Voice Change (Active to Passive)

Complete guide with rules, formulas and clear examples for Active to Passive transformation.

Voice কাকে বলে?

Voice হচ্ছে ক্রিয়ার প্রকাশভঙ্গি যার মাধ্যমে বোঝা যায় যে কোন বাক্যের subject কাজটি করছে/করেছে/করবে নাকি কাজটি subject দ্বারা করা হচ্ছে/হয়েছে/হবে।

ইংরেজি: Voice is the way of expressing verbs which describes whether the subject does the work or it has been done by the subject.

Voice-এর প্রকারভেদ
১. Active Voice
সংজ্ঞা: যে sentence-এ subject নিজে সক্রিয়ভাবে কাজটি করে সেই sentence-এ verb-এর active voice হয়।
ইংরেজি: The sentence in which the subject does the work by himself actively, in that sentence the verb has an active voice.
Structure: Subject + Verb + Object
উদাহরণ:
  • I write articles.
২. Passive Voice
সংজ্ঞা: যে sentence-এ subject নিজে সক্রিয়ভাবে কাজটি করে না বরং object-এর কাজটি তার দ্বারা করা হয় সেই sentence-এ verb-এর passive voice হয়।
ইংরেজি: The sentence in which the subject does not do the work by himself actively, rather the object's work is done by the subject, in that sentence the verb has passive voice.
Structure: Object + be verb + verb's past participle + by + subject
উদাহরণ:
  • Articles are written by me.
Voice-কে Active থেকে Passive করার নিয়মাবলি
Rule 1: মূল রূপান্তর নিয়ম
a. Active voice-এর subject passive voice-এর object-এ রূপান্তরিত হয়।
b. Active voice-এর object passive voice-এর subject-এ রূপান্তরিত হয়।
c. মূল verb-এর past participle ব্যবহৃত হয় এবং auxiliary verb/be verb নির্বাচন করা হয় subject এবং tense অনুযায়ী।
উদাহরণ:
  • I write poems. (Active)
  • Poems are written by me. (Passive)
Rule 2: Indefinite, Continuous ও Perfect Tense
Present Indefinite:
Object's subjective form + am/is/are + Verb's past participle + by + subject's objective form
  • She praises me.
  • I am praised by her.
  • I praise her.
  • She is praised by me.
Past Indefinite:
Object's subjective + was/were + Verb's past participle + by + subject's objective form
  • She praised me.
  • I was praised by her.
  • She praised them.
  • They were praised by her.
Future Indefinite:
Object's subjective form + shall be/will be + Verb's past participle + by + subject's objective form
  • She will praise me.
  • I shall be praised by her.
  • She will praise him.
  • He will be praised by her.
Present Continuous:
Object's subject + am being/is being/are being + Verb's past participle + by + subject's object
  • She is praising me.
  • I am being praised by her.
  • She is praising them.
  • They are being praised by her.
Past Continuous:
Object's subject + was being/were being + Verb's past participle + by + subject's object
  • She was praising me.
  • I was being praised by her.
  • She was praising them.
  • They were being praised by her.
Future Continuous:
Object's subject + shall be being/will be being + Verb's past participle + by + subject's object
  • She will be praising me.
  • I shall be being praised by her.
  • She will be praising them.
  • They will be being praised by her.
Present Perfect:
Object's subject + has been/have been + Verb's past participle + by + subject's object
  • She has praised him.
  • He has been praised by her.
  • She has praised me.
  • I have been praised by her.
Past Perfect:
Object's subject + had been + Verb's past participle + by + subject's object
  • She had praised me.
  • I had been praised by her.
Future Perfect:
Object's subject + shall have been/will have been + Verb's past participle + by + subject's object
  • She will have praised me.
  • I shall have been praised by her.
  • She will have praised him.
  • He will have been praised by her.
Rule 3: May/might/can/could/ must/ought to/going to
Object's subject + may/might/can/could/must/ought to/going to + be + Verb's past participle + by + subject's object
  • You must write the poem.
