Passive Voice - Active Voice without by
অনেক সময় passive voice এ ক্রিয়া সম্পাদনকারী object এর উল্লেখ থাকে না। এরূপ ক্ষেত্রে passive voice এর অর্থ অনুযায়ী Active voice এ subject ধরে নিতে হয়। সাধারনত : one, someone, somebody, none, we, they, people, the boy, it, circumstances, he ইত্যাদি subject হিসাবে ব্যবহৃত হয়ে থাকে।
উদাহরণ —
Passive : My book was stolen.
Active : Someone stolen my book.
Passive : He is not known here.
Active : Nobody knows him here.
Passive : I was awarded a gold medal.
Active : They award me a gold medal.
Passive : English is spoken all over the world.
Active : People speak English all over the world.
Passive : My book has been lost.
Active : I have lost my book.
Passive : I was compelled to do it.
Active : Circumstances compelled me to do it.
Passive : Promise should be kept.
Active : One should keep one's promise.
Passive : The thief was arrested.
Active : The police arrested the thief.
Passive : The tree has been uprooted.
Active : The cyclone has uprooted the tree.
Passive : Rome was not built in a day.
Active : The Romans did not build Rome in a day.
Passive : We were defeated.
Active : We defeated them.
Passive : He is expected soon.
Active : We expected him soon.
Passive : I was obliged to go.
Active : Circumstances obliged me to go.
Passive : Nothing can be gain without labour.
Active : We can gain nothing without labour.
Passive : French is spoken in Quebeck.
Active : People in Quebeck speak French.
Passive : Indiscipline should not be encouraged.
Active : We should not encourage indiscipline.
Passive : What is lotted can not be blotted.
Active : We can not blot our lot.