Definition: যদি verb এর কোন রুপ বা form এর মাধ্যমে subject এর নিষ্ক্রিয় বা সক্রিয় অবস্থা নির্দেশ করা হয়, তবে তাকে voice বা বাচ্য বলে।

Voice বা বাচ্য সাধারণত দুই প্রকার। যথাঃ

1. Active Voice: যদি কোন voice বা বাচ্য দ্বারা এমন কিছু নির্দেশ করা হয় যে subject নিজে কাজ করেছে কিনা, তবে তাকে active voice বলে। অর্থাৎ এ ধরনের বাক্যে subject কে প্রধান্য দেয়া হয়। 

যেমন, Ratul does the work. (এখানে Ratul কাজটি করছে। তাই Ratul হচ্ছে এই বাক্যের Subject)

2. Passive Voice: যদি কোন voice বা বাচ্য দ্বারা এমন কিছু নির্দেশ করা হয় যে subject কে প্রাধান্য না দিয়ে subject এর কাজকে অর্থাৎ object কে প্রাধান্য দেয়া হয়, তবে তাকে passive voice বলে।

যেমন, The work is done by Ratul. (এখানে Ratul এর মাধ্যমে কাজটি সম্পাদিত হলেও Ratul কে প্রাধান্য না দিয়ে Ratul এর কাজকে বা object কে প্রাধান্য দেয়া হয়েছে।)

Changing Subjective Case into Objective Case in Voice

Transformation of Active Voice into Passive Voice: Sentence বা বাক্যভেদে Voice Changing এ ভিন্নতা থাকলেও এর একটি Universal Structure আছে। Structure টি হলোঃ

Active Voice: Subject + Verb + Object 
Passive Voice: Object + Auxiliary Verb + Verb (Past Participle Form) + by + Subject

Universal Structure of Changing Voice

#Rule 02: Continuous Tense: Active Voice to Passive Voice

(a) Present Tense: 
Active: Subject + am/is/are + verb (ing) + object
Passive: Object + am/is/are + being + verb (participle form) + by + subject
Example:
Active: Ratul is doing the work.
Passive: The work is being done by Ratul.

[এখানে W/h words বলতে বুঝায় Who, When, Where, What, Which, How etc.]

বিশেষ দ্রষ্টব্য ০১ঃ যদি বাক্যে Who থাকে তবে by Whom লিখতে হবে। আর যদি whom থাকে তবে who লিখতে হবে।

বিশেষ দ্রষ্টব্য ০২ঃ যদি বাক্যটি negative হয়, তবে passive voice করার সময় auxiliary verb এর পর শুধু not দিতে হবে।

Changing Voice of Imperative Sentence:

এই ধরনের বাক্য দ্বারা order (আদেশ), request (অনুরোধ), forbid (নিষেধ), advice (উপদেশ) বোঝানো হয়। আর এই ধরনের বাক্যগুলো সাধারণত verb দ্বারা শুরু হয়।

#Rule 01: Structure of passive voice: order, request, forbid, advice

Affirmative: Let + object + be + verb(participle form) + by you.

Example:
Active: Do the work right now. 
Passive: Let the work be done by you right now.    

Negative: Let not + object + be + verb(participle form) + by you.

Example:
Active: Do not waste waste the time especially at the time of your examination. 
Passive: Let not the time be wasted by you especially at the time of your examination.

[বিশেষ দ্রষ্টব্যঃ Let's বা Let us থাকলে passive voice করার সময় by you না হয়ে by us হবে।]

Example:
Active: Let's play the football. 
Passive: Let the football be played by us .

 Changing Voice of Reflexive Pronoun: 

Reflexive Pronoun গুলো হচ্ছে himself, herself, itself, themselves, ourselves, yourself etc.

Changing of Quasi-Passive Voice:

#Rule 01: যখন বাক্যে complement থাকে, তখন passive voice করার সময় নিচের structure অনুসরণ করতে হবেঃ

Active: Subject + verb + complement. 
Passive:  Subject + auxiliary verb + complement + when/if + it/they + auxiliary verb + verb (participle form)  

Example:
Active: This flower smells sweet.  
Passive: The flower is sweet when it is smelt.

