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4. If you plan properly, you will success / succeed.
5. I advise / advice you not to go into the forest.

Grammar Skills

A. Active and Passive Voice

The voice of a verb expresses whether the subject in the sentence has performed or received
the action.
Verbs have two voices : Active voice and Passive voice
• When an action performed by the subject is expressed by the verb, it is in active voice.

It shows a direct relationship between the subject and the verb.
Example : Hens lay eggs.
subject verb object
Birds build nests.
subject verb object

• When the action expressed by the verb is received by the subject, it is in passive voice.

Passive voice is generally used when:
• the doer of the action is not known.
Example : My car was stolen. (We don’t know who stole it.)

• When the doer of the action is obvious.

Example : The thief was caught. (It is obvious that the police caught the thief.)
• When the focus is on the result or receiver, not on who did it.
(In newspaper reporting when subject is not important.)

Example : The elections were held yesterday.

• When processes are explained with focus on the steps and result.
Example : Some sugar is added to the mixture.

Rules to Convert Active to Passive Voice
Change of active to passive voice requires you to make changes in the structure according to
the tense of the verb.

Simple Present Tense
Subject + verb + object Object + am / is / are + past participle form of verb + subject

He writes books. Books are written by him.

Simple Past Tense
Subject + past form of verb + object Object + was / were + past participle form of verb
+ subject

Example : Ms Mira taught English. English was taught by Ms Mira.

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