Passive

The passive voice

Voice is the structure of the verb.

When subject does something that is an active voice.

When object do something that is passive voice.

Example:

Active voice: Cat kills mice. In this sentence, “cat” is subject, “kills” is verb, and “mice” is object.

Passive voice: Mice are killed by cat.

  

Rules of the voice change.

Rule no: 1. (a) the subject of the active voice is changed object of the passive voice.

               (b) the object of the active voice is changed subject of the passive  voice.

(c) Main verb always is past participle and before the main verb must use auxiliary verb as follows subject and tense.

Rule no: 2. How to use the auxiliary verb:

Simple present: am, is , are

Simple past: was, were

Simple future: shall be, will be

Present continuous: am being, is being, are being

Past continuous: was being, were being

Future continuous: shall be being, will be being

Present perfect: has been, have been

Past perfect: had been

Future perfect: shall have been, will have been

Comparison of adjectives

Comparison of adjective describe the difference of quality and position. And the volume of the difference is called Degree of comparison.

Examples:

• Sskib is a good player. [positive]
  
  
• Sakib is better than Watson. [comparative]
  
  
• Sakib is the best of all. [superlative]

Degree of comparison rules:

Add “er” in the comparative and “est” in the superlative to adjectives ending in a double consonant or a single consonant if there is a double Vowel before consonant.

Positive	Comparative	Superlative
strong rich poor high deep cold bold tall hard black	Stronger richer poorer higher deeper colder bolder taller harder blacker	strongest richest poorest highest deepest coldest boldest tallest hardest blackest

Add “double consonant+er” in the comparative and “double consonant +est” in the superlative to adjectives ending in a single consonant or a single Vowel.

Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Big thin red hot fat	Bigger thinner redder hotter fatter	Biggest thinnest reddest hottest fattest

Possessive adjectives

How to use possessive adjectives?

We can use possessive adjectives to show ownership.

• Here is my mother.
• This is our school.
• It is my pen.

Subject pronoun	Possessive adjective
I	My
We	Our
You	Your
He	His
She	Her
They	Their
It	Its

Here is the difference between the possessive pronoun and the possessive adjective.

Possessive pronouns	Possessive adjectives
This pen is mine.	This is my pen.
This school is ours.	This is our school.
Which book is yours?	Which is your book?