  • The poem must be written by you.
  • She may help you.
  • You may be helped by her.
  • We ought to obey our parents.
  • Our parents ought to be obeyed by us.
  • We are going to organize a party.
  • A party is going to be organized by us.
Rule 4: Imperative Sentence
a. Main verb দিয়ে শুরু হওয়া Sentence-এর ক্ষেত্রে:
Let + Object's subject + be + verb's past participle
  • Write the article.
  • Let the article be written.
  • Prepare the assignment.
  • Let the assignment be prepared.
b. "Do not" দিয়ে শুরু হওয়া Sentence-এর ক্ষেত্রে:
Let not + Object's subject + be + verb's past participle
  • Do not write the article.
  • Let not the article be written.
  • Do not prepare the assignment.
  • Let not the assignment be prepared.
c. "Let" দিয়ে শুরু হলে এবং এর পর personal object থাকলে:
Let + Object's subject + be + verb's past participle + personal object
  • Let me write the article.
  • Let the article be written by me.
  • Let him write the letter.
  • Let the letter be written by him.
d. "Never" দিয়ে শুরু হওয়া Sentence-এর ক্ষেত্রে:
Let not + Object's subject + ever be + verb's past participle
  • Never deceive anyone.
  • Let not anyone ever be deceived.
  • Never go there.
  • Let not there ever be gone.
e. Main verb দিয়ে শুরু হলে এবং এর পর personal object থাকলে:
Let + direct object + be + verb's past participle + for + personal object
  • Give me a pencil.
  • Let a pencil be given for me.
  • Give me an eraser.
  • Let an eraser be given for me.
Rule 5: Interrogative Sentence
a. সাধারণ Interrogative Sentence:
  • Have you written the article?
  • Has the article been written by you?
  • Are you writing the article?
  • Is the article being written by you?
b. "Who" দিয়ে শুরু হওয়া Sentence:
By whom + Auxiliary verb + object-এর subject + (be/being/been) + Verb-এর past participle + ?
  • Who is writing the poem?
  • By whom is the poem being written?
c. "Whom" দিয়ে শুরু হওয়া Sentence:
Who + Auxiliary verb + Verb-এর past participle + by + subject-এর object + ?
  • Whom did you recommend?
  • Who was recommended by you?
d. "What" দিয়ে শুরু হওয়া Sentence:
What + Auxiliary verb + Verb-এর past participle + by + subject-এর object + ?
  • What is he doing?
  • What is being done by him?
  • What does he need?
  • What is needed by him?
Rule 6-16: বিশেষ কাঠামো
Rule 6: Subject + verb + object + present participle
Object's subject + Auxiliary verb + Verb-এর past participle + present participle-যুক্ত অংশ + by + subject-এর object
  • I saw him performing the dance.
  • He was seen performing the dance by me.
Rule 7: Double Object
  • I gave her a dress.
  • She was given a dress by me.
Rule 8: Complex ও Compound Sentence
  • I know that he sang the song.
  • It is known to me that the song was sung by him.
  • People say that Dhaka is the city of mosques.
  • It is said that Dhaka is the city of mosques.
Rule 9: Intransitive Verb + Preposition (Group Verb)
Object (subject হিসেবে) + Auxiliary verb + Verb-এর past participle + প্রদত্ত preposition + by + subject-এর object
  • The boy took care of the parrots.
  • The parrots were taken care of by the boy.
Rule 10: Reflexive Object
Active voice-এর একই subject passive form-এ + Auxiliary verb + Verb-এর past participle + by + reflexive object
  • He mocked himself.
  • He was mocked by himself.
Rule 11: Factitive / Complementary Object
  • They made me a moderator.
  • I was made a moderator by them.
Rule 12: Cognate Object
  • He wrote a poem.
  • A poem was written by him.
Rule 13: Infinitive-যুক্ত Active Voice
  • He wants you to give a speech.
