Active: Subject + V1/ V2/ will V1/ shall V1 + object….

The preposition “by” is used before the passive object.Īctive and Passive Voice Rules For All Tenses: 1.

The finite form of the verb is changed to past participle or V3 form.

The active sentence’s subject becomes the object of the passive sentence (or is dropped).

The object of the active verb becomes the subject of the passive verb.

UPSC Prelims 2022 GS 1 Detailed SolutionĪctive And Passive Voice Rules For Conversion :.

UPSC Mains 2022 General Studies Paper 1.

UPSC Mains 2022 General Studies Paper 2.

UPSC Civil Services Mains 2022 GS Paper 4.

Our guests departed, and we felt a little depressed.

It's not grammatical without the conjunction. However, if 'Our guests' is the subject and 'departed' is a finite verb, then together they make an independent clause, and to make the sentence grammatical a conjunction would need to be added between the two clauses. I can see why 'departed' looks like a finite verb in that example. This usage of 'departed' is uncommon and somewhat old-fashioned in style. In example 2, 'departed' as a past participle functions as an adjective and it has the meaning of 'gone away' (see the Collins Dictionary page for 'departed') or 'having already left here'.

The food all eaten, we went for a walk.

Our guests gone (away), we felt a little depressed.

It's similar in structure to these examples: You are right that 'departed' is a past participle here, and that is why it is non-finite. Thanks for your question and I'll try to help. I feel stuck which is why I decided to write a comment! Thank you for taking the time to read my question. Still, I do not understand the reasoning behind why DEPARTED in the sentence in the 2nd example is non-finite according to the dictionary! SAW is an irregular verb unlike DEPARTED which is a regular verb and so the verb conjugated in this form is the past participle which is non-finite. Through conducting my own research online, I figured that the answer to this may have to do with regular and irregular verbs.

I am unsure why the dictionary labels DEPARTED as a non-finite verb in the sentence since DEPARTED has a subject (GUESTS) and also has a tense (PAST)? I do not see how DEPARTED and SAW from the 1st example is any different as SAW has a subject (I) and a tense (PAST). The 2nd example from the dictionary has caused me to feel confused. Our guests DEPARTED, we felt a little depressed. Example of a non-finite verb (source: Collins Dictionary) Coming home last night, I SAW a deer run across the road.Ģ. Example of a finite verb (source: Collins Dictionary)

I am having trouble identifying whether verbs are the latter or former when placed in sentences. I have a question regarding finite and non-finite verbs.

English tenses table passive voice