Voice Change : Voice with “it is/was time”
Voice with “it is/was time”
Active structure 1: It is time + to + verb + object.Passive structure 1: It is time + that + object + should be + VPP.
Or, It is time + for + object + to be + VPP. Examples:
Active: It is time to do the work.
Passive: It is time that the work should be done (or It is time for the work to be done).
Active structure 2: It is time + subject + V2 + object.
Passive structure 2: It is time + for /(that)+ object + auxiliary + to be/(should be) +VPP + by + subject. Examples:
Active: It is time we changed our winning strategy.
Passive: It is time for our winning strategy to be changed by us.
Active: It is time they re-encountered the gang.
Passive: It is time that the gang should be re-encountered by them.
Voice with “Reflexive objects”
Active structure: Subject + Verb + reflexive objective.Passive structure: Subject + auxiliary according to tense + VPP + by + reflexive object. Examples:
Active: She could not kill herself.
Passive: She could not be killed by herself.
Voice with “Quasi-Passive verb”
Active structure: Subject + Quasi-passive verb + adjective/adverb/V +ingPassive structure: Subject + auxiliary + VPP of Quasi-passive +adjective/adverb/ V+ing
Examples:
Active: Honey tastes sweet.
Passive: Honey is tasted sweet. (or Honey is sweet when /if it is tasted)
Active: The book reads well.
Passive: The book is read well.
Active: The building is building.
Passive: The building is being built.
Active: Rice sells cheap.
Passive: Rice is sold cheap or Rice is cheap when it is sold.
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