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Voice of Participles -Passive Voice

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Voice of Participles & Gerunds

Voice–Participles and Gerund (verb + ing)

Participle Definition:

It is not the main verb and doesn’t work as a verb in the sentence. It works as an adjective in sentences.

Three types of voice of Participles:

Present participle (verb + ing)

My brother jumped from a running car. (Jumped–m.v. & running–present participle behaves as an adjective in the sentence.)

My dear sir sold his working scooter.

  • Past Participle meaning (v3– adjective)

The broken wire cut my finger.

The burnt rice tasted awful.

A tired farmer slept under the tree.

Note: broken, burnt and tired are “past participles”

  • Perfect participle– (having + v3) (complete action)

Having taught English, I went to my home.

  • Voice of Present Participles

Active: I still know my elder brother taking me to the hospital.

Passive: I still know being taken to hospital by my brother.

Active: I found his friends shouting at him.

Passive: I found him being shouted by his friends.

  • Past participle

The past participle has itself a passive meaning:

There was a signed paper on the table.
Damaged badly by the earthquake, the building had to be rebuilt.

  • Perfect Participle

Active – Perfect Participle (having + v3) –  (Passive – having + been + v3)

I am very disappointed about having been terminated from my job by him.

Aren’t you angry about having been lied to? (You were lied to by a person, by someone. They lied to you. You received the action.)

Having been deceived by his wife, he felt devasted or he, having been deceived by his wife, felt devasted. The club, having been banned in most cities, didn’t do so well.  
Having been praised for his writing, he felt good. Having been ragged, my friend attempted suicide.
Having been lost the cricket match, he wept bitterly. Having been abused, he began to cry.
Having been accused of murder, my colleague ran away. Having been fired, he left the city.
Having been watched the web series already, he got bored rewatching it. (x) Having watched the web series already, he got bored rewatching it. (correct)

Passive Voice of Participles & Gerunds:

Gerund definition: Gerunds work as an adjective, adverb and noun.

Subject + like/hate/enjoy/remember/love + being  + Past participle

Active: he likes swimming

Passive: he likes being swum.

He doesn’t enjoy being criticized He loves being danced.
She doesn’t enjoy being watched. I still remember being paid.
He enjoys being praised. She loves being taught the Guitar.
They liked being taught in school days. His son likes being held.
She hates being scolded. I hate being criticized.
He doesn’t like being punished. My son doesn’t like being abused.
She remembered being scolded. The Students hate being beaten in schools.
She hates being told. I am tired of being insulted.
  • Passive gerunds used at the beginning of the sentences

Being + the past participle + verb

Being beaten is an awful experience.

Being scolded is a bad experience for kids.

Being watched makes her feel nervous.

Being held by the mother helps the kid go to bed.

Being/getting paid monthly on time is very important to survive life.

  • Being = getting (sometimes)

My cow doesn’t like being washed. Or

My cow doesn’t like getting washed.

My baby likes being kissed on the hands. Or my baby likes getting kissed on the hands.

 

 

 

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Voice - Introduction

Voice – Introduction

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Voice

Two types of voice

  • Active voice: active voice expresses a sentence as a subject that acts upon its verb.

               Sub + transitive verb + obj.  (A verb that has an object is called a transitive verb).

He reads a novel.

Read is a transitive verb because an object is used after a verb.

Sub + intransitive verb.   (A verb that doesn’t have an object is called an intransitive verb.)

He reads.        

 Read is an intransitive verb in this sentence which is used without an object. Passive cannot be made from an intransitive verb.

  • Passive voice: passive voice is a form of a verb that expresses object gets affected by the verb. In passive voice; priority is given to the object.

Passive is only made of a transitive verb.

For examples:

I have been sent to Dubai.

You were told.

He has been selected.

Rachel has been beaten by his friend.

Note: I, You, he and Rachit are objects in the above sentences. Actions are performed on objects. Objects get affected here. That’s why passive sentences are very important to express the statements.

Let’s see how to make passive voice:

Transitive verb and form of “to be” are very required to make passive sentences.

Object + to be + past participle/action III form (m.v.3) + by subject.

 

The verb ‘to be’

Tenses Forms of ‘to be’
Modals- (can, could, may, might, should, ought to, must would etc)  infinitive (is to/am to/are to/was to/were to, has to/have to/had to/ will have to etc future indefinite (will/shall) Be Object + can/could/may/might/should/ought to/must/would/is to/am to/are to/was to/were to/has to/have to/ had to/ will have to + be + past participle etc.  
Present indefinite (do/does) Is, are, am Object + is/are/am + action III form + by subject
Past indefinite(did) Was, were Object + was/were + action III + by subject
Perfect(present- has/have, past- had  & future-will have/shall have Been Object + has/have/ had/ will have/ shall have + been + past participle + by subject
Present continuous (is/are/am)  past continuous(was/were), participle and gerund Being Object + is/are/am/was/were + being + past participle Participle:  being + past participle

 The objective case will be changed into a subjective case.

Subjective case Objective case
He Him
She Her
It It
You You
We Us
They Them
I Me

Write the answers of the following questions

  1. Write the definition of active and passive voice.
  2. What are transitive and intransitive verbs?
  3. Write the formulae of present and past indefinite.
  4. Write the formulas of present and past continuous tenses.
  5. Write the objective case of he, she, it, they, you, and we.
  6. Write the formulae of present, past and future perfect tense.
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