  • He wants a speech to be given.
Rule 14: Gerund Combinations
  • He proposed watching the movie.
  • He proposed that the movie should be watched.
Rule 15: Determine/arrange/be determined/demand/decide + infinitive + object
  • He decided to prepare the proposal.
  • He decided that the proposal should be prepared.
Rule 16: One + should
  • One should perform one's prayers.
  • Prayers should be performed.
Voice-কে Passive থেকে Active করার নিয়মাবলি
Rule 1: সাধারণ নিয়ম
a. Passive voice-এর object → Active voice-এর subject-এ রূপান্তরিত হয়।
b. Passive voice-এর subject → Active voice-এর object-এ রূপান্তরিত হয়।
c. Subject এবং tense অনুসারে main verb বা এর past/future রূপ ব্যবহার করা হয় verb-এর past participle-এর পরিবর্তে; auxiliary verb/be verb এবং by উঠিয়ে দেয়া হয়।
উদাহরণ:
  • Passive: Designs are prepared by me.
  • Active: I prepare designs.
Rule 2: Indefinite Tense-এর ক্ষেত্রে Active Voice
Present Indefinite:
Subject's object + am/is/are বাদ + past participle-এর পরিবর্তে subject অনুযায়ী মূল verb + by বাদ + Object's subject
  • Passive: I am supported by her.
  • Active: She supports me.
  • Passive: She is supported by me.
  • Active: I support her.
Past Indefinite:
Subject's object + was/were বাদ + past participle-এর পরিবর্তে subject অনুযায়ী মূল verb-এর past form + by বাদ + Object's subject
  • Passive: I was supported by her.
  • Active: She supported me.
  • Passive: They were supported by her.
  • Active: She supported them.
Future Indefinite:
Subject's object + shall/will + be বাদ + past participle-এর পরিবর্তে subject অনুযায়ী মূল verb + by বাদ + Object's subject
  • Passive: I shall be assisted by her.
  • Active: She will assist me.
  • Passive: He will be assisted by her.
  • Active: She will assist him.
Present Continuous:
Subject's object + am/is/are + being বাদ + মূল verb + ing + by বাদ + Object's subject
  • Passive: I am being supported by her.
  • Active: She is supporting me.
  • Passive: He is being supported by her.
  • Active: She is supporting him.
  • Passive: They are being supported by her.
  • Active: She is supporting them.
Past Continuous:
Subject's object + was/were + being বাদ + মূল verb + ing + by বাদ + Object's subject
  • Passive: I was being supported by her.
  • Active: She was supporting me.
  • Passive: They were being supported by her.
  • Active: She was supporting them.
Future Continuous:
Subject's object + shall/will + being বাদ + মূল verb + ing + by বাদ + Object's subject
  • Passive: I shall be being supported by her.
  • Active: She will be supporting me.
  • Passive: They will be being supported by her.
  • Active: She will be supporting them.
Present Perfect:
Subject's object + has/have + been বাদ + Verb-এর past participle + by বাদ + Object's subject
  • Passive: He has been supported by her.
  • Active: She has supported him.
  • Passive: I have been supported by her.
  • Active: She has supported me.
Past Perfect:
Subject's object + had + been বাদ + Verb-এর past participle + by বাদ + Object's subject
  • Passive: I had been supported by her.
  • Active: She had supported me.
Future Perfect:
Subject's object + shall have/will have + been বাদ + Verb-এর past participle + by বাদ + Object's subject
  • Passive: I shall have been supported by her.
  • Active: She will have supported me.
  • Passive: He will have been supported by her.
  • Active: She will have supported him.
Rule 3: Modal Verbs-যুক্ত Sentence-এর ক্ষেত্রে Active Voice
Subject's object + may/might/can/could/must/ought to/going to + be বাদ + past participle-এর পরিবর্তে মূল verb + by বাদ + Object's subject
  • Passive: You may be assisted by her.
  • Active: She may assist you.
  • Passive: The song must be sung by you.
  • Active: You must sing the song.
  • Passive: A picnic is going to be arranged by us.
  • Active: We are going to arrange a picnic.
Rule 4: Imperative Sentence-এর ক্ষেত্রে Active Voice
a. Let + Object's subject + be + verb's past participle:
Sentence মূল verb দিয়ে শুরু হবে + Object's subject
  • Passive: Let the design be prepared.
  • Active: Prepare the design.
b. Let not + Object's subject + be + verb's past participle:
Sentence "Do not" দিয়ে শুরু হবে + মূল verb + Object's subject
  • Passive: Let not the math be done.
  • Active: Do not do the math.
c. Let + Object's subject + be + verb's past participle + personal object:
Let + Personal object + মূল verb + Object's subject
  • Passive: Let the poem be written by me.
  • Active: Let me write the poem.
  • Passive: Let the poem be written by him.
  • Active: Let him write the poem.
d. Let not + Object's subject + ever be + verb's past participle:
"Never" দিয়ে Sentence শুরু হবে + মূল verb + Object's subject
  • Passive: Let not anyone ever be mistreated.
  • Active: Never mistreat anyone.
e. Let + direct object + be + verb's past participle + for + personal object:
Sentence মূল verb দিয়ে শুরু হবে + personal object + direct object
  • Passive: Let an eraser be given for me.
  • Active: Give me an eraser.
Rule 5: Interrogative Sentence-এর ক্ষেত্রে Active Voice
a. সাধারণ Interrogative Sentence:
Auxiliary verb + Subject's object + Tense অনুযায়ী verb-এর রূপ + Object's subject + ?
  • Passive: Has the assignment been prepared by you?
  • Active: Have you prepared the assignment?
b. "By whom" দিয়ে শুরু হওয়া Sentence:
Who + Auxiliary verb according to tense and person + Verb's form according to tense and person + subject's object + ?
  • Passive: By whom is the proposal being prepared?
  • Active: Who is preparing the proposal?
c. "Who" দিয়ে শুরু হওয়া Sentence:
Whom + Auxiliary verb according to tense and person + subject's object + Verb's form according to tense and person + ?
  • Passive: Who was recommended by you?
  • Active: Whom did you recommend?
d. "What" দিয়ে শুরু হওয়া Sentence:
What + Auxiliary verb according to tense and person + subject's object + verb's form according to tense and person + ?
  • Passive: What has been done by you?
  • Active: What have you done?
Rule 6-16: বিশেষ কাঠামোযুক্ত Active Voice
Rule 6: Present Participle-যুক্ত Passive
Subject + verb + object + present participle + Object's subject
  • Passive: He was seen singing the song by me.
  • Active: I saw him singing the song.
Rule 7: Double Object-যুক্ত Passive
Subject's object + verb's form according to tense and person + personal object + the other object
  • Passive: She was given a book by me.
  • Active: I gave her a book.
Rule 8: "It is known to me" Structure
I know that ... (Tense এবং person অনুযায়ী করা হয়)
  • Passive: It is known to me that the speech was given by him.
  • Active: I know that he gave the speech.
দ্রষ্টব্য: যদি "It is said that" দিয়ে শুরু হয়, তবে শুরুতে "People say" ব্যবহার করা হয়।
  • Passive: It is said that Bangladesh is the land of rivers.
  • Active: People say that Bangladesh is the land of rivers.
Rule 9: Group Verb-যুক্ত Intransitive Verb
Object হবে subject + tense অনুযায়ী verb-এর রূপ + preposition + subject হবে object
  • Passive: The cats were taken care of by the boy.
  • Active: The boy took care of the cats.
Rule 10: Reflexive Object-যুক্ত Passive
Subject + Main verb's form according to tense and person + the reflexive object
  • Passive: He was hurt by himself.
  • Active: He hurt himself.
Rule 11: Factitive Object-যুক্ত Passive
Him/her/me/us/you/them + verb's form + subject's object + factitive object
  • Passive: I was made the leader by them.
  • Active: They made me the leader.
দ্রষ্টব্য: call, make, name, nominate, elect, select-এর মত transitive verb পূর্ণ অর্থ প্রকাশ করতে পারে না, তাই অতিরিক্ত object ব্যবহার করা হয়। এই অতিরিক্ত object-কে Factitive object বলে।
Rule 12: Cognate Object-যুক্ত Passive
Object হবে subject + main verb's form + Cognate object
  • Passive: A pizza was made by him.
  • Active: He made a pizza.
দ্রষ্টব্য: কিছু intransitive verb সাহায্যকারী object ব্যবহার করে transitive verb-এর মত আচরণ করে। এই সাহায্যকারী object-গুলোকে Cognate object বলে।
Rule 13: Subject + main verb + object + to be + past participle
Passive voice's subject + main verb according to tense and person + second person + infinitive + object
  • Passive: He wants a song to be sung.
  • Active: He wants you to sing a song.
Rule 14: suggest/recommend/advise/propose + that + object + should be + past participle
Passive voice's subject + main verb according to tense and person + gerund + object
  • Passive: He proposed that the song should be listened to.
  • Active: He proposed listening to the song.
Rule 15: determine/arrange/demand/decide + that + object + should be + past participle
Passive voice's subject + main verb according to tense and person + infinitive + object
  • Passive: He decided that the speech should be given.
  • Active: He decided to give the speech.
Rule 16: Object's subject + should be + verb's past participle
One + should + main verb + object
  • Passive: The duty should be performed.
  • Active: One should perform the duty.
একনজরে সব Rules
Tense/StructureActive Voice Structure
Present IndefiniteSubject's object + am/is/are বাদ + subject অনুযায়ী মূল verb + by বাদ + Object's subject
Past IndefiniteSubject's object + was/were বাদ + subject অনুযায়ী মূল verb-এর past form + by বাদ + Object's subject
Future IndefiniteSubject's object + shall/will + be বাদ + subject অনুযায়ী মূল verb + by বাদ + Object's subject
Present ContinuousSubject's object + am/is/are + being বাদ + মূল verb + ing + by বাদ + Object's subject
Past ContinuousSubject's object + was/were + being বাদ + মূল verb + ing + by বাদ + Object's subject
Future ContinuousSubject's object + shall/will + being বাদ + মূল verb + ing + by বাদ + Object's subject
Present PerfectSubject's object + has/have + been বাদ + Verb-এর past participle + by বাদ + Object's subject
Past PerfectSubject's object + had + been বাদ + Verb-এর past participle + by বাদ + Object's subject
Future PerfectSubject's object + shall have/will have + been বাদ + Verb-এর past participle + by বাদ + Object's subject
Modal VerbsSubject's object + modal + be বাদ + মূল verb + by বাদ + Object's subject
Imperative (Let + be)Sentence মূল verb দিয়ে শুরু + Object's subject
Imperative (Let not + be)Do not + মূল verb + Object's subject
Interrogative (Auxiliary)Auxiliary verb + Subject's object + verb + Object's subject + ?
Interrogative (By whom)Who + auxiliary verb + verb + subject's object + ?
গুরুত্বপূর্ণ মনে রাখার টিপস
  • Active Voice → subject নিজে কাজ করে
  • Passive Voice → subject-এর উপর কাজ করা হয়
  • Subject ↔ Object পরস্পর পরিবর্তিত হয়
  • মূল verb সবসময় past participle রূপে ব্যবহৃত হয়
  • Auxiliary verb নির্বাচিত হয় tense এবং person অনুযায়ী

Passive → Active করার সময়:

by উঠিয়ে দিতে হবেAuxiliary verb উঠিয়ে দিতে হবেSubject ↔ Object স্থান বিনিময়Verb-এর রূপ Tense অনুযায়ী পরিবর্তন
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