Impersonal Passive Voice
An
impersonal Passive Voice sentence, is a passive voice sentence without
by+object / the doer of the action is not mentioned.
PASSIVE VOICE: The book was taken by Kala IMPERSONAL PASSIVE VOICE: The
book was taken.
PASSIVE VOICE: The record was submitted by Mohan.
IMPERSONAL PASSIVE VOICE: The record was submitted. Look at the
Impersonal Passive sentences carefully!
A.
The tiger was chasing the deer.
ANS: The deer was being chased
(Impersonal)
B.
She has learned her lessons.
ANS: Her lessons have been
learned (Impersonal)
C.
Have you finished the report?
ANS: Has the report been
finished (Impersonal)
D.
She is writing a letter.
ANS: A letter is being written
(Impersonal)
E.
Somebody cooks meal every day.
ANS: Meal is cooked by someone (Impersonal)
The impersonal voice is sometimes called pseudo-passive voice.It is a verb voice that decreases the valency of an intransitive verb (which has valency one) to zero. The impersonal passive deletes the subject of an intransitive verb. ImpersonalPassive is only possible with verbs of perception (e. g. say, think, know).
Examples:
1.
They say that women live longer than men.
- It is said that women live
longer than men.
2.
They report that two people were
injured in the accident
- it is reported that two were injured in the accident
3.
They say he was studying hard for his exam
- It is said that he was studying very hard for his
exam
Exercises:
1.
(convert active voice into
impersonal passive voice)
2.
People say that he got married in London
3.
We understand she doesn't like football
4.
People think he is waiting for us now
5.
People except that he will join
the company soon
6.
They say that many smartphones are
stolen every day
7.
They think dinner is being cooked
as we speak
8.
People expect that taxes will be
raised next year
9.
People think that he has left for
good
10. They know she has been working very hard
11. They say he has been planning to his plan