#Rule 02: যখন বাক্যে complement থাকে না, তখন passive voice করার সময় নিচের structure অনুসরণ করতে হবেঃ

Active: Subject + auxiliary verb + verb (ing). 
Passive:  Subject + auxiliary verb + being + verb (participle form) 

Example:
Active: The house is building.   
Passive: The house is being built.

Changing Voice of Infinitives: 

#Rule 01: যদি কোন active বাক্যে adjective + to + verb থাকে, তাহলে তার passive voice করার সময় adjective + to + verb এর কোন পরিবর্তন হবে না।

Example:
Active: I found it easy to do.   
Passive: It is found easy to do by me.

#Rule 02: যদি কোন active বাক্যে to + verb থাকে, তাহলে তার passive voice করার সময় to + be + verb (participle form) হবে।

Example:
Active: The judge ordered to punish the criminal.    
Passive: The criminal was ordered to be punished by the judge.

Changing Voice of Complex Sentences: 

#Rule 01: Complex sentence এ একটি clause থাকে যা subject বা object হিসেবে ব্যবহৃত হয়। সুতরাং, active এর object যদি একটি clause হয় তাহলে passive voice এর subject হিসেবে ঐ clause টি ব্যবহৃত হয়। কিংবা active এর subject কোন clause হলে passive voice এর ক্ষেত্রে তা object হিসেবে ব্যবহৃত হয়। এক্ষেত্রে clause এর মধ্যকার verb এর কোন পরিবর্তন হবে না। 

Example:
Active: I know what he thinks.    
Passive: What he thinks is known to me. 
Active: He showed me what he had made.     
Passive: What he had made was shown me by him.

Changing Voice of Verbs with double objects:

#Rule 01: কোন কোন verb এর indirect ও direct, এই দুইটি object থাকে। আর এই দ্বিতীয় object কে Retained Object বলা হয়। আর এই ধরনের sentences বা বাক্যগুলোও passive voice এর সাধারণ নিয়ম অনুযায়ী পরিবর্তন করতে হবে।

Example:
Active: Ratul sir teaches us English.   
Passive: We are taught English by Ratul sir. or English is taught us by Ratul sir.  

[বিশেষ দ্রষ্টব্যঃ এখানে প্রথম object দিয়ে  passive voice করা হলে দ্বিতীয় object অপরিবর্তনীয় থাকে।]

Changing Voice of Intransitive Verbs used Transitively:

#Rule 01: এই ধরনের verb যুক্ত sentences বা বাক্যগুলোর passive voice করতে হলে তোমাকে অবশ্যই Intransitive verbs ও Transitive verbs সম্পর্কে ভালো ধারণা থাকতে হবে। তবুও নিম্নে কিছু examples বা উদাহরণের মাধ্যমে একটা সাধারণ ধারণা দেয়া হলো।

Example:
Active: She ran a race.    
Passive: A race was run by her.
Active: I shall sing a song.     
Passive: A song will be sung by me.
Active: He slept a sound sleep.     
Passive: A sound sleep was slept by him.
Active: We look at the picture.    
Passive: The picture is looked at by us. 

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[Practice more and more to good at English]

Every language in the present world is to be consisted on the basis of Verb. That's why Verb is called the soul of the language. Verbs are usually used of kinds in sentences. Such as;

1. Principal Verb: This type of verb is used as the main verb or action of the sentence.

2. Auxiliary Verb: This type of verb is used as the secondary verb or action of the main verb of the sentence. There are different kinds of Auxiliary Verbs used in different kinds of sentences. Such as;

To do: Do/does/did

To be: Am/is/are/was/were

To have: Have/has/had

Modals: Shall/should/can/could/will/would/may/might/ought to/must etc.

Semi Modals: Need/dare

Do/Does:

As a Principal Verb: It means the action to do something at present. Such as;

I do this work.

As an Auxiliary Verb: It means no direct sense but it helps the main verb to make meaningful sentence (Negative & Interrogative sentences). Such as;

I do not do this work anymore.

Do you go to school?

Did:

As a Principal Verb: It means the action to do something in the past. Such as;

I did this work.

