📅 Created: 08 Nov, 2024
🔄 Updated: 06 Dec, 2025

'He is thought to be a teacher.' Change the voice of this sentence. ?

Explanation

āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύāϞāĻŋāĻ–āĻŋāϤ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝāϟāĻŋ passive voice-āĻ āφāϛ⧇:
“He is thought to be a teacher.”

āĻāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ active voice-āĻ āϰ⧂āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇ āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝ āϰāĻžāĻ–āϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇:
ā§§. passive voice-āĻ “is thought to be” āĻĢāĻ°ā§āĻŽāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ active āĻ“ā§Ÿā§‡āĻŦā§āĻŦ “think” āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
⧍. subject āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻž ‘we’ āφāύāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇ (āϝ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āϝāĻŋāύāĻŋ ‘āϭ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĻ¨â€™)āĨ¤
ā§Š. āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇ object āĻ“ āϤāĻžāϰ complement (āĻĒ⧁āϰāĻ•) āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϏāĻžāϜāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤

Passive voice-āĻ “He is thought to be a teacher” āĻ “He” āĻšāĻšā§āϛ⧇āύ grammatical subject, “is thought” āĻšāϞ⧋ passive helping verb āĻ“ past participle, “to be a teacher” āĻšāϞ⧋ infinitive complement. Active voice-āĻ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ:
â€ĸ “we” āĻšāĻŦ⧇ actor āĻŦāĻž thinker (active subject)
â€ĸ “think” āĻšāĻŦ⧇ āĻŽā§‚āϞāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋ⧟āĻž (verb)
â€ĸ “him” āĻšāĻŦ⧇ object (passive-āĻāϰ āĻŽā§‚āϞ subject)
â€ĸ “a teacher” āĻšāĻŦ⧇ complement āĻŦāĻž object-āĻāϰ attribute

āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ think-āĻāϰ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ object-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ āϏāϰāĻžāϏāϰāĻŋ noun phrase āĻŦāĻž adjective āφāϏ⧇, āϝ⧇āĻŽāύ “think someone something”āĨ¤ āϤāĻžāχ āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϝāĻĨāĻžāϝāĻĨ active voice-āϰ⧂āĻĒ āĻšāĻŦ⧇:
“We think him a teacher.”

āĻāχ āϰ⧂āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāϰāϕ⧇ āφāĻŽāϰāĻž “active reporting structure” āĻŦāϞāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋ, āϝ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ āĻĻāĻžāρāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϏāϰāϞ āĻ“ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻžā§āϜāϞāĨ¤

āϏāĻžāϰāϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻĒ⧇:
āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ• āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇ passive “is thought to be” āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ active “think + object + complement” āĻ āϰ⧂āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāϰ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤ āϏ⧇āχ āĻ…āύ⧁āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧā§€ final āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ āĻšāĻšā§āϛ⧇ –
We think him a teacher.