Active Passive Voice Examples

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  1. Language Skills (English): Vocabulary, Verbal Analogy (Word Based Analogy), Noun, Pronoun, Verb, Adjectives, Adverb, Preposition, Articles, Conjunction, Tenses, Modals, Subject Verb Agreement (Verb Noun Agreement), Determiner, Active Passive Voice (Voice), Direct and Indirect Speech, Sentence Correction (Error Correction), Sentence Completion (Fill in the blanks), Sentence Construction, Sentence Re-arrangements (Para Jumbles) (Narrative Sequencing), Comprehension / Reading Comprehension / Unseen Passages (Critical Reasoning) (Paragraph Questions), Cloze Test (Cloze Passage)
  2. General Aptitude (Quantitative Ability): Percentage, Ratio and Proportion (Ratios), Average, Profit and Loss, Simple Interest and Compound Interest, Time and Work, Pipe and Cistern, Speed Time and Distance, Mixture and Alligation, Age Problems, Partnership, Number System, HCF LCM, Divisibility Rules, Powers and Exponents (Surds and Indices), Algebra, Data Interpretation, Statistics, Sequence and Series (Series), Logarithm, Arithmetic, Speed Mathematics and Basic Mathematics
  3. General Aptitude (Reasoning Ability): Series (Number and Letter Series) (Numerical Relations and Reasoning), Coding Decoding, Syllogisms, Blood Relations, Directions (Direction Test), Ranking, Order and Sequence, Inequality, Logical Sequence Of Words, Seating Arrangements, Puzzle Solving (Puzzles), Non Verbal Reasoning (Spatial Aptitude) (Spatial Reasoning) (Visual Reasoning), Cubes & Dices, Venn Diagram, Deductive and Inductive Reasoning (Logical Deduction and Induction) (Prepositional Reasoning), Selection Decision Table (Decision Making), Analytical Reasoning (Counting Figures Reasoning), Clock, Calendar, Data Sufficiency, Analogy
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  7. Technical Skills MCQ - DBMS: Basics of DBMS, ER Diagram, Relational Model & Functional Dependencies, Keys & Integrity Constraints, Normalization (1NF - BCNF), File Organization & Indexing, Relational Algebra, SQL, Transaction Management, Concurrency Control, Database Recovery, Database Security & Authorization, NoSQL
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  11. Technical Skills (Coding): Coding Questions by Yash Sir, C Programming by Yash Sir, Programming in C++, Java, Python for Placements by Yash Sir, Object Oriented Programming (OOPS)
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This educational video provides a comprehensive lesson on the rules for forming passive voice sentences in English. The instructor begins by presenting 'The Golden Rules of Passive Voice,' which are to 'Focus on the Object' and 'Use Verb in 3rd Form.' A table is displayed to compare the structure and focus of active and passive voice, showing that the object in an active sentence becomes the subject in the passive, and the structure changes from S + V + O to O + BE + V3 + (by S). The lesson then transitions to a series of examples, where the instructor demonstrates the transformation of active voice sentences into passive voice, such as 'The students completed the homework' becoming 'The homework was completed by the students.' The video concludes with a final screen showing the 'Knowledge Gate' logo.

Chapters

  1. 0:00 – 2:00 00:00-02:00

    The video opens with a slide titled 'The Golden Rules of Passive Voice.' The instructor explains that only two things matter when creating passive voice sentences: 1) Focus on the Object, where the object from the active sentence becomes the subject in the passive, and 2) Use Verb in 3rd Form, which means using the past participle (Verb-3) after the BE verb. A table compares Active Voice (S + V + O, Focus: Subject doing action) with Passive Voice (O + BE + V3 + (by S), Focus: Object receiving action). The instructor emphasizes that the past participle never changes, regardless of the tense.

  2. 2:00 – 4:37 02:00-04:37

    The video transitions to a slide with multiple examples of active and passive voice sentences. The instructor walks through each pair, demonstrating the transformation. For instance, 'The students completed the homework' (active) becomes 'The homework was completed by the students' (passive). Other examples include 'My mother bakes a delicious cake' becoming 'A delicious cake is baked by my mother,' and 'The courier will deliver the package tomorrow' becoming 'The package will be delivered by the courier tomorrow.' The instructor uses red underlines to highlight the key parts of the sentences being transformed, reinforcing the rules taught in the first part of the video.

The video presents a clear, step-by-step guide to mastering passive voice. It starts with a concise theoretical framework, the 'Golden Rules,' which are then immediately applied to a series of practical examples. This structure effectively bridges the gap between abstract grammar rules and their real-world application, making the concept accessible and easy to remember for students.

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