Active & Passive Voice
कर्तृवाच्य और कर्मवाच्य

Learn how to change the focus of a sentence from "Subject" to "Object".

Key Difference:
Active Voice: The Subject performs the action. (कर्ता काम करता है)
Passive Voice: The Action is done to the Subject. (काम कर्ता पर होता है)

1. The Golden Formula

To change Active to Passive, we swap the Subject and Object.

Active: Subject + Verb + Object
Passive: Object + Helping Verb + V3 + by + Subject


Voice Sentence Hindi Meaning
Active Ram kills Ravan. राम रावण को मारता है।
Passive Ravan is killed by Ram. रावण राम द्वारा मारा जाता है।

2. Rules for Tense Change

The main verb always becomes V3 (Past Participle).

Tense Active (Verb) Passive (Helping Verb + V3)
Simple Present eat / eats is / am / are + eaten
Simple Past ate was / were + eaten
Simple Future will eat will be + eaten
Continuous is eating is being + eaten
Perfect has eaten has been + eaten

3. Examples

Active Passive
I write a letter. A letter is written by me.
She cooked food. Food was cooked by her.
He is playing cricket. Cricket is being played by him.