As an Auxiliary Verb: It means no direct sense but it helps the main verb to make meaningful sentence (Negative & Interrogative sentences). Such as;

I did not do this work anymore.

Did you go to school yesterday?

Am/Is/Are/:

As a Principal Verb: It means the action to be something/someone at present. Such as;

I am a student of RECA ONLINE.

As an Auxiliary Verb: It means no direct sense but used in Present Continuous Tense before main Verb (ing) and in Passive Voice. Such as;

I am going to school right now.

The work is done by me/The work is being done by me.

Was/Were:

As a Principal Verb: It means the action to be something/someone in the past. Such as;

I was a student of RECA ONLINE.

As an Auxiliary Verb: It means no direct sense but used in Past Continuous Tense before main Verb (ing) and in Passive Voice. Such as;

I was going to school right now.

The work was done by me/The work was being done by me.

Have/Has: 

As a Principal Verb: It means the action to have something/someone at present. Such as;

I have a car.

As an Auxiliary Verb: It means no direct sense but used in Present Perfect Tense before main Verb (Past Participle Form) and in Passive Voice. Such as;

I have become an English teacher of RECA ONLINE.

He has been made the chairman of the RECA Language Club.

Had: 

As a Principal Verb: It means the action to have something/someone in the past. Such as;

I had a car.

As an Auxiliary Verb: It means no direct sense but used in Past Perfect Tense before main Verb (Past Participle Form) and in Passive Voice. Such as;

I had become an English teacher of RECA ONLINE.

He had been made the chairman of the RECA Language Club.

Can/May:

Can: It is usually used to indicate the ability of something/someone. Such as;

I can do this work.

May: It is usually used to indicate the possibility of something/someone and the permission of someone. Such as;

I may do this work.

You may go now.

Shall/Will: It means the action to do in future. Such as;

I shall go to London for my higher study.

He will go for work.

Could/Might/Would: It indicates to do something imaginary. Such as;

I wish I could be there with you.

I might make this on time.

Should/Ought to: It indicates something worthy or reasonable or advisable to do. Such as;

You should help the poor.

We ought to help each other.

Used to: It indicates the habit of something/someone to do usually in the past. Such as,

I used to play football.

A composition: A Journey You Have Made/A Journey by Bus/A Journey by Train

Sitakunda Tour - 2020

Journeys are always adventurous and dreamy to me. It gives me the real pleasure. It always gives me some opportunities to discover something new and unknown facts. It keeps my mind fresh and festive out of this modern busy life. So, whenever I get an opportunity to make a journey, my heart just fills up with joys. Fortunately, I got an opportunity to make a journey by bus/train from Dhaka to Chattagram in the last summer vacation with my friends.

On the day of 1^st June in this year, I and some of my friends reached the station/bus stand at 6 am. We bought the tickets for Chattagram and then started waiting for our train/bus. The bus/train reached on time. So we got into the bus/train and our journey finally began. We became so excited that we started chilling and yelling. My psyche started leaping in excitement. All of my friends also started sharing their feelings with each other.

Luckily, I got seat by the window. The seats of the bus/train were very comfortable. Our train started moving slowly at the beginning. But after a while, it started moving fast. We I always kept my eyes on the nature through the window. I started noticing that the train was moving ahead but leaving other things outside behind. The nature was looking so mesmerizing. We all enjoyed the beauty of green fields, the rivers, the birds and countryside. I could not close eyes for a single moment. We brought some snacks with us to enjoy the moment more.

We reached our destination after a very long journey. We were kind of tired when we got down from the train/bus. So we decided to take some rest in our hotel room. After taking rest, we went to Sitakunda and got fascinated by the beauty of it. We got charmed with the beauty of hills and lush green surroundings. We ascended the famous hill called Chandranath Hill and visited the temple on top of it. We also visited the sea beach.

The journey was really enjoyable and pleasing to us. I enjoyed every part of it. This journey will be one of the most memorable journeys in my life forever.

Question: You have a younger cousin called Mansur who is learning English. She wants to know about how to get better/develop/improve in English. Now, write a letter to your sister giving some hints on how to get better/develop/improve in English.

