Active Voice For Auxiliary Verbs

Conversion of Passive Voice Sentence into Active Voice For Auxiliary Verbs:

Rule used to identify that the sentence is in Passive Form with Auxiliary Verbs is:

subject + modal + be + third form of verb + by + object

For Positive sentence:

For Example:

A car can be driven by him. ( passive)

Here,'A car" is the subject, 'can' is modal ,'driven' is the third form of the verb drive and 'him' is an object. on converting the sentence from passive to active voice the sentence will be

While converting into Active Voice the rule will be :

Rule: subject + modal + first form of the verb + object

He can drive a car.( active)

The object 'him' will change into subject and the subject 'he' will change into object and the verb first form will be used according to the rule.

For Negative sentence:

Rule: subject + modal + not + be + third form of the verb + by + object

A car cannot be driven by him.( passive)

Here,'A car' is subject, 'can' is modal ,'driven' is the third form of drive and 'him' is an object.

While converting into Active Voice the rule will be :

Rule: subject + modal + not + first form of verb + object

For Example:

He cannot drive a car.( active)

The object 'him' will change into subject and the subject 'he' will change into object and the verb first form will be used according to the rule.

For interrogative Sentence:

Rule: modal + subject + be + third form of the verb +by+object

Can a car be driven by him? (passive)

Here, 'can' is the modal which will be remain same(position is not changed), 'A car" is subject, 'can' is modal ,'driven' is the third form of drive and 'him' is an object.

While converting into Active Voice the rule will be :

Rule: :modal + subject + first form of the verb + object

For Example:

Can he drive a car? (active)

The object 'a car' will change into subject and the subject 'he' will change into object and the verb first form will be used according to the rule.

Sample Questions

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Question : 1

Change the given sentence from active to passive voice. She would like_____for her mistakes rather than not being told about them.
A. to penalise	B. to be penalised	C. get penalise	D. have penalised
Right Option : B
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Question : 2

Change the given sentence from active to passive voice: You should open the wine about three hours before you use it.
A. Wine should be opened about three hours before use.		B. Wine should be opened by you three hours before use.
C. Wine should be opened about three hours before you use it.		D. Wine should be opened about three hours before it is used.
Right Option : D
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Question : 3

Change passive voice into active voice for auxiliary verb . 1. A prize might be won by him . 2. A chair can be made by him .
A. 1. He might win a prize . 2. He can make a chair .
B. 1. He might won a prize . 2. He can made a chair .
C. 1. He may win a prize . 2. He could makes a chair .
D. 1. He may be win a prize . 2. He could made a chair .
Right Option : A
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