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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Identify the voice: 'I hemmed the prom dress.'

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Active Voice

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Identify the voice: 'The statue is being visited by hundreds of tourists every year.'

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Passive Voice

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Identify the voice: 'My brother broke the chain on my bike.'

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Active Voice

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Identify the voice: 'My books were stolen by someone yesterday.'

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Passive Voice

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Identify the voice: 'Coffee is raised in many parts of Hawaii by plantation workers.'

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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 action the subject of the sentence and use a form of 'to be' with 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 the main difference between Active and Passive Voice?

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The main difference is that in Active Voice, the subject performs the action, while in Passive Voice, the subject receives the action.

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Give an example of a sentence in Passive Voice that is not a question.

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'The book was read by the entire class.'