Sanjida Sultana Rika

Lecturer, Department of English

Varendra University

Voice

There are Two Basic Kinds of Voice in English Grammar:

1. Active Voice 2. Passive Voice

 What is Active Voice?

- When the subject of the sentence performs the action expressed by the verb then it is Active
Voice.
For Example: “Nisha ate the apple”. Here “Nisha” is the subject performing the action”ate”.

 What is Passive Voice?

- When the subject of the sentence receives the action expressed by the verb or is acted upon then it
is Passive Voice.
For Example: “The apple was eaten by Nisha.” Here,” The apple” is the subject receiving the action “was
eaten”.

“Active voice defines that the subject is doing the action and the passive voice refers to that the subject is
being acted upon.”

Active and Passive Voice Rules Chart:

Tense Active voice Passive voice

Present Indefinite Does/Do Is/Are/Am

Present Continuous Is/Am/Are Is/Am/Are + Being

Present Perfect Has / Have Has been / Have been

Present Perfect Continuous Has / Have been Has / Have been + Being

Past Indefinite Did Was / Were

Past Continuous was/were was/ were + being

Past Perfect had had been

 Tense Active voice Passive voice

Past Perfect Continuous had been had been + being

Future Indefinite Will Will be

Future Continuous Will be Will be + Being

Future Perfect Will have Will have been

Future Perfect Continuous Will have been Will have been + being

Rules of changing voice:

1. Present indefinite tense যুক্ত active voice কে passive voice এ রুপান্তর করার নিয়ম-
- Object এর subject + am/is/are + verb এর past participle form + by + subject এর object.
Active – I play football.
Passive- Football is played by me.
Active- They eat rice.
Passive- Rice is eaten by them.
2. Present continuous tense যুক্ত active voice কে passive voice এ রুপান্তর করার নিয়ম-
- Object এর subject + am being/is being/are being + verb এর past participle form + by + subject এর
object.
Active: I am playing football.
Passive: Football is being played by me.
Active: He is eating rice.
Passive: Rice is being eaten by him.
3. Present perfect tense যুক্ত active voice কে passive voice এ রুপান্তর করার নিয়ম-
-Object এর subject + have been/ has been + verb এর past participle form + by + subject এর object.
Active: He has eaten rice.
Passive: Rice has been eaten by him.
Active: I have played football.
Passive: Football has been played by me.
4. Past indefinite tense যুক্ত active voice কে passive voice এ রুপান্তর করার নিয়ম-
- Object এর subject + was/were + verb এর past participle form + by + subject এর object
Active: I ate rice.
Passive: Rice was eaten by me.
Active: They played football.
Passive: Football were played by them.
5. Past continuous tense যুক্ত active voice কে passive voice এ রুপান্তর করার নিয়ম-
- Object এর subject + was being/were being + verb এর past participle form + by + subject এর object.
Active: I was eating rice.
Passive: Rice was being eaten by me.
Active: They were catching fishes.
Passive: Fishes were being caught by them.
6. Past perfect tense যুক্ত active voice কে passive voice এ রুপান্তর করার নিয়ম-
- Object এর subject + had been + verb এর past participle form + by + subject এর object.
Active: I had eaten rice.
Passive: Rice had been eaten by me.
Active: We had dug the cannel.
Passive: The cannel had been dug by us.
7. Future indefinite tense যুক্ত active voice কে passive voice এ রুপান্তর করার নিয়ম-
- Object এর subject + shall be/will be + verb এর past participle form + by + subject এর object.
Active: I will eat rice.
Passive: Rice will be eaten by me.
Active: They will play football.
Passive: Football will be played by them.
8. Future continuous tense যুক্ত active voice কে passive voice এ রুপান্তর করার নিয়ম-
- Object এর subject + shall be being/will be being + verb এর past participle form + by + subject এর
object.
Active: I will be eating rice.
Passive: Rice will be being eaten by me.
Active: They will be playing football.
Passive: Football will be being played by them.
9. Future perfect tense যুক্ত active voice কে passive voice এ রুপান্তর করার নিয়ম-
- Object এর subject + shall have been /will have been + verb এর past participle form + by + subject এর
object.
Active: I will have eaten rice.
Passive: Rice will have been eaten by me.
Active: They will have caught the fish.
Passive: The fish will have been caught by them.
10. May, might, can, could, must, ought to, going to active voice কে passive voice এ রুপান্তর
করার নিয়ম-
- Object এর subject + may, might, can, could, must, ought to, going to এর পরে be + verb এর past
participle form + by + subject এর object.
Active: I may help you.
Passive: You may be helped by me.
Active: You must do the work.
Passive: The work must be done by you.
Active: We ought to obey our teachers.
Passive: Our teachers ought to be obeyed by us.
Active: We are going to open a shop.
Passive: A shop is going to be opened by us.
Imperative sentence এর active voice কে passive voice এ রুপান্তর করার নিয়ম-
1. শুধু মাত্র মূল verb দিয়ে শুরু যুক্ত active voice কে passive voice এ
রুপান্তর করার নিয়ম-
- Let + object এর subject + be + verb এর past participle form
Active: Close the door.
Passive: Let the door be closed.
Active: Shut the window.
Passive: Let the window be shut.
2. Do not দিয়ে শুরু যুক্ত যুক্ত active voice কে passive voice এ রুপান্তর করার
নিয়ম-
- Let not + object এর subject + be + verb এর past participle form
Active: Do not close the door.
Passive: Let not the door be closed.
Active: Do not shut the window.
Passive: Let not the window be shut.
3. Let এর পর যদি কোন ব্যক্তিবাচক object (me, us, you, them, him, her) থাকে এবং তা
যদি Imperative sentence হয়, তাহলে active voice কে passive voice এ রুপান্তর করার
নিয়ম-
- Let + object এর subject + be + verb এর past participle form + by + ব্যক্তিবাচক object.
Active: Let me play football.
Passive: Let the football be played by me.
Active: Let us sing a song.
Passive: let a song be sung by us.
Active: let him give the chance.
Passive: let the chance be given by him.
4. Never যুক্ত active voice কে passive voice এ রুপান্তর করার নিয়ম-
- Let not + object এর subject + ever be + verb এর past participle form
Active: Never tell a lie.
Passive: Let not a lie ever be told.
Active: Never do this.
Passive: Let not this ever be done.
5. মূল verb এর পর যদি কোন ব্যক্তিবাচক object (me, us, you, them, him, her) থাকে
এবং তা যদি Imperative sentence হয়, তাহলে active voice কে passive voice এ রুপান্তর
করার নিয়ম-
- Let + direct object টি বসবে (মূল verb এর পর যে object টি থাকে + be + verb এর past
participle form + for + ব্যক্তিবাচক object
Active: Buy me a shirt.
Passive: Let a shirt be bought for me.
Active: Give me a glass of water.
Passive: Let a glass of water be given for me.
Interrogative sentence যুক্ত active voice কে passive voice এ রুপান্তর করার নিয়ম-
1. Interrogative sentence কে Assertive sentence এ রুপান্তর করে নিতে হবে +
রুপান্তরিত Assertive sentence এর active voice থেকে passive voice এ রুপান্তর করতে
হবে + এবার রুপান্তরিত passive voice এর auxiliary verb টিকে প্রথমে বসাতে
হবে + শেষে প্রশ্নবোধক চিহ্ন বসে। **** Tense অনুসারে করতে হবে।
Active: Have you eaten rice?
Assertive: You have eaten rice.
Assertive এর passive: Rice has been eaten by you.
Passive এ রুপান্তর: Has rice been eaten by you?
Active: Is he reading a book?
Assertive: He is reading a book.
Assertive এর passive: A book is being read by him.
Passive এ রুপান্তর: Is a book being read by him?
Active: Did you play football?
Assertive: You played football.
Assertive এর passive: Football was played by you.
Passive এ রুপান্তর: Was football played by you?
2. Who যুক্ত active voice কে passive voice এ রুপান্তর করার নিয়ম-
Who এর পরিবর্তে By whom + tense ও person অনুযায়ী Auxiliary verb + object এর subject +
অনেক সময় tense অনুযায়ী কর্তার পরে be/ being/ been বসাতে হয় + verb এর past
participle form + ?.
Active: Who is playing football?
Passive: BY whom is football being played?
Active: Who will help me?
Passive: By whom will I be helped?
3. Whom যুক্ত active voice কে passive voice এ রুপান্তর করার নিয়ম-
Whom এর পরিবর্তে who + tense ও person অনুযায়ী Auxiliary verb + verb এর past participle
form + by + subject এর object +?
Active: Whom did you see on the road?
Passive: Who was seen by you on the road?
Active: Whom has he murdered in this home?
Passive: Who is murdered by him in this home?
4. What যুক্ত active voice কে passive voice এ রুপান্তর করার নিয়ম-What + tense ও
person অনুযায়ী Auxiliary verb + verb এর past participle form + by + subject এর object +?
Active: What do you want?
Passive: What is wanted by you?
Subject + verb + object + present participle যুক্ত active voice কে passive voice এ রুপান্তর
করার নিয়ম-
Object এর subject + tense ও person অনুযায়ী Auxiliary verb + verb এর past participle form +
present participle যুক্ত অংশটি + by + subject এর object.
Active: I saw him playing cricket.
Passive: He was seen playing cricket by me.
Active: I took him for a friend.
Passive: He was taken for a friend by me
5. দুইটা object এর যে কোন একটি subject করতে হয় (personal object কে subject এ রুপান্তর করলে
ভাল) + verb এর past participle form + tense ও person অনুযায়ী Auxiliary verb + প্রদত্ত বাকি
object টি বসে + by + active voice এর subject টি object রুপে হয়।
Active: I gave him a flower. Passive: He was given a flower by me. Active: He teaches us math. Passive:
we are taught English by him.