Answer:

Dhanbari, Tangail

25th October, 2020

Dear Mansur,

I hope that your quite well by the grace of Almighty. I have got your letter recently and got to know that you are learning English. In your letter, you've requested me to give some advices on how to improve English. Now, I am going to write about it.

If you want to have a good command in English, you need to learn grammar rules and enrich your vocabularies. Grammar will help you to write English correctly and vocabularies will help you to use the correct words. Then you have to practice regularly to be fluent. Remember, fluency only depends on your practice. Nowadays, fluency has become kind of mandatory to get a good job. You can also write English pages regularly to develop your writing skills. To develop your listening skills, you can listen to radio, TV, music and watch English movies etc. Last of all, you need to read English books, newspapers, magazines etc. which will make easier to learn English.

No more today. With the best regards to your parents and love to all.

Yours ever

Ratul

Question: Suppose, you have been promoted to class IX and you will have to buy some new books for your new class. So, you need some money in this regard. Now, write a letter to your father for sending some money.

Answer:

Adamjee Cantonment Public School

Narayanganj

December 31, 2019

My dear father,

I hope that you are well and healthy by the grace of Almighty. I am also fine. You have already known that my JSC result has been published recently and I have got GPA-5. So, now I have been promoted to class IX. All the teachers of our school praised me highly for my result. My teachers have also suggested me some books to study for a better preparation of SSC exam. Those suggested books will cost 1000tk. Please send me the money soon.

No more today. Please take care of you and mom.

Your loving son/daughter

Ahsan/Afsana

A good student is an asset of a school. Everybody wants to be a good student but very few attain it. A student should have followed some instructions to become a good student. Firstly be should attend his classes regularly. This will help to know the daily lessons of the class. Then he should be punctual to his duties. Punctuality is the pre-condition to become a good student. Next he should prepare his lessons well. If he does not understand his lessons himself he should take help of others. Finally he should possess some qualities in him. Honesty, sincerity, cordiality, industrious, intelligence, dutiful etc. are some qualities. By following the above instructions a student can be a good student.

Question: Suppose, you have a friend called Ahsan Ali who is not much aware of learning English. Now, write a letter to your friend about the importance of learning English.

Answer:

Dargha Road, Sylhet

15th February, 2020

Dear Ahsan Ali,

I hope that you all are well by the grace of Almighty. I've just come to know that you are not much aware of learning English. Now, I am going to write something about the importance of learning English.

You already know that English is an international language. It is the most spoken official language in the world. It is the primary language used in international affairs. English is now typically the language of every latest software and program. Even in higher education, English is mostly used. If you want to get a good job for your career, you have to know English language. As you know the world is in the age of globalization, so you must know English for global trade and commerce. In a nut shell, you should practice English to keep pace with this modern world.

No more today. Convey my best regards to your parents and love to your youngers.

Yours ever

Habib

Question: Suppose, you are Jason. Your friend Sam made a good result in the last annual exam. Now, write a letter to your friend congratulating him on his brilliant success.

Answer:

6/A Dhanmondi, Dhaka

1st Janauary, 2019

Dear Sam,

Hope you are all well and I am also well. I got your letter yesterday. I was really excited to know that you stood first in the annual exam. Please take my hearty congratulation on your brilliant success. You are really worthy of it and we are so much proud of you. My parents are also glad to know your result. I also believe that you will do the same result in your future and make your career brighter. I will be very happy if you come to our house soon.

No more today. Convey my regards to your parents and love to your youngers.

Your loving friend

Jason

Question: Suppose, you have a  younger brother who has become a smoker recently. You know smoking is a bad habit and it causes serious diseases. Now, write a letter to your friend describing about the bad effect of smoking.

Answer:

Jamalpur

10th March, 2020

Dear Max,

It is a very long since you wrote to me but hope you are doing great. I was planning to write this letter earlier but I was busy. I wish I could meet you face to face. But I request you to come and meet me soon. However, it is truly shocking to know that you have become a chain smoker. I know you are quite sensible and learned. So, I think you could easily realize the drastic effect of smoking. It damages our lungs, brains and causes cancer, heart attack etc. Besides, it sometimes drives a smoker to committing suicide. I will be glad if you give up smoking and start a new life.

No more today. Please write to me as soon as possible.

Yours ever

John