Active and Passive Voice of the Verb

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Active voice example:

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The guests left the party by 8pm.

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Active voice sentence:

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The principal saw the boy pulling on his loose tooth.

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Voice that enables varied, strong verbs:

Back

active voice

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Voice that includes a form of "to be":

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passive voice

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Active voice example:

Back

Karen sang a sweet melody.

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Passive voice example:

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The coffee was made by Sandy.

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Revise to active voice: "The difficult sonata was played by the talented pianist."

Back

The talented pianist played the difficult sonata.

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Revise to active voice: "The green dress was worn by Sarah."

Back

Sarah wore the green dress.

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Revise to passive voice: "Sean scored the winning goal for the Tigers."

Back

The winning goal for the Tigers was scored by Sean.

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Revision to keep passive voice: "Someone won the race."

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The race was won.