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NCERT 6TH CLASS ENGLISH GRAMMAR VOICE

Active and Passive Voice
What does a Verb do?

A verb tells us more about:

• What a person or thing isdoing.
Ishanruns. The belltolls.

• What is done to a person orthing.
The children areloved. The window isbroken.

• What a person or a thingis.
The dog is beaten. The cake is eaten. I feel sick.

A verb can be used transitively or intransitively.

When a verb denotes an action passing from the doer (subject) to the object, it is a Transitive Verb.
• The guard stopped theman.
• The child kicked thecat.

When a verb denotes an action that does not pass from the doer (subject) to the object, it is an
Intransitive Verb.
• He spokerudely.
• The guests arrivedsuddenly.

A verb can be used in the active or the passive voice.

A verb is said to be in the Active Voice when the subject is the doer of the action.
• Rustummade the bed forgrandma.

A verb is said to be in the Passive Voice when something is done by the subject.
• Grandma’s bed was made byRustum.

Active and Passive Voice - Usage

• The active voice is usedwhen
The subject in the sentence needs to be highlighted.
• Durga killed themosquitoes.

• The passive voice is usedwhen
The receiver of the action in the sentence needs to be highlighted.
• The mosquitoes were killed byDurga.

NOTE:
The object of the verb in the active voice becomes the subject in the passive voice.
Only transitive verbs can be used in the passive voice.

Let us examine some sentences in the active and passive voice on the next page.

Examples

NCERT 6TH CLASS ENGLISH GRAMMAR VOICE

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