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Passive Voice Exercises in Marathi language

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Understanding the passive voice is crucial for mastering Marathi, as it allows speakers to construct sentences where the focus is on the action rather than the subject performing it. In Marathi, the passive voice is used to emphasize the recipient of an action or to convey a sense of formality and objectivity. By learning how to properly use the passive voice, you can enhance your ability to communicate more nuanced ideas and create a more sophisticated linguistic style. This set of exercises is designed to help you grasp the nuances of passive voice construction in Marathi, ensuring you can both recognize and apply it effectively in various contexts. Our grammar exercises will guide you through the essential rules and patterns needed to form passive sentences in Marathi. Each exercise is structured to gradually build your understanding, starting with simple sentence transformations and advancing to more complex structures. You'll encounter a variety of sentence types and contexts that will challenge your comprehension and application of passive voice rules. By the end of these exercises, you will not only be able to identify passive constructions but also confidently use them to enhance your Marathi communication skills.

Exercise 1

1. पुस्तक *वाचले* जाते (verb for reading). 2. स्वयंपाक *केला* जातो (verb for cooking). 3. गाणे *ऐकले* जाते (verb for listening). 4. पाणी *पितले* जाते (verb for drinking). 5. चित्र *काढले* जाते (verb for drawing). 6. खेळ *खेळला* जातो (verb for playing). 7. झाडे *लावली* जातात (verb for planting). 8. पत्र *लिहिले* जाते (verb for writing). 9. घर *साफ* केले जाते (verb for cleaning). 10. फळे *खाल्ली* जातात (verb for eating).

Exercise 2

1. पुस्तक *वाचले जाते* (action done to book). 2. आंबा *खाल्ला जातो* (action done to mango). 3. घर *स्वच्छ केले जाते* (action done to house). 4. चित्रपट *पाहिला जातो* (action done to movie). 5. पत्र *लिहिले जाते* (action done to letter). 6. गाडी *चालवली जाते* (action done to car). 7. फुले *सुगंधित केली जातात* (action done to flowers). 8. पाणी *पिले जाते* (action done to water). 9. खेळ *खेळला जातो* (action done to game). 10. गाणे *ऐकले जाते* (action done to song).

Exercise 3

1. The letter *was written* by her (past tense of "to write"). 2. The food *was eaten* by the kids (past tense of "to eat"). 3. The book *was read* by him in one day (past tense of "to read"). 4. The house *was built* by the workers (past tense of "to build"). 5. The song *was sung* by the choir (past tense of "to sing"). 6. The cake *was baked* by my mother (past tense of "to bake"). 7. The game *was won* by our team (past tense of "to win"). 8. The picture *was painted* by an artist (past tense of "to paint"). 9. The movie *was directed* by a famous filmmaker (past tense of "to direct"). 10. The garden *was planted* by the community (past tense of "to plant").