ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE

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What is Active Voice?

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

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What is Passive Voice?

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

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How can you identify Passive Voice in a sentence?

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Look for a form of the verb 'to be' followed by a past participle. For example, 'The book was read by the student.'

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Convert this sentence to Active Voice: 'The cake was baked by Mary.'

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Mary baked the cake.

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Convert this sentence to Passive Voice: 'The teacher praised the student.'

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The student was praised by the teacher.

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What is a key characteristic of Active Voice?

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In active voice, the subject is always the doer of the action.

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What is a key characteristic of Passive Voice?

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In passive voice, the focus is on the action and the recipient rather than the doer.

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Identify the voice: 'The homework was completed by the students.'

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Passive Voice.

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Identify the voice: 'The students completed the homework.'

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Active Voice.

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What is the effect of using Passive Voice in writing?

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Passive voice can make sentences less direct and can shift focus away from the doer.