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: 'The cleaning crew vacuums and dusts the office every night.'

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Active Voice

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Identify the voice: 'The metal beams were eventually corroded by the saltwater.'

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Passive Voice

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Identify the voice: 'All the reservations will be made by the wedding planner.'

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Passive Voice

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Identify the voice: 'By whom were you taught to ski?'

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Passive Voice

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Identify the voice: 'Difficult assignments are always given by my teacher.'

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Passive Voice

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

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To change from passive to active voice, make the subject of the sentence the doer of the action. For example, 'The book was read by Mary' becomes 'Mary read the book.'

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What is an example of a sentence in active voice?

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An example of active voice is 'The dog barked at the stranger.'

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What is an example of a sentence in passive voice?

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An example of passive voice is 'The song was sung by the choir.'