Active voice and passive voice

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What is the active voice?

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The active voice is a grammatical structure where the subject of the sentence performs the action. For example, 'The cat chased the mouse.'

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What is the passive voice?

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The passive voice is a grammatical structure where the subject of the sentence receives the action. For example, 'The mouse was chased by the cat.'

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Identify the voice: 'A song was sung by Mohan.'

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Passive voice

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Identify the voice: 'She gave me a bouquet.'

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Active voice

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Identify the voice: 'She will be given this pen by me.'

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Passive voice

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Identify the voice: 'She will never help you in your work.'

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Active voice

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Identify the voice: 'A watch was given to him by us.'

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Passive voice

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How can you change a sentence from active to passive voice?

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To change from active to passive voice, make the object of the active sentence the subject of the passive sentence and use a form of 'to be' plus the past participle of the verb. For example, 'The chef cooked the meal.' becomes 'The meal was cooked by the chef.'

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What is a subject in a sentence?

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The subject is the part of a sentence that tells who or what the sentence is about. In 'The dog barks,' 'the dog' is the subject.

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What is an object in a sentence?

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The object is the part of a sentence that receives the action of the verb. In 'She reads a book,' 'a book' is the object.