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Mazharali Thursday, January 27, 2011 08:35 PM

Change into Passive voice.
 
Change into PASSIVE voice. Please help me in this regard.

He said, " let us go ".

humaira Younis Bhatti Thursday, January 27, 2011 10:13 PM

If it is being used in Direct and Indirect Speech , it would be >> [B]He told us to go . [/B] while in if its in simple conversion from active to passive voice then it would be like >>> Let ourselves be gone .

Please correct if someone in the forum finds it wrong :)

Regards

Mazharali Thursday, January 27, 2011 10:42 PM

Another problem to solve
 
Here is an other confusion. If someone solve that.

What is the past form of " had better"

usman khalid Thursday, January 27, 2011 10:50 PM

I think the sentence in inverted commas is already in passive voice "let us go".
Now considering the complete statement:

He said, "let us go." (it is in direct speech)
He proposed that they should go. (Indirect speech)

Kamran Friday, January 28, 2011 09:56 PM

[QUOTE=usman khalid;258751]
He said, "let us go." (it is in direct speech)
He proposed that they should go. (Indirect speech)[/QUOTE]

I second Usman.

humaira Younis Bhatti Friday, January 28, 2011 10:51 PM

hummmmm yes it sounds more good boy .. but a little confusion is still there . we never change first person in reported tense while converting from direct to indirect ...... so what it would be :dry:

Thanks for correction Usman :)

usman khalid Saturday, January 29, 2011 12:51 AM

[QUOTE=humaira Younis Bhatti;259141]hummmmm yes it sounds more good boy .. but a little confusion is still there . we never change first person in reported tense while converting from direct to indirect ...... so what it would be :dry:[/QUOTE]

According to the rules of Direct/Indirect Narration:
All Pronouns of the First Person(I,We,Us) in the Reported Speech are always changed according to the [B][U]Subject[/U][/B] of the Reporting Speech.

This is the reason why 'us' in the reported speech has been replaced with 'they' (according to the subject of reporting speech 'He') while changing into indirect narration.

Omar Qadir Saturday, January 29, 2011 02:11 AM

We were suggested to be gone (by him).

Minahil pcs Saturday, March 25, 2017 09:24 PM

It is done (change voice)


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