˈbÉĒʃən/]nounhard
Meaning: āύāĻŋāώ⧇āϧ
Alt: āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļ
Example: The prohibition was announced by the authority.
Syn: ban, restrictionAnt: permission
💡 Exam tip: Do not + verb → Let not + object + be + past participleāĨ¤
paint[/peÉĒnt/]verbeasy
Meaning: āϰāĻ‚ āĻ•āϰāĻž
Alt: āϰāϙ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϞ⧇āĻĒ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž
Example: Paint the wall.
Syn: colour, decorateAnt: strip
💡 Exam tip: Paint the wall. → Let the wall be painted.
allow[/əˈlaʊ/]verbeasy
Meaning: āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŽāϤāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž
Alt: āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž
Example: Students are not allowed to enter the room.
Syn: permit, letAnt: forbid
💡 Exam tip: Passive voice-āĻ allow-āĻāϰ past participle allowedāĨ¤
6. Uses of Passive Voice (8 words)
scientific[/ˌsaÉĒənˈtÉĒfÉĒk/]adjmedium
Meaning: āĻŦ⧈āĻœā§āĻžāĻžāύāĻŋāĻ•
Alt: āĻŦāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāύāϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ
Example: Passive voice is common in scientific writing.
Syn: technicalAnt: unscientific
💡 Exam tip: Scientific and technical writing-āĻ passive voice āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
historical[/hÉĒˈstɒrÉĒkəl/]adjmedium
Meaning: āϐāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏāĻŋāĻ•
Alt: āχāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏāϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ
Example: Passive voice is used in historical texts.
Syn: historicAnt: modern
💡 Exam tip: Our Liberation War was fought in 1971—āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ passive āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
establish[/ÉĒˈstÃĻblÉĒʃ/]verbmedium
Meaning: āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž
Alt: āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāύ āĻŦāĻž āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āϚāĻžāϞ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻž
Example: The school was established in 1926.
Syn: found, set upAnt: abolish
💡 Exam tip: establish-āĻāϰ passive: was establishedāĨ¤
announce[/əˈnaʊns/]verbeasy
Meaning: āĻ˜ā§‹āώāĻŖāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž
Alt: āϏāĻŦāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻŽāύ⧇ āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āϤāĻĨā§āϝ āϜāĻžāύāĻžāύ⧋
Example: The result was announced by the head teacher.
Syn: declare, proclaimAnt: conceal
💡 Exam tip: Announcement-āĻ passive voice āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāχ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
advertise[/ˈÃĻdvətaÉĒz/]verbmedium
Meaning: āĻŦāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž
Alt: āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻĒāĻŖā§āϝ āĻŦāĻž āϏ⧇āĻŦāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāϚāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž
Example: The new product was advertised on television.
Syn: promote, publicizeAnt: suppress
💡 Exam tip: Advertisement-āĻ doer-āĻāϰ āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ product āĻŦāĻž service-āϕ⧇ āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
invite[/ÉĒnˈvaÉĒt/]verbeasy
Meaning: āφāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž
Alt: āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāύ āĻŦāĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧇ āφāϏāϤ⧇ āĻŦāϞāĻž
Example: I was invited to attend the party.
Syn: ask, requestAnt: exclude
💡 Exam tip: I was invited—āĻāϟāĻŋ past simple passive-āĻāϰ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖāĨ¤
ensure[/ÉĒnˈʃʊə/]verbmedium
Meaning: āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž
Alt: āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧ āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϘāϟāĻžāύ⧋
Example: Your comfort is ensured during the journey.
Syn: guarantee, secureAnt: endanger
💡 Exam tip: Advertisement-āĻ Your comfort is ensured āϧāϰāύ⧇āϰ passive āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
encourage[/ÉĒnˈkƌrÉĒdʒ/]verbmedium
Meaning: āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž
Alt: āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰ⧇āϰāĻŖāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž
Example: All workers are encouraged to work hard.
Syn: motivate, inspireAnt: discourage
💡 Exam tip: Modal āĻŦāĻž habitual statement-āĻ encouraged to āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
💡 Exam Tips
â€ĸ Voice āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ⧇āϰ āφāϗ⧇ active sentence-āĻāϰ subject, verb āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ object āϚāĻŋāĻšā§āύāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧋āĨ¤
â€ĸ Object āύāĻž āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϞ⧇ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝāϟāĻŋ passive voice-āĻ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ āύāĻžāĨ¤
â€ĸ Main verb-āĻāϰ past participle form āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧋āĨ¤
â€ĸ Tense āĻ…āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāĻŋāϤ āϰ⧇āϖ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁ passive auxiliary āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ word order āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰ⧋āĨ¤
â€ĸ Passive sentence-āĻ agent āĻ…āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻž āĻ…āϜāĻžāύāĻž āĻšāϞ⧇ by-phrase āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
â€ĸ Interrogative sentence passive āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇āĻ“ question mark āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ⧇āϰ āϧāϰāύ āĻŦāϜāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤
â€ĸ Do, does āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ did-āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ passive āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ tense āĻ…āύ⧁āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧā§€ be verb āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧋āĨ¤
â€ĸ Imperative sentence passive āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ Let + object + be + past participle āĻŽāύ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ–ā§‹āĨ¤
â€ĸ Present perfect continuous, past perfect continuous, future continuous āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ future perfect continuous-āĻāϰ passive āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ āύāĻžāĨ¤
â€ĸ āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻŋ object āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϞ⧇ āϝ⧇āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ object passive subject āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇: English is taught to us āĻŦāĻž We are taught EnglishāĨ¤
â€ĸ Pronoun āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώ āϏāϤāĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻšāĻ“: he → him, she → her, they → them, I → meāĨ¤
â€ĸ Passive voice-āĻāϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ scientific writing, historical text, notice, announcement, advertisement, process āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ rules-āĻāĨ¤

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