English Unit-4 Passive Voice

Unit - 4

 

Personal passive means that the object of the active sentence becomes the subject of the passive sentence. Every verb that needs an object, can form a personal passive.

 

Example:  He plays the guitar.

 

Personal Passive:  The guitar is played by him.

 

Exercise:

 

(I)     He opens the door.
         The door is opened by him.
 

(ii)    We set the table.

         The table is set by us.

(iii)   She pays a lot of money.

         Lots of money is paid by her.

(iv)    I draw a picture.

         A picture is drawn by me.

(v)    They wear blue shoes.

            Blue shoes are worn by them.

Impersonal Passive is possible only with verbs of perception like know, think, etc.

Example: They say that Delhi is congested than Chennai.

Impersonal Passive:  It is said that Delhi is congested than Chennai.

 

1.  Women live longer than men.

Personal Passive. Women are said to live longer than men.
Impersonal Passive: It is believed that women live longer than men.

I also saw that the Impersonal Passive looks like a newspaper report, where names are not mentioned (except for opinions) only the fact is given.

A man was severely injured while driving his car using the cell phone is changed to "It is reported that an accident took place while talking on a cell phone during driving.

A man was hit by a train.
It is said that the ............ train killed a person on the spot. Like this and so on.

 As of now, I learnt only this much, if my bulb burns brighter in the coming days, I'll share my insights on this subject with you. ;-)

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Lakshmi.