Active and Passive Voice

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What is the definition of 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 the definition of 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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Identify the voice: 'The national anthem is being sung by Jason.'

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Passive voice.

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Identify the voice: 'I washed my car three weeks ago.'

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Active voice.

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Identify the voice: 'The money was stolen.'

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Passive voice.

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Identify the voice: 'His hair was cut by a professional.'

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Passive voice.

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Identify the voice: 'The movie is being made in Hollywood.'

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Passive voice.

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What is the structure of a sentence in Active Voice?

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Subject + Verb + Object (e.g., 'The teacher (subject) explains (verb) the lesson (object).')

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What is the structure of a sentence in Passive Voice?

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Subject + Form of 'to be' + Past Participle + (by + Agent) (e.g., 'The lesson (subject) is explained (form of 'to be' + past participle) by the teacher (agent).')

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How can you convert an Active Voice sentence to Passive Voice?

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Identify the object of the active sentence, make it the subject of the passive sentence, use the appropriate form of 'to be', and change the verb to the past participle.