Changing voice

 Voice change করতে হলে প্রথমে প্রদত্ত sentence টির voice চিনে নিতে হবে এবং agent ও object খুজে বের করতে হবে। তারপর প্রয়েজনীয় pattern এ sentence টি সাজাতে হয়।

Active – passive Non – agent subject (obj of active) + be verb (according to the tense of active voice) + past participle ——-+ (by/prep + agent)

Example: Active: They finished the work in time. Passive: The work was finished in time by them. Active: I sent him some money from Dhaka a few days back. Passive: He was sent some money from Dhaka a few days back by me.

Passive-active

Agent subject (by/prep + agent in the passive) + (primary/modal auxiliary verb according to tense) + principal verb (tense form) + obj (Non – agent subject in the passive) যেমনঃ

Passive: Bonoful was written by Tagore. Active: Tagore wrote Bonoful. Passive: Telescope was invented by Galileo long ago. Active: Galileo invented Telescope long ago. Passive: Bonoful was written by Tagore. Active: Tagore wrote Bonoful.

Practice

Identify voice and change into the other voice.

1. The government has taken necessary measures to keep the price hike under control.
2. It stores honey in the hive.
3. It is called pleasure seeker’s paradise.
4. People all over the world enjoy this game very much.
5. Tourists from home and abroad visit its shore.
6. Almost everyone enjoys the day in his own way.
7. However, he loves his relatives a great deal.
8. People called him wise Solomon.
9. Once a cook roasted a duck for his master.
10. It could not find any source of water.
11. This admixture may corrupt the nature of the original commodity.
12. The farmers use water in time of cultivation largely.
13. They find a better shelter in Bangladesh.
14. Mills and factories pollute water.
15. Thus water is contaminated by various kinds of waste and filth.
16. One day the old sailor was watching the water snakes swimming round the ship.
17. He was filled with a strange wonder.
18. Collected honey is stored in the hive.
19. People of all ages enjoy this game.
20. He is considered the greatest physicist after Einstein.
21. Anika wrote a letter to her mother yesterday.
22. I gladly accepted the invitation.
23. Years of malnutrition and depravation made them look older.
24. So we should control it for our own sake.
25. Teachers encourage the learners of a second language to practice the language.
26. But even here people use commercially operated e-mail facilities for important purposes.