Voice

Voice shows whether the subject of the verb acts or is acted upon. There are two voices viz. Active Voice and Passive Voice.

Active Voice: A verb is called in ‘Active Voice’ when its subject acts.

e.g. Rama helps Mohan.

Passive Voice: A verb is called in ‘Passive Voice’ when its subject does not act but remain passive and is acted upon.

e.g. Mohan is helped by Rama.

Some more examples:

Active Voice	Passive Voice
Suresh loves Sohan.	Sohan is loved by Suresh.
The builder is building the house.	The house is being built by the builder.
The servant opened the room.	The room was opened by the servant.
Some boys were helping the injured man.	The injured man was being helped by the boys.
I will finish the work shortly.	The work will be finished by me shortly.
Why did write such a letter?	Why was such a letter written by you?
The boss told him that.	He was told that by the boss. or That was told him by the boss.
I am doing it.	It is being done by me.
Shall I do it?	Shall it be done by me?