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The document describes the formation of active and passive voice in 3 sentences. It begins by explaining that active voice refers to sentences where the subject performs the action of the verb on the direct object, while passive voice refers to sentences where the object is the subject and the verb is conjugated with some form of "to be". It then provides examples of changing sentences between active and passive voice by exchanging the subject and object, changing the main verb to a past participle, and altering the auxiliary verb based on tense. The document concludes by noting that alternating between the voices can change the subject and shift the verb form.

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Salma Group Work On Formation of Active Voice and Passive Voice

The document describes the formation of active and passive voice in 3 sentences. It begins by explaining that active voice refers to sentences where the subject performs the action of the verb on the direct object, while passive voice refers to sentences where the object is the subject and the verb is conjugated with some form of "to be". It then provides examples of changing sentences between active and passive voice by exchanging the subject and object, changing the main verb to a past participle, and altering the auxiliary verb based on tense. The document concludes by noting that alternating between the voices can change the subject and shift the verb form.

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THE MWALIMU NYERERE MEMORIAL ACADEMY

KARUME CAMPUS, ZANZIBAR


DEPERTMENT OF ECONOMICS AND GENDER STUDIES

MODULE NAME : BUSINESS COMMUNICATION 1

COURSE CODE : EDT 06124

INSTRUCTOR NAME : MRS. SALMA

NATURE OF WORK : GROUP ASSIGNMENT

PARTICIPANTS;

NAME REGISTRATION NUMBER


HAJI, HAJI WADI MNMA/ODZ.GI/0011/18
JUMA, NANJIMA MOHAMMED MNMA/ODZ.GI/0010/18
KHAMIS, KAZIJA JUMA MNMA/ODZ.GI/0007/18
ALLY, ASANATI IMAM MNMA/ODZ.GI/0012/18
ALI, NADYA AMOUR MNMA/ODZ.GI/0008/18

QUESTION: Describe formation of active voice and passive voice.

SUBMISSION DATE: 07 January 2020.


Active voice refers to as a feature of sentences in which the subject performs the action
of the verb and the direct object is the goal or the recipient. An example of active voice is: The
mechanic fixed the car.

Passive voice refers to as a feature of sentences in which the object or goal of the action
functions as the sentence subject and the main verb phrase includes the verb to be and the past
participle: An example of passive voice is: The car was fixed by the mechanic.

The following are the description formation of active voice and passive voice, this includes;

Simply exchange the places of the subject and the object. The subject should become
the object and the object should become a subject while changing a sentence from Active to
Passive voice or Active to Passive voice.

Example: Active voice; He buys a camera.

Passive voice; A camera is bought by him.

Active voice; She bought a new car.

Passive voice; A new car was bought by her.

Only past participle form or 3rd form of verb. Always blindly convert the main verb into
its past participle or third form while converting from active to passive voice. To remind you what
the third form of a verb looks like.

Example: Active voice; Bhaanu wrote a book on gun violence.

Passive voice; A book on gun violence was written by Bhaanu.

Change of tense of the auxiliary word. Now when you change the verb form of the main
verb, the tense of the auxiliary also changes accordingly. The auxiliary verb will be changed in
passive voice depending upon the tense of sentence in its active voice.

Example: In Present tense – Active voice: Sun rises from the east.

Passive voice: East is where the sun rises from.

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In Past tense – Active voice: She walked my dog home.

Passive voice: My dog was walked home by her.

In Future tense – Active voice: Sheena will do the craft work.

Passive voice: Craft work will be done by Sheena.

Words like “with” or “to” are also used in passive voice. You may recall that we use “by”
quite frequently in an active voice to passive voice conversion. These words are used in a very few
cases.

Example: Active voice: I know her.

Passive voice: She is known to me.

Active voice: Love fills my heart.

Passive voice: My heart is filled with love.

Use the word “by” before the subject in the passive sentence. Through the formation of
active voice to passive voice the word “by” is essential due to the fact it will be used before the
subject in the passive sentence.

Example: Active voice: My brother sang a song.

Passive voice: A song was sung by my brother.

Active voice: She drinks water.

Passive voice: Water is drunk by her.


Generally, alternating between the active voice and the passive voice is powerful enough
to change the subject of the sentence and shift the verb form. While the passive voice is not
incorrect, it's usually less clear than the active voice

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REFERENCE.

 Berlo, D. (1960). The process of communication. New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston.

Damerst, W. (1966). Resourceful Business Communication. Harcourt, Brace & World. pp. 6–7.

Daniel, C. (2010). The Transmission Model of Communication, Aber.ac.uk  at the Way back

Machine

Reinsch, L. (1991).  Journal of Business Communication. New Delhi: India, University of Delhi

Schramm, W. (1954). The process and effects of communication (pp. 3–26). Urbana, Illinois:

University of Illinois Press.

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