f) Explain the flipside of the rapid technological advancement. g) Identify the word in para which means ‘everlasting life’. h) Which of the following words is synonymous with ‘amalgamation’? a) recreation b) integration c) exploration d) proposition i) Which of the following options is the antonym of the word ‘advent’?
a) drawback b) dispute c) departure d) danger j) Find out the word which is the antonym of ‘natural’ in para . Active and Passive Voice You have already learnt the use of Active and Passive Voice in your earlier classes. Let’s quickly recall some of the important rules now. The object of the Active Verb is made the Subject of the Passive Verb.
Grammar 12th - - In Celebration of Being Alive Page The Subject of the Active Verb is made the object of some Preposition (generally ‘by’). The Verb of the Active Voice must have the Past Participle form of the Finite Verb. The tense of the Verb does not change. Only Transitive verbs can be changed into Passive Voice.
When the verbs expressing command, order, advice or request are changed into Passive Voice, ‘Let’ is placed at the beginning of the subject. Also place ‘Passive Infinitive’ without ‘to’ after ‘be’. The form of the Passive Voice will be – Let + Subject + be +Verb in third form. Subject is placed between ‘Let’ and ‘be’ + verb in third form.
While changing Present Infinitive into Passive Voice, put ‘to + be + verb in third form’ (Past Participle in place of infinitive form) e.g. A letter has to be posted by me. Some vague and indefinite subjects like ‘everyone’, ‘they’, ‘people’, ‘someone’, ‘somebody,’ everybody’, ‘anybody’, etc., are dropped when the sentence is changed into Passive Voice. e.g : Prizes were distributed at the end of the function.
The use of ‘by’ is considered superfluous when the special interest of the speaker is not in the active subject but in the predicate. For example – ‘French is spoken in many parts of the world’.