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Active and

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                                                                                      Warm-up


                 Read what these people are saying. Identify the highlighted verbs as finite or
                 non-finite.

                                        Oh really? I had

                    Shashi played         to complete            My neighbours            That was nice
                   the guitar at the     my report, so I        left for Dimapur.        of you. Did they
                        party.          couldn’t attend.          I gave them a           take all their
                                                                   farewell gift.             stuff?

















                     Now, let us read the words spoken by the people once more.

                     Speaker 1: Shashi played the guitar at the party.

                     Speaker 2: I had to complete my report, so I couldn’t attend.

                     Speaker 3: My neighbours left for Dimapur. I gave them a farewell gift.

                     Speaker 4: That was nice of you. Did they take all their stuff?



              Let us try to change the voice of the verbs in these sentences.

              1.  In the first speaker’s conversation, the subject is ‘Shashi’ (doer of the action),
                  and the direct object of the verb played is ‘guitar’. The verb is a transitive verb.
                  Therefore, it can be changed as shown here:

                  •  The guitar was played by Shashi at the party. (passive)








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