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 dog chased the ball.'

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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 ball was chased by the dog.'

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Identify the voice: 'The chef cooked a delicious meal.'

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Active voice.

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Identify the voice: 'A delicious meal was cooked by the chef.'

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Passive voice.

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What is the main difference between active and passive voice?

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In active voice, the subject performs the action; in passive voice, the subject receives the action.

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Convert to passive voice: 'The teacher explained the lesson.'

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'The lesson was explained by the teacher.'

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Convert to active voice: 'The book was read by the student.'

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'The student read the book.'

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Which sentence is in active voice? 'The dog barked loudly.' or 'The loud barking was done by the dog.'

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'The dog barked loudly.' is in active voice.

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Which sentence is in passive voice? 'The homework was completed by the students.' or 'The students completed the homework.'

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'The homework was completed by the students.' is in passive voice.

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What is an example of a sentence that is NOT in active voice?

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'The song was sung by the choir.'