Question

Fill in the table to identify the subject, verb and object in the sentences listed above. You may include the object/agent where necessary.

Subject	Verb	Object
Kareena’s hometown	had not been invaded	(by) the marvels of technology.
Industries	___________ Was not polluted	__________ __________
Stories	__________	__________

Did you know?
A passive construction does two things.
(i) it brings the object to the position of the subject.
(ii) it introduces the verb be and the past participle form of the verb. (-ed/ -en)
A passive construction is be used when
(a) the agent is unknown
e.g. Gold jewellery worth one crore was found missing.
(b) the agent is too obvious
e.g. The speeding car was stopped at the signal for violating the traffic rules.
(c) the process is more important than the doer.
e.g. Vanilla flavour is added to the milkshake.
(d) the speaker wants to hide the source for confidentiality.
e.g. I was informed that the staff accept gifts from the customers.

Answer 1

Subject	Verb	Object
Kareena’s hometown	had not been invaded	(by) the marvels of technology.
Industries The air	had not been set up was not polluted	by the authorities. by the industries.
Stories (told to them by their grandmother)	were being listened to	